KY HB627 | 2024 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 21 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-02-21 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to define "adjacent landowner" and "commission-managed lands"; waive the sovereign immunity of the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources and establish the department's liability when the operations of commission-managed lands results in damages to property of an adjacent landowner; provide that a claim for damages shall be brought in the county in which the adjacent landowner's property is located, and the action shall not be removed to Franklin District or Circuit Court; provide that the Board of Claims does not have jurisdiction over an adjacent landowner's claim for damages.

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Title

AN ACT relating to liability for damage to property adjacent to Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission-managed lands.

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History

DateChamberAction
2024-02-21Houseto Committee on Committees (H)
2024-02-21Houseintroduced in House

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