Kentucky House Bill 283

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 17 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-17 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 351 to require any owner, operator, lessee, or licensee of a coal mine holding a license under KRS 337.200 that has been doing business in the Commonwealth for fewer than five consecutive years to submit a certification from the commissioner of the Department of Workplace Standards that the licensee is compliant with or exempt from the performance bonding requirements of KRS 337.200; amend KRS 351.175 to require any coal mine licensee applicant to submit a certification from the commissioner of the Department of Workplace Standards that the applicant is compliant with or exempt from the performance bonding requirement of KRS 337.200; require the department to revoke any license if the department receives notification that the licensee is neither compliant nor exempt from the performance bonding requirements of KRS 337.200; amend KRS 337.200 to require the commissioner of the Department of Workplace Standards to notify the Department for Natural Resources of any employer engaged in the severance, preparation, or transportation of minerals that is not compliant with the performance bonding requirements; amend KRS 337.994 to require that all penalties collected for violations of KRS 337.200 be paid to employees injured by the employer's failure to post the performance bond; APPROPRIATION.

AN ACT relating to mining licenses and making an appropriation therefor.

Rep. Adrielle Camuel [D]

Rep. George Brown [D]

Rep. Cherlynn Stevenson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-17	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2024-01-17	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb283.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb283/orig_bill.pdf