Kentucky House Bill 255 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 35-5)
Status: Passed on April 16 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-04-16 - signed by Governor (Acts ch. 145)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #3) [MS Word]

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 157 to establish the Kentucky Green Schools Authority as an independent agency attached to the Finance and Administration Cabinet for the purpose of promoting energy efficiency in school buildings through technical assistance, expertise, and financing to undertake guaranteed energy savings performance contract projects; define terms; establish the green schools fund as a revolving fund to be used to provide financing; establish financing program terms; grant revenue bond issuance powers to the authority; provide that authority revenue bonds are not general obligation bonds of the Commonwealth; amend KRS 45A.345, 45A.352, and 45A.353 to conform; amend KRS 45A.840 and 45A.850 to include the authority as a bond issuing agency and allow for procurement of bond counsel services; amend various other sections to conform; amend KRS 12.020 to attach the authority to the Finance and Administration Cabinet; amend KRS 42.584 to conform; amend KRS 103.200 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 103.210 and 103.240 to clarify that industrial revenue bonds may be issued to assist with increasing energy efficiency in manufacturing facilities; amend KRS 103.286 to reserve 10% of the state private activity bond cap for small or medium-sized manufacturing facility energy efficiency bond projects issued by the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority (KEDFA); create a new section of KRS 103.200 to 103.285 to provide that KEDFA shall have the sole authority to review and issue these types of bonds; state terms for review and approval of bond proposals; amend KRS 152.712 to direct the Department for Energy Development and Independence to provide technical assistance to local governments, area development districts, housing authorities, and school districts regarding methods to maximize energy conservation and efficiency; create a new section of KRS Chapter 152 to establish a pilot program for assisting school districts with obtaining LEED certification for existing buildings; reallocate an existing bond authorization to the green schools fund.

AN ACT relating to the promotion of energy efficiency and making an appropriation therefor.

Rep. Rocky Adkins [D]	Rep. John Arnold [D]	Rep. Linda Belcher [D]	Rep. Hubert Collins [D]
Rep. Leslie Combs [D]	Rep. Will Coursey [D]	Rep. Ron Crimm [R]	Rep. Jim DeCesare [R]
Rep. Mitchel Denham [D]	Rep. Theodore Edmonds [D]	Rep. Kelly Flood [D]	Rep. David Floyd [R]
Rep. Derrick Graham [D]	Rep. Jeff Greer [D]	Rep. Keith Hall [D]	Rep. Richard Henderson [D]
Rep. Dennis Horlander [D]	Rep. David Housman [R]	Rep. Regina Huff [R]	Rep. Joni Jenkins [D]
Rep. Dennis Keene [D]	Rep. Martha King [D]	Rep. Mary Marzian [D]	Rep. Thomas McKee [D]
Rep. Charles Miller [D]	Rep. Rick Nelson [D]	Rep. Fred Nesler [D]	Rep. Sannie Overly [D]
Rep. Ruth Palumbo [D]	Rep. Steven Riggs [D]	Rep. Tom Riner [D]	Rep. Carl Rollins [D]
Rep. Arnold Simpson [D]	Rep. Kevin Sinnette [D]	Rep. Rita Smart [D]	Rep. Wilson Stone [D]
Rep. Thomas Thompson [D]	Rep. Jim Wayne [D]	Rep. Susan Westrom [D]	Rep. Brent Yonts [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-04-16		signed by Governor (Acts ch. 145)
2012-04-12		delivered to Governor
2012-04-12		enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2012-03-30		enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2012-03-30		passed 80-0
2012-03-30		House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
2012-03-30		posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
2012-03-30		to Rules (H)
2012-03-30		received in House
2012-03-30		3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
2012-03-30		placed in the Orders of the Day
2012-03-30		reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
2012-03-27		returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
2012-03-27		2nd reading
2012-03-27		taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
2012-03-26		returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
2012-03-26		1st reading
2012-03-26		taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
2012-03-05		to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
2012-02-28		received in Senate
2012-02-27		3rd reading, passed 96-1 with Committee Substitute
2012-02-16		floor amendments (1) and (2) withdrawn
2012-02-15		floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (4) filed
2012-02-08		posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 9, 2012
2012-02-01		floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (2) filed
2012-02-01		2nd reading, to Rules
2012-01-31		reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
2012-01-18		posting waived
2012-01-17		to Education (H)
2012-01-12		introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB255.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB255/bill.doc