Kentucky House Bill 173 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-10)
Status: Engrossed on March 23 2010 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-04-01 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]

Amend KRS 148.795 by expanding the powers and duties of the Kentucky Recreational Trails Authority (KRTA) to plan, coordinate, and implement the "Gaining Access Into Nature" or GAIN program; establish the KRTA as a separate administrative agency of state government; require the KRTA to prepare a statewide recreational trail plan; require the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet to provide administrative, legal, and other types of staff support to the KRTA; establish the Kentucky Recreational Trails Authority fund as a restricted fund and a separate account in the fund as the GAIN account; direct land agreement fees and GAIN program fees into the fund; authorize KRTA to coordinate a statewide system for recreational trails on public lands and authorize KRTA and state agencies owning or managing recreational land to charge fees for access; require preparation of agency plans for implementing the GAIN program on state-owned or state -managed recreational lands; amend KRS 56.00 to prohibit state agencies which own recreational land to restrict public access to the land without advance notice to the local area residents.

AN ACT relating to establishing programs for gaining access into Kentucky's state-owned and state-managed recreational lands and making an appropriation therefor.

Rep. Dwight Butler [R]	Rep. John Carney [R]	Rep. Tim Couch [R]	Rep. Will Coursey [D]
Rep. James Glenn [D]	Rep. Jim Gooch [R]	Rep. Keith Hall [D]	Rep. Richard Henderson [D]
Rep. Melvin Henley [D]	Rep. Charlie Hoffman [D]	Rep. David Housman [R]	Rep. Joni Jenkins [D]
Rep. Dennis Keene [D]	Rep. Martha King [D]	Rep. Jimmie Lee [D]	Rep. Terry Mills [D]
Rep. Tim Moore [R]	Rep. Rick Nelson [D]	Rep. Fred Nesler [D]	Rep. David Osborne [R]
Rep. Jody Richards [D]	Rep. Charles Siler [R]	Rep. Kent Stevens [D]	Rep. Jim Stewart [R]
Rep. Brent Yonts [D]	Rep. Jill York [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-04-01		reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
2010-03-24		to State & Local Government (S)
2010-03-23		received in Senate
2010-03-23		3rd reading, passed 99-0 with Committee Substitute, floor amendments (1-title) (2) and (3)
2010-03-22		floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute
2010-03-22		posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 23, 2010
2010-03-19		2nd reading, to Rules
2010-03-18		floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1-title) filed
2010-03-18		reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
2010-03-16		posted in committee
2010-01-05		to Tourism Development & Energy (H)
2010-01-05		introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB173.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB173/bill.doc