Kentucky House Bill 261 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 2 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-04-02 - signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 85)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]

Amend KRS 13B.020 to exempt explosives and blasting hearings conducted under KRS 351.315 to 351.375 from the requirements of KRS Chapter 13B; amend KRS 350.0301 to remove the requirement that proposed civil penalty amounts for suspected violations of surface coal mining and reclamation requirements be placed into an escrow account prior to a formal hearing; amend KRS 350.064 to remove the discretion of the Energy and Environment Cabinet to allow surface coal mining and reclamation permit applicants to submit their own reclamation bonds without separate sureties; amend KRS 350.070 to remove the ability to apply for a major revision to a permit in the event that an underground mining extension area is not on an incidental boundary and does not include planned subsidence; remove the maximum acreage allowance allowed to be added by an incidental boundary revision for underground mining operations; create a new section of KRS 350.240 to 350.280 to establish the requirements for a permit exemption for personal, noncommercial mining of vein minerals; amend KRS 350.300 to conform; amend KRS 350.518 to conform; amend KRS 350.990 to direct that civil penalties collected for violations of KRS Chapter 350 over $800,000 for a fiscal year be transferred to the Department for Natural Resources' Commissioner's Office restricted fund account to be used for the purposes set out in KRS Chapters 350, 351, and 352; amend KRS 351.090 to remove the reference to mine safety specialist qualifications required by KRS 351.060; amend KRS 351.182 to conform; amend KRS 351.315 to require that blasting license revocation hearings be held before the Energy and Environment Cabinet's Office of Administrative Hearings instead of being held under the requirements of KRS Chapter 13B; amend KRS 351.345 also to require that blasting license revocation hearings be held before the Energy and Environment Cabinet's Office of Administrative Hearings instead of being held under the requirements of KRS Chapter 13B; amend KRS 351.350 to require the Energy and Environment Cabinet's Office of General Counsel, instead of the Attorney General, to bring actions for recovery of penalties and restraining orders for violations of KRS 351.315 to 351.375; amend KRS 352.170 to add lighters and vaping apparatuses to the list of prohibited items in an underground mine; amend KRS 352.180 to change the reporting requirements to the Department for Natural Resources for mining accidents; repeal KRS 351.380.

AN ACT relating to mining.

Rep. Jim Gooch [R]

2018-03-22 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 618 (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2018-02-22 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 165 (Y: 91 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 7) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-04-02	House	signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 85)
2018-03-27	House	delivered to Governor
2018-03-27	House	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2018-03-22	House	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2018-03-22	House	received in House
2018-03-22	Senate	3rd reading, passed 37-0
2018-03-20	Senate	posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 22, 2018
2018-03-15	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2018-03-14	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
2018-02-26	Senate	to Natural Resources & Energy (S)
2018-02-23	Senate	received in Senate
2018-02-22	House	3rd reading, passed 91-0 with Committee Substitute
2018-02-20	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 21, 2018
2018-02-20	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2018-02-16	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
2018-02-05	House	posted in committee
2018-01-31	House	to Natural Resources & Energy (H)
2018-01-29	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB261.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB261/bill.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB261/HCS1.pdf
Roll Call	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB261/vote_history.pdf