SB 127 KY

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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 164 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Aerospace, Aviation, and Defense Investment Fund Advisory Committee; establish the membership of the committee; establish the Kentucky aerospace, aviation, and defense investment fund to be administered by the Council for Postsecondary Education for the purpose of funding public and private partnerships to provide aviation training scholarships and aviation and aerospace equipment grants; require that the portion of the fund expended towards the council's administrative costs shall not exceed 4% of all gross moneys in the fund or $1,500,000 annually, whichever is less; direct the council to promulgate administrative regulations to carry out this Act; require those administrative regulations to be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission for comment prior to filing; require advisory committee members to abstain from voting on a matter involving a conflict of interest; require that the council shall reserve at least 65% of all net moneys in the fund for partnership proposals between aviation programs and aviation industry partners to provide aviation training scholarships to Kentucky residents enrolled in aviation programs; direct the council to prioritize accepting partnerships to proposals targeted to reduce the workforce demand of a specific eligible aviation credential that is determined by the council to be among the highest in demand in the Commonwealth; direct that a partnership shall require a written partnership contract and establish the minimum contract requirements; direct that disbursements of moneys from the fund to support aviation training scholarships shall be made directly to an aviation program pursuant to the terms of the partnership contract; require that an aviation program that enters a partnership contract shall solicit, accept, and review aviation training scholarship applications submitted by students enrolled in the aviation program; direct that an aviation training scholarship issued by an aviation program pursuant to a partnership contract shall be made directly to a recipient pursuant to a written scholarship contract between the recipient and the aviation program; set minimum contract requirements; direct that a grantor may place restrictions upon a contribution to the fund requiring specific criteria for an aviation training scholarship or scholarships funded by the grantor's dedicated funds; direct that the aviation training scholarship contract shall grant the aviation program, the Commonwealth, or the aviation industry partner the authority to initiate recoupment proceedings for the recovery of the total amount of all aviation training scholarships awarded to an individual that fails to complete the terms of a scholarship contract; direct the council to reserve up to 35% of all net moneys in the fund for aviation equipment partnership contracts between public aviation training programs and aviation industry partners to provide aviation and aviation equipment grants; requrie that an aviation equipment partnership shall require a written partnership contract between a public aviation program, aviation industry partner, and the council; establish minimum contract requirements; direct the council to collaborate with the advisory committee to select proposals for partnership contracts; direct that the council may prioritize designated contracts; provide that the council shall require the public aviation program to submit proof that the entire amount of the aviation equipment grant is invested in the maintenance, acquisition, or lease of aviation or aviation training equipment utilized by students enrolled in a public aviation training program; require the council to submit a report to the Legislative Research Commission and establish minimum report requirements; sunset the bill on June 30, 2030; provide that this Act may be cited as the Aerospace Education Reinvestment Opportunity (A.E.R.O.) Act; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

• B. Storm Republican · primary
• D. Carroll Republican · primary
• M. Deneen Republican · primary
• G. Elkins Republican · primary
• S. Funke Frommeyer Republican · primary
• R. Girdler Republican · primary
• A. Mays Bledsoe Republican · primary
• S. Meredith Republican · primary
• G. Neal Democratic · primary
• B. Smith Republican · primary
• D. Thayer · primary
• R. Thomas Democratic · primary
• L. Tichenor Republican · primary
• R. Webb Republican · primary
• D. Yates · primary

1. Jan 23, 2024 introduced in Senate · upper
2. Jan 23, 2024 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
3. Jan 25, 2024 to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) · upper
4. Feb 1, 2024 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar · upper
5. Feb 2, 2024 2nd reading, to Rules · upper
6. Feb 5, 2024 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 07, 2024 · upper
7. Feb 7, 2024 3rd reading, passed 37-0 · upper
8. Feb 7, 2024 received in House · lower
9. Feb 7, 2024 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
10. Feb 13, 2024 to Appropriations & Revenue (H) · lower
11. Mar 12, 2024 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) · upper
12. Mar 13, 2024 2nd reading, to Rules · upper
13. Mar 21, 2024 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 22, 2024 · upper
14. Mar 22, 2024 3rd reading, passed 94-0 with Committee Substitute (1) · upper
15. Mar 25, 2024 received in Senate · upper
16. Mar 25, 2024 to Rules (S) · upper
17. Mar 26, 2024 posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) · upper
18. Mar 27, 2024 Senate refused to concur in House Committee Substitute (1) · upper
19. Mar 27, 2024 received in House · lower
20. Mar 27, 2024 to Rules (H) · lower
21. Mar 27, 2024 posted for passage for receding from House Committee Substitute (1) · upper
22. Mar 27, 2024 House refused to recede from Committee Substitute (1) · upper
23. Mar 27, 2024 Conference Committee appointed in House · lower
24. Mar 28, 2024 Conference Committee appointed in Senate · upper
25. Mar 28, 2024 Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate · upper
26. Mar 28, 2024 Conference Committee report adopted in House and Senate · upper
27. Mar 28, 2024 posted for passage for consideration of Conference · upper
28. Mar 28, 2024 Conference Committee report adopted in House · lower
29. Mar 28, 2024 passed 95-0 with Conference Committee Report (1) · upper
30. Mar 28, 2024 received in Senate · upper
31. Mar 28, 2024 to Rules (S) · upper
32. Mar 28, 2024 taken from Rules · upper
33. Mar 28, 2024 posted for passage for consideration of Conference Committee Report (1) · upper
34. Mar 28, 2024 Conference Committee report adopted in Senate · upper
35. Mar 28, 2024 passed 37-0 with Conference Committee Report (1) · upper
36. Mar 28, 2024 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate · upper
37. Mar 28, 2024 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House · lower
38. Mar 28, 2024 delivered to Governor · upper
39. Apr 5, 2024 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 109) · upper

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Acts Chapter 109 · PDF
• Current/Final · PDF
• Introduced · PDF