Kentucky House Bill 343 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Passed on April 13 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-04-13 - signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 117)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #3) [PDF]

Amend KRS 75.010 to delineate the territory that may be encompassed during the creation of a fire protection district or volunteer fire department district; amend KRS 75.020, relating to the enlargement or diminishment of fire district boundaries and merger, to require agreements to be entered into when a fire district wishes to expand territory into an area outside the boundaries of a city that is providing fire service to that area; prohibit expansion of one fire district into the territory of another fire district; ensure that boundary maps are filed and updated pursuant to law when boundaries are modified; amend KRS 75.022, relating to fire service boundaries, to establish when a city not having a regular fire department may assume fire protection services of annexed territories; amend KRS 273.401, relating to nonprofit corporations, to require written approval of the governing body of the city or district before a nonprofit fire department can add subscriber fees or charges to territory within a city or within the boundaries of a KRS Chapter 75 fire district; create a new section of KRS Chapter 95A to establish dissolution protocols for KRS Chapter 75 fire districts that may be initiated in the absence of a KRS 65.166 petition.

AN ACT relating to the provision of fire protection services.

Rep. Mitchel Denham [D]

Rep. George Brown [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-04-13	House	signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 117)
2016-04-01	House	delivered to Governor
2016-04-01	House	enrolled, signed by each presiding officer
2016-04-01	House	received in House
2016-03-29	Senate	3rd reading, passed 38-0
2016-03-29	Senate	placed in the Consent Orders #1
2016-03-29	Senate	taken from the Consent Orders #2
2016-03-29	Senate	posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 29, 2016 (Consent Orders #2)
2016-03-23	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2016-03-22	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
2016-02-25	Senate	to State & Local Government (S)
2016-02-23	Senate	received in Senate
2016-02-22	House	3rd reading, passed 94-0
2016-02-18	House	posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, February 22, 2016
2016-02-18	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2016-02-17	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
2016-02-16	House	posting waived
2016-02-08	House	to Local Government (H)
2016-02-05	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB343.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB343/bill.pdf
Supplement	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB343/LM.pdf
Supplement	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB343/vote_history.pdf