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HB 446 — AN ACT relating to water district commissioners.
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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3Passed House
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4Passed Senate
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
119 added · 119 removed119 line(s) added, 119 removed.
UNOFFICIAL COPY 20 RS BRHB 1479446/GA AN ACT relating to water district commissioners.
Orders establishing the extension shall provide for the staggering of initial terms in an Page 1 of 7 HB044610.100 - 1479 - XXXX JacketedGA UNOFFICIAL COPY 20 RS BRHB 1479446/GA equitable manner.
Page 2 of 7 HB044610.100 - 1479 - XXXX JacketedGA UNOFFICIAL COPY 20 RS BRHB 1479446/GA (5) The commission shall elect a chairman, vice chairman, secretary, treasurer, and any other officers and assistant officers as the commission may deem necessary, each of whom shall be members of the commission.
(6) Each commissioner shall receive[receive an]an annual compensation[salary]salary of not more than thirty-six hundred dollars ($3,600), which shall be paid out of the water district fund, except that beginning January 1, 1999 and subject to subsection (9) of this section, each commissioner who completes during an educational year a minimum of six (6) instructional hours of water district management training approved by the Public Service Commission may receive[receive an]an annual compensation[salary]salary of not more than six thousand dollars ($6,000) to be paid out of the water district fund.
In the case of single-countysingle- county districts, which shall be deemed to include districts described in paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of this section, the compensation[salary]salary shall be fixed by the county judges/executive with the approval of the fiscal court;
In fixing and approving the compensation[salary]salary of the commissioners, the county judge/executive and the fiscal court shall take into consideration the financial condition of the district and its ability to meet its obligations as they mature.
(7) (a) Except as provided in subsection (9) of this section, in order to receive an increase in compensation[salary]salary as specified in subsection (6) of this section, commissioners shall successfully complete six (6) instructional hours of water district management training annually.
The training shall be approved and Page 3 of 7 XXXX Jacketed UNOFFICIAL COPY 20 RS BR 1479 paid for by the water district of the county the commissioner represents.
Those Page 3 of 7 HB044610.100 - 1479 - XXXX GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 20 RS HB 446/GA commissioners not required to complete the six (6) instructional hours shall be reimbursed for the cost of instruction if they choose to complete the water district training.
Except as provided in subsection (9) of this section, any commissioner who fails to complete the program within twelve (12) months of his or her initial appointment shall forfeit his or her office and Page 4 of 7 XXXX Jacketed UNOFFICIAL COPY 20 RS BR 1479 all right to act in discharge of the duties of the office.
A commissioner Page 4 of 7 HB044610.100 - 1479 - XXXX GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 20 RS HB 446/GA required to attend a program under this subsection shall be reimbursed for the cost of instruction by his or her water district.
(9) The Public Service Commission may grant a reasonable extension of timetime, not to exceed six (6) months, for completing the training requirements of subsections (6), (7), and (8) of this section for good cause shown.
Page 5 of 7 XXXX Jacketed UNOFFICIAL COPY 20 RS BR 1479 (a) If the boundaries of the resulting district lie wholly within a single county, the Page 5 of 7 HB044610.100 - 1479 - XXXX GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 20 RS HB 446/GA board of commissioners shall be composed of between three (3) and seven (7) members as agreed upon by the merged water districts in their merger documents.
Bonded obligations of any district secured by the right to levy an assessment as provided by KRS 74.130 through 74.230 or secured by the revenue of the systems operated by the district shall continue to be retired or a sinking fund for such purpose created from the tax assessments or revenue from the system operated by the district from funds Page 6 of 7 XXXX Jacketed UNOFFICIAL COPY 20 RS BR 1479 collected over the same area by the new board of commissioners in accordance with Page 6 of 7 HB044610.100 - 1479 - XXXX GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 20 RS HB 446/GA the laws under which the bonds were issued until all bonded obligations of the old district have been retired.
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Action History
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recommitted to State & Local Government (S)
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2nd reading, to Rules
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reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
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to State & Local Government (S)
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received in Senate
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3rd reading, passed 93-1 with Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (1)
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floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
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posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 11, 2020
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2nd reading, to Rules
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reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
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posted in committee
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to Local Government (H)
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introduced in House
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →0 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 138 not signed on · 1 voted No
Sponsors (0)
None.
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (138)
138 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 138 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Unaffiliated | 57 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Democrat | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 93 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| % of votes cast | 93% | 1% | 0% | 6% |
How each member voted (100)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Fischer | — | Yea |
| Huff T | — | Yea |
| Sims | — | Yea |
| Bechler | — | Yea |
| Flood | — | Yea |
| Jenkins | — | Yea |
| Nemes | — | Yea |
| Sorolis | — | Yea |
| Bentley | — | Yea |
| Frazier | — | Yea |
| Stewart | — | Yea |
| Koenig | — | Yea |
| Pratt | — | Yea |
| Stone | — | Yea |
| Booker | — | Yea |
| Prunty | — | Yea |
| Glenn | — | Yea |
| Lee | — | Yea |
| Rand | — | Yea |
| Branham Clark | — | Yea |
| Goforth | — | Yea |
| Lewis D | — | Yea |
| Raymond | — | Yea |
| Thomas | — | Yea |
| Lewis S | — | Yea |
| Brenda | — | Yea |
| Graham | — | Yea |
| Massey | — | Yea |
| Turner | — | Yea |
| Graviss | — | Yea |
| Brown G | — | Yea |
| McCoy | — | Yea |
| Rothenburger | — | Yea |
| Webber | — | Yea |
| Burch | — | Yea |
| Harris | — | Yea |
| Rowland | — | Yea |
| Westrom | — | Yea |
| Cantrell | — | Yea |
| Meredith | — | Yea |
| Wheatley | — | Yea |
| Donohue | — | Yea |
| Hatton | — | Yea |
| Meyer | — | Yea |
| Santoro | — | Yea |
| Heath | — | Yea |
| Schamore | — | Yea |
| Wiederstein | — | Yea |
| DuPlessis | — | Yea |
| Scott | — | Yea |
| Hinkle | — | Yea |
| Sheldon | — | Yea |
| Yates | — | Yea |
| Minter | — | Yea |
| Carney | — | Not Voting |
| Howard | — | Not Voting |
| Meeks | — | Not Voting |
| Palumbo | — | Not Voting |
| Hoover | — | Not Voting |
| Huff R | — | Yea |
| Miller C | — | Yea |
| Miller J | — | Yea |
| Al Gentry | Democrat | Yea |
| Ashley Tackett Laferty | Democrat | Yea |
| Lisa Willner | Democrat | Yea |
| Mary Lou Marzian | Democrat | Nay |
| Nima Kulkarni | Democrat | Yea |
| Pamela Stevenson | Democrat | Yea |
| Tina Bojanowski | Democrat | Yea |
| Aaron Reed | Republican | Yea |
| Adam Bowling | Republican | Yea |
| Bobby McCool | Republican | Yea |
| Chris Freeland | Republican | Yea |
| Chris Fugate | Republican | Yea |
| Daniel Elliott | Republican | Yea |
| David Hale | Republican | Yea |
| David Meade | Republican | Yea |
| David W. Osborne | Republican | Yea |
| Greg Elkins | Republican | Yea |
| James Tipton | Republican | Yea |
| Jason Petrie | Republican | Yea |
| Jim Gooch Jr. | Republican | Yea |
| John Blanton | Republican | Yea |
| Ken Upchurch | Republican | Yea |
| Kim Banta | Republican | Yea |
| Kim King | Republican | Yea |
| Kimberly Poore Moser | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Hart | Republican | Yea |
| Matthew Koch | Republican | Yea |
| Myron Dossett | Republican | Yea |
| Nancy Tate | Republican | Yea |
| Randy Bridges | Republican | Yea |
| Richard White | Republican | Yea |
| Samara Heavrin | Republican | Yea |
| Savannah Maddox | Republican | Not Voting |
| Steve Bratcher | Republican | Yea |
| Steve Riley | Republican | Yea |
| Steven Rudy | Republican | Yea |
| Suzanne Miles | Republican | Yea |
| T.J. Roberts | Republican | Yea |
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