Kentucky Senate Bill 263 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Passed on April 6 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-04-06 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 179)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Amend KRS 224A.011 to define "asset management plan" and "merger"; amend KRS 224A.300 to clarify the goal of offering secure water and adding managerial and technical resources as needed resources for the improvement of infrastructure for the security and safety of water systems; require the Energy and Environment cabinet to provide technical support to the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority; amend KRS 224A.302 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 224.304 to rename an account in the infrastructure revolving fund and add to the purpose of the account to encourage regionalization, merger and consolidation of water and wastewater systems; amend KRS 224A.306 to make technical corrections, delete the requirement for one governmental agency water system be a partner in the merger, or consolidation; amend KRS 224A.308 to require the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority to help water systems develop or maintain asset management plans; amend KRS 224A.310 to conform and add wastewater to an incentive program targeting water systems with high debt and other problems; amend KRS 224A.312 to conform and make technical corrections; amend KRS 224A.316 to identify resiliency as a goal for the water systems and upgrade systems to prevent inflow and infiltration; give priority to funding projects that are regional; amend KRS 224A.318 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 151.603 to establish planning cycles in 5 year increments beginning in 2025; amend KRS 151.601 and 151.605 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 151.607 to make technical corrections and clarify projects that are regional have priority ranking and the goals are to consolidate or merge management and operations; repeal KRS 224A.314, relating to the study of water resource potential.

AN ACT relating to the regionalization of public water and wastewater systems.

Sen. Phillip Wheeler [R]

Sen. Steve West [R]

Sen. Brandon Storm [R]

2023-03-30 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 369 (Y: 97 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2023-03-10 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading W/sfa1 RSN# 2579 (Y: 34 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-04-06	Senate	signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 179)
2023-03-30	Senate	delivered to Governor
2023-03-30	Senate	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2023-03-30	Senate	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2023-03-30	Senate	received in Senate
2023-03-30	House	3rd reading, passed 97-0
2023-03-30	House	placed in the Orders of the Day
2023-03-30	House	taken from Rules
2023-03-30	House	reported favorably, to Rules
2023-03-16	House	to Natural Resources & Energy (H)
2023-03-15	House	returned to Committee on Committees (H)
2023-03-15	House	2nd reading
2023-03-15	House	taken from Committee on Committees (H)
2023-03-14	House	returned to Committee on Committees (H)
2023-03-14	House	1st reading
2023-03-14	House	taken from Committee on Committees (H)
2023-03-13	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2023-03-13	House	received in House
2023-03-10	Senate	3rd reading, passed 34 -0 with Floor Amendment (1)
2023-03-10	Senate	taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day
2023-03-09	Senate	posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 10, 2023
2023-03-09	Senate	floor amendment (1) filed
2023-03-09	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill
2023-03-08	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
2023-02-24	Senate	reassigned to State & Local Government (S)
2023-02-23	Senate	to Natural Resources & Energy (S)
2023-02-21	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2023-02-21	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb263.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sb263/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sb263/bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0179.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/SB263/SFA1.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb263/vote_history.pdf