KY HB184 | 2020 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 10-1)
Status: Engrossed on March 17 2020 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-18 - to State & Local Government (S)
Pending: Senate State & Local Government Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Status: Engrossed on March 17 2020 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-18 - to State & Local Government (S)
Pending: Senate State & Local Government Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Summary
Amend KRS 95A.520 and 95A.540, relating to volunteer fire department mergers, to make it applicable to volunteer fire departments merging prior to the effective date of the Act; create a new section of KRS Chapter 95A to provide that for volunteer fire departments merging after the effective date of the Act, the Fire Commission shall pay to the departments the number of qualified shares of volunteer fire department aid each is entitled to for a period of 20 years after the date of the merger, upon the expiration of which the merged department shall receive only one share; provide contingency protocols if the merged fire department becomes unqualified; amend KRS 95A.540 to apply contingency protocols of new volunteer fire department for fire departments merging prior to the effective date of the act; create a new section of KRS Chapter 95A to provide a contingency protocol if a new volunteer fire department is created out of the merged one during the 20 year period; amend KRS 95A.262 to increase the volunteer fire department aid to $15,000 annually from $11,000 annually.
Title
AN ACT relating to fire protection and making an appropriation therefor.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2020-03-12 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 238 (Y: 93 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 7) [PASS]
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2020-03-18 | Senate | to State & Local Government (S) |
2020-03-17 | Senate | received in Senate |
2020-03-12 | House | 3rd reading, passed 93-0 with Committee Substitute (1) |
2020-03-09 | House | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 10, 2020 |
2020-03-05 | House | 2nd reading, to Rules |
2020-03-04 | House | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) |
2020-01-15 | House | posted in committee |
2020-01-09 | House | to Local Government (H) |
2020-01-07 | House | introduced in House |