Kentucky House Bill 298 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: Passed on March 9 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-03-09 - signed by Governor (Acts ch. 1)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [MS Word]

Appropriate to the University of Kentucky from the General Fund $5,459,000 in fiscal year 2015-2016 for debt service to support General Fund Bonds; authorize and appropriate $132,500,000 in Bond Funds in fiscal year 2014-2015 and $132,500,000 in Restricted Funds in fiscal year 2014-2015 for construction of a Research Building at the University of Kentucky; establish that it is the intent of the 2015 General Assembly that the University of Kentucky not base any decision to proceed with the capital project on an expectation of receiving any General Fund moneys for the operation and maintenance of that facility in future biennia; stipulate that all authorizations and appropriations for the capital project shall expire on June 30, 2016, unless reauthorized, with the following exceptions: a construction or purchase contract for the project is awarded, or permanent financing or a short-term line of credit sufficient to cover the total authorized bonds is obtained if the appropriated project completes an initial draw on the line of credit within the fiscal biennium immediately subsequent to the original bond authorization; EMERGENCY.

AN ACT authorizing bonds for a postsecondary education capital project, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.

Rep. Rick Rand [D]	Rep. Jeff Hoover [R]	Rep. Mitchel Denham [D]	Rep. Dennis Keene [D]
Rep. Ruth Palumbo [D]	Rep. Gregory Stumbo [D]	Rep. Thomas Thompson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-09	House	signed by Governor (Acts ch. 1)
2015-03-04	House	delivered to Governor
2015-03-04	House	enrolled, signed by each presiding officer
2015-03-03	House	received in House
2015-03-03	Senate	3rd reading, passed 36-1
2015-03-02	Senate	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 3, 2015
2015-02-27	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2015-02-26	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2015-02-19	Senate	to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
2015-02-13	Senate	received in Senate
2015-02-13	House	3rd reading, passed 83-9
2015-02-11	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 12, 2015
2015-02-11	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2015-02-10	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2015-02-06	House	posted in committee
2015-02-05	House	to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
2015-02-04	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/15RS/HB298.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/15RS/HB298/bill.doc
Supplement	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/15RS/HB298/vote_history.pdf