Kentucky House Bill 454 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 26 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-04-26 - signed by Governor (Acts ch. 169)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]

Create new sections of KRS 376 to authorize utilities that provide gas, electric, sewer or water service to retail business customers to impose a lien on their property for any outstanding charges and fees when utility bill is in arrears in excess of $50,000; allow the lien to take priority over a mortgage, contract lien, or bona fide conveyance under specific conditions; prescribe the contents of the statement of lien; prescribe the method of recording the lien and the duties of the county clerk in recording the lien; permit the clerk to receive a fee for compensation for recording the lien; prescribe a method of enforcing the lien; identify the parties to an equitable proceeding to enforce the lien and the duties of the master commissioner; allow the owner or claimant of property to file a bond for double the amount of the lien to discharge the lien; and define "retail business ratepayer," "charges," "service" and "utility."

AN ACT relating to liens.

Rep. Rick Rand [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-04-26		signed by Governor (Acts ch. 169)
2010-04-15		delivered to Governor
2010-04-15		enrolled, signed by each presiding officer
2010-04-14		passed 100-0
2010-04-14		House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute
2010-04-14		posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1)
2010-04-14		taken from Rules Committee
2010-04-14		to Rules (H)
2010-04-14		received in House
2010-04-14		passed 36-2 with Committee Substitute
2010-04-14		committee amendment (1) withdrawn
2010-04-14		3rd reading
2010-04-14		posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, April 14, 2010
2010-04-14		reported favorably, to Rules as a Consent bill with Committee Substitute
2010-04-14		returned to Judiciary (S)
2010-04-14		taken from Rules Committee
2010-03-25		reported favorably, to Rules as a Consent bill with committee amendment (1)
2010-03-24		returned to Judiciary (S)
2010-03-24		2nd reading
2010-03-24		taken from committee
2010-03-23		returned to Judiciary (S)
2010-03-23		1st reading
2010-03-23		taken from committee
2010-03-17		to Judiciary (S)
2010-03-16		received in Senate
2010-03-15		3rd reading, passed 96-0 with Committee Substitute
2010-03-12		posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, March 15, 2010
2010-03-12		2nd reading, to Rules
2010-03-11		reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute
2010-02-23		posted in committee
2010-02-22		to Tourism Development & Energy (H)
2010-02-18		introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB454.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB454/bill.doc