Kentucky House Bill 243 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 24 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-01-26 - to Local Government (H)
Pending: House Local Government Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

Create noncodified sections to consolidate various counties in the Commonwealth; stipulate how the county is to be divided into districts, select new county names and county seats, form taxing districts, integrate into representative, senatorial, congressional districts, or judicial circuits, require that records are transferred, treat appointed officials on boards, and the transition of the board functions, account for special districts, transfer contracts, bonds, franchises and other legal instruments to new county, transfer employees employed as of December 31, 2022, to new county, maintain local option status until changed by law, require Circuit Court clerks serve remainder of term concurrently and have duties for that period prescribed by Administrative Office of the Courts, and transition county board of election membership to coordinate with the consolidation.

AN ACT relating to the consolidation of counties.

Rep. Gary Herald [R]

Rep. Adam Koenig [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-26	House	to Local Government (H)
2018-01-24	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB243.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB243/bill.pdf
Supplement	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/18RS/HB243/LM.pdf