Kentucky House Bill 561 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on March 1 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-03-27 - recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
Pending: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]

Amend KRS 223.400 to add definitions for "geothermal borehole" and "geothermal system" and to amend the definition for "water well"; amend KRS 223.435 to require the secretary of the Energy and Environment Cabinet, upon recommendation of the Kentucky Water Well Certification Board, to promulgate administrative regulations establishing standards of practice for drilling geothermal boreholes and installing geothermal systems; require the administrative regulations to include annually recurring certification requirements for geothermal borehole drillers; require the administrative regulations to be proposed within one year of the effective date of the Act; amend KRS 223.455 to authorize the cabinet to enter onto property, consistent with due process, to obtain information on geothermal system installation.

AN ACT relating to geothermal systems.

Rep. Leslie Combs [D]

Rep. Gregory Stumbo [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-27		recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
2012-03-23		floor amendment (1) filed
2012-03-23		2nd reading, to Rules
2012-03-22		reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2012-03-19		posted in committee
2012-03-05		to Tourism Development & Energy (H)
2012-03-01		introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB561.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB561/bill.doc