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SB 135 KY
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AN ACT relating to county clerks.

KY · session 2022RS · Senate · bill

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Introduced Feb 2, 2022

Latest action (Mar 24, 2022) signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 26)

Summary

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 67 to define "recorded instrument" and "portal"; establish deadlines for county clerks to maintain portals for the electronic filing and searching of recorded instruments; amend KRS 64.012 to provide that the $10 storage fee collected by a county clerk shall be held by the county fiscal court or legislative body of a consolidated local government or urban-county government or the exclusive purpose of providing funding for the permanent storage of recorded instruments; amend KRS 142.010 to provide that 90 percent of the funds held for the local records grant program shall be set aside and distributed as grants for county clerks; create a new section of KRS Chapter 64 to allow a county clerk in a county containing a population of less than 70,000 to receive an advancement to defray necessary official expenses; appropriate $25,000,000 from the General Fund to the Department for Local Government for the purpose of providing grants to county clerks to establish and maintain portals for the electronic filing and searching of recorded instruments; APPROPRIATION.

Sponsors (2)

  • J. Howell Republican · primary
  • D. Douglas · primary

Action history (20)

  1. Feb 2, 2022 introduced in Senate · upper
  2. Feb 2, 2022 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
  3. Feb 7, 2022 to Appropriations & Revenue (S) · upper
  4. Feb 18, 2022 reassigned to State & Local Government (S) · upper
  5. Feb 23, 2022 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) · upper
  6. Feb 24, 2022 2nd reading, to Rules · upper
  7. Feb 25, 2022 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 28, 2022 · upper
  8. Feb 28, 2022 3rd reading, passed 34-0-1 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) · upper
  9. Mar 1, 2022 received in House · lower
  10. Mar 1, 2022 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
  11. Mar 8, 2022 to Local Government (H) · lower
  12. Mar 9, 2022 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar · upper
  13. Mar 10, 2022 2nd reading, to Rules · upper
  14. Mar 10, 2022 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 11, 2022 · upper
  15. Mar 16, 2022 3rd reading, passed 93-1 · upper
  16. Mar 17, 2022 received in Senate · upper
  17. Mar 17, 2022 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate · upper
  18. Mar 17, 2022 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House · lower
  19. Mar 17, 2022 delivered to Governor · upper
  20. Mar 24, 2022 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 26) · upper
Subjects
AppropriationsConsolidated Local GovernmentsCountiesCounties, UrbanCounty ClerksDeeds and ConveyancesLocal MandateProperty

Text versions (3)

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 26 · PDF
  • Current/Final · PDF
  • Introduced · PDF

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