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2006 House Bill 380 (Kentucky State Budget FY 2007 - FY 2008)

Public Act 252 of 2006

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  • Introduced by Rep. Harry Moberly, Jr on January 17, 2006, to appropriate from the General Fund, General Fund-(Tobacco), Road Fund, Restricted Funds, Federal Funds, Bond Funds, Highway Bonds, Agency Bonds, Capital Construction Surplus, Investment Income, and other funds, $385,056,000 in fiscal year 2005-06, $24,457,258,500 in fiscal year 2006-07 and $22,289,594,500 in fiscal year 2007-08.
    • Referred to the House Appropriations and Revenue Committee on January 18, 2006.
    • Reported in the House on February 21, 2006, favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar.
    • Substitute offered in the House on March 5, 2006, to appropriate from the General Fund, General Fund (Tobacco), Road Fund, Restricted Funds, Federal Funds, Bond Funds, Highway Bonds, Agency Bonds, Capital Construction Surplus, Investment Income, and other funds, $389,250,100 in fiscal year 2005-2006, $25,579,589,400 in fiscal year 2006-2007, and $22,522,977,500 in fiscal year 2007-2008.
    • The substitute passed in the House by voice vote on March 7, 2006.
    • Amendment offered by Rep. Jimmie Lee on March 6, 2006, to increase private child care providers rates by $2 per day in FY 2006-07 and by an additional $2 per day in FY 2007-08. The amendment would create an incentive pool for private child care providers to serve hard to place youth.
    • The amendment passed in the House by voice vote on March 7, 2006.
    • Amendment offered by Rep. Kevin D Bratcher on March 6, 2006, to require the Louisville Arena Authority, Inc. to be an entity attached to Louisville Metro Government, subjecting it to procurement and ethics restrictions. The amendment would require the Authority to consider alternative site studies and to select the site for the arena.
    • Amendment offered by Rep. Bob M DeWeese on March 6, 2006, to provide site specific language for location of a sports arena.
    • Amendment offered by Rep. Bob M DeWeese on March 6, 2006, to require that the Louisville Arena Authority be established under the Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government and require the members' compliance with local government's procurement and ethics code. The amendment would require the Authority to consider other arena site studies and choose the Arena's eventual location in Louisville.
    • Amendment offered by Rep. Tim Couch on March 6, 2006, to revise allocation of coal severance funds in Leslie County.
    • The amendment passed in the House by voice vote on March 7, 2006.
    • Amendment offered by Rep. Bill Farmer on March 6, 2006, to exempt certain corporations from the alternative minimum calculation of corporate income tax based on income.
    • Amendment offered by Rep. Paul H Marcotte on March 6, 2006, to change purpose of Kentucky Community and Technical College System project from design to construct and scope of project from $1,000,000 to $26,607,000.
    • The amendment failed in the House by voice vote on March 7, 2006.
    • Amendment offered by Rep. Jeffrey Hoover on March 6, 2006, to change the LRC's ability to evaluate Economic Development initiatives.
    • Amendment offered by Rep. Bob M DeWeese on March 6, 2006, to remove site specific language from discussion of the Louisville arena.
    • The amendment failed in the House (39 to 53) on March 7, 2006. [Vote Details and Comments]
    • Amendment offered by Rep. Joseph M Fischer on March 6, 2006, to provide funding for school projects through cost reductions due to repeal of the prevailing wage law.
    • Amendment offered by Rep. Harry Moberly, Jr on March 6, 2006, to amend Homeland Security project list. The amendment would amend projects funded under the Governor's Office of Local Development. The amendment would add language regarding use of new money for the Auditor of Public Accounts. The amendment would amend language relating to the teacher's retirement system and amend language relating to infrastructure funding for performing arts centers. The amendment would add language relating to the levy of taxes by school districts and amend language relating to local school district certified and classified employee pay policy. The amendment would increase funding for diabetes services in FY 2007-2008 and move funding for the Lancaster Campus from KCTCS to Eastern Kentucky University. The amendment would authorize equine hospital construction for Morehead State and increase funding for LCC Winchester Facility. The amendment would increase funding for Ashland CTC and provide funding for Madisonville Postsecondary Education Center. The amendment would amend coal severance projects and water projects. The amendment would also exempt small wineries from certain tax liability.
    • The amendment passed in the House by voice vote on March 7, 2006.
    • Amendment offered by Rep. Joe Barrows on March 6, 2006, to delete line item projects in the Infrastructure for Economic Development Fund for Non-Coal Producing Counties.
    • The amendment passed in the House by voice vote on March 7, 2006.
    • Amendment offered by Rep. Joe Barrows on March 6, 2006, to adjust projects in the Infrastructure for Economic Development Fund for Non-Coal Producing Counties project list.
  • Passed in the House (97 to 0) on March 7, 2006, an amended bill to appropriate 3% more over the biennium than the introduced budget. The amended bill would appropriate from the General Fund, General Fund (Tobacco), Road Fund, Restricted Funds, Federal Funds, Bond Funds, Highway Bonds, Agency Bonds, Capital Construction Surplus, Investment Income, and other funds, $389,250,100 in fiscal year 2005-2006, $25,579,589,400 in fiscal year 2006-2007, and $22,522,977,500 in fiscal year 2007-2008. [Vote Details and Comments]
  • Received in the Senate on March 8, 2006.
    • Referred to the Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee on March 10, 2006.
    • Substitute offered in the Senate on March 21, 2006, to appropriate from the General Fund, General Fund (Tobacco), Road Fund, Restricted Funds, Federal Funds, Bond Funds, Highway Bonds, Agency Bonds, Capital Construction Surplus, Investment Income, and other funds, $386,169,400 in fiscal year 2005-2006, $25,987,036,500 in fiscal year 2006-2007, and $22,517,886,800 in fiscal year 2007-2008. The substitute would remove a requirement that an arena in Louisville be built in a particular location for the purposes of state funding. The substitute also provides additional General Fund support in the SEEK base of $8,600,000 in fiscal year 2007-2008 for two additional instructional days. The substitute would provide a flat dollar salary adjustment for state employees. This adjustment ranges from $400 to $1,350 per employee. The substitute would also leave around $141 million in the state's budget reserve trust fund – the “rainy day fund” – while the House version left $38 million in state reserves. The substitute concurs with a House-approved pay raise for all Kentucky public school teachers. The substitute passed in the Senate by voice vote on March 21, 2006.
    • Amendment offered by Sen. Charlie Borders on March 21, 2006, to provide $1 million from the General Fund for upkeep and maintenance of the statewide mobile data infrastructure. The amendment passed in the Senate by voice vote on March 21, 2006.
    • Amendment offered by Sen. Alice Kerr on March 21, 2006, to increase the benchmark funding for postsecondary education institutions by $10,000,000 in each fiscal year of the biennium. The amendment passed in the Senate by voice vote on March 21, 2006.
    • Amendment offered by Sen. Dan Kelly on March 21, 2006, to increase funding for operational costs for the Council on Postsecondary Education by $1,000,000 each fiscal year of the biennium. The amendment passed in the Senate by voice vote on March 21, 2006.
    • Amendment offered by Sen. Charlie Borders on March 21, 2006, to amend Infrastructure for Economic Development Fund for Coal-Producing Counties (A) projects in Harlan County and Menifee County.
      • Withdrawn in the Senate on March 21, 2006.
    • Amendment offered by Sen. Charlie Borders on March 21, 2006, to revise single-county coal severance tax projects for Carter, Clay, Floyd, Greenup, Hancock, Harlan, Hopkins, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, Lee, Leslie, Magoffin, Menifee, Owsley, and Perry Counties. The amendment passed in the Senate by voice vote on March 21, 2006.
    • Amendment offered by Sen. Charlie Borders on March 21, 2006, to earmark $90,000 to establish an Osteoporosis Prevention and Education Program in the Department of Public Health. The amendment passed in the Senate by voice vote on March 21, 2006.
    • Amendment offered by Sen. Dan Kelly on March 21, 2006, to make conforming changes to reflect appropriation increases in other adopted committee amendments to the State/Executive Branch Budget. The amendment passed in the Senate by voice vote on March 21, 2006.
  • Passed in the Senate (38 to 0) on March 21, 2006, to appropriate from the General Fund, General Fund (Tobacco), Road Fund, Restricted Funds, Federal Funds, Bond Funds, Highway Bonds, Agency Bonds, Capital Construction Surplus, Investment Income, and other funds, $386,169,400 in fiscal year 2005-2006, $25,987,036,500 in fiscal year 2006-2007, and $22,517,886,800 in fiscal year 2007-2008. The bill would remove a requirement that an arena in Louisville be built in a particular location for the purposes of state funding. The bill would removed House language that directs the Legislative Research Commission to evaluate the state's use of tax incentives for economic development. The bill also provides additional General Fund support in the SEEK base of $8,600,000 in fiscal year 2007-2008 for two additional instructional days. The bill would provide a flat dollar salary adjustment for state employees. This adjustment ranges from $400 to $1,350 per employee. The bill would also leave around $141 million in the state's budget reserve trust fund – the “rainy day fund” – while the House version left $38 million in state reserves. The bill concurs with a House-approved pay raise for all Kentucky public school teachers. [Vote Details and Comments]
  • Received in the House on March 22, 2006.
    • Substitute offered in the House on April 10, 2006, a free conference committee report to spend $18.1-billion over two years. The bill would create $2.38-billion in new debt. The bill would provide Kentucky public school teachers with more than $4100 pay raises over two years. The bill would raise state worker salaries by up to $1350 in one year. The bill would lock-in an otherwise temporary gasoline tax at 1.1-cents per gallon in order to finance $350-million in new debt for road construction. The bill includes $185-million for construction of two bridges spanning the Ohio River in Louisville, $75-million for a basketball arena in Louisville, $68-million for state park improvements and $25-million for a new hotel in Lexington. The bill would permit up to $10,000,000 in Road Fund moneys to be used for the development, construction, reconstruction, maintenance, and repair of airport runways, aprons, and taxiways at public airports and public use airports. The bill would provide a total of $55,300,000 for the Kentucky River Locks and Dams Maintenance and Renovations Pool. The bill would provide an additional $100,000,000 in offers of assistance from the School Facilities Construction Commission during the biennium with the anticipation of debt service being provided during the 2008-2010 biennium. The bill also would provide $6-million for a polar bear exhibit at the Louisville Zoo.
  • Passed in the House (98 to 2) on April 11, 2006, a free conference committee report to spend $18.1-billion over two years. The bill would create $2.38-billion in new debt. The bill would provide Kentucky public school teachers with more than $4100 pay raises over two years. The bill would raise state worker salaries by up to $1350 in one year. The bill would lock-in an otherwise temporary gasoline tax at 1.1-cents per gallon in order to finance $350-million in new debt for road construction. The bill includes $185-million for construction of two bridges spanning the Ohio River in Louisville, $75-million for a basketball arena in Louisville, $68-million for state park improvements and $25-million for a new hotel in Lexington. The bill would permit up to $10,000,000 in Road Fund moneys to be used for the development, construction, reconstruction, maintenance, and repair of airport runways, aprons, and taxiways at public airports and public use airports. The bill would provide a total of $55,300,000 for the Kentucky River Locks and Dams Maintenance and Renovations Pool. The bill would provide an additional $100,000,000 in offers of assistance from the School Facilities Construction Commission during the biennium with the anticipation of debt service being provided during the 2008-2010 biennium. The bill also would provide $6-million for a polar bear exhibit at the Louisville Zoo. [Vote Details and Comments]
  • Received in the Senate on March 22, 2006.
    • Substitute offered in the Senate on April 10, 2006, a free conference committee report to spend $18.1-billion over two years. The bill would create $2.38-billion in new debt. The bill would provide Kentucky public school teachers with more than $4100 pay raises over two years. The bill would raise state worker salaries by up to $1350 in one year. The bill would lock-in an otherwise temporary gasoline tax at 1.1-cents per gallon in order to finance $350-million in new debt for road construction. The bill includes $185-million for construction of two bridges spanning the Ohio River in Louisville, $75-million for a basketball arena in Louisville, $68-million for state park improvements and $25-million for a new hotel in Lexington. The bill would permit up to $10,000,000 in Road Fund moneys to be used for the development, construction, reconstruction, maintenance, and repair of airport runways, aprons, and taxiways at public airports and public use airports. The bill would provide a total of $55,300,000 for the Kentucky River Locks and Dams Maintenance and Renovations Pool. The bill would provide an additional $100,000,000 in offers of assistance from the School Facilities Construction Commission during the biennium with the anticipation of debt service being provided during the 2008-2010 biennium. The bill also would provide $6-million for a polar bear exhibit at the Louisville Zoo.
  • Passed in the Senate (38 to 0) on April 10, 2006, a free conference committee report to spend $18.1-billion over two years. The bill would create $2.38-billion in new debt. The bill would provide Kentucky public school teachers with more than $4100 pay raises over two years. The bill would raise state worker salaries by up to $1350 in one year. The bill would lock-in an otherwise temporary gasoline tax at 1.1-cents per gallon in order to finance $350-million in new debt for road construction. The bill includes $185-million for construction of two bridges spanning the Ohio River in Louisville, $75-million for a basketball arena in Louisville, $68-million for state park improvements and $25-million for a new hotel in Lexington. The bill would permit up to $10,000,000 in Road Fund moneys to be used for the development, construction, reconstruction, maintenance, and repair of airport runways, aprons, and taxiways at public airports and public use airports. The bill would provide a total of $55,300,000 for the Kentucky River Locks and Dams Maintenance and Renovations Pool. The bill would provide an additional $100,000,000 in offers of assistance from the School Facilities Construction Commission during the biennium with the anticipation of debt service being provided during the 2008-2010 biennium. The bill also would provide $6-million for a polar bear exhibit at the Louisville Zoo. [Vote Details and Comments]
  • Signed with line-item veto by Gov. Ernie Fletcher on April 24, 2006, a free conference committee report to spend nearly $18.1-billion over two years. The bill included line item vetos that would create $2.1-billion in new debt. The bill would provide Kentucky public school teachers with more than $4100 pay raises over two years. The bill would raise state worker salaries by up to $1350 in one year. The bill would lock-in an otherwise temporary gasoline tax at 1.1-cents per gallon in order to finance $350-million in new debt for road construction. The bill includes $185-million for construction of two bridges spanning the Ohio River in Louisville, $75-million for a basketball arena in Louisville, $68-million for state park improvements and $25-million for a new hotel in Lexington. The Governor's line-item vetos of the General Assembly's budget are included here.

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Introduced by Rep. Harry Moberly, Jr on January 17, 2006. Passed in the House (97 to 0) on March 7, 2006. New Comment

1) Kentucky Retired Teacher [by Anonymous Citizen on January 25, 2008]
All of you active teachers had better start researching the WEP-GOP Social Security Act
If your spouses are paying in to Social Security do you know that you can not get his benefits if (Lord forbid)he passes away. Many spouses are going to find themselves in this situation one day if we can not get this law repealed. Our spouses work hard and pay in but just because we get our state retirement benefits we can not and will not get theirs if our congress doesn't repeal that law. Contact your state and federal legislators about this now.
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2) Lordy, Lordy [by Anonymous Citizen on January 25, 2008]
Why do we keep talking about a 2006 bill that died in committee???
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3) Waste [by Joe F on January 22, 2008]
I agree that government at all levels waste money like it grows on trees. I know what you are talking about. And some of the US senators won't use e-mail to answer you, they use the more expensive way, US Mail. It seems more personal that way but I don't care about personal, I care about waste.
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4) Salary [by Anonymous Citizen on April 13, 2006]
Rank-in-file State Representatives made $29,300 in 2005. My guess State Senators who are not in Leadership posts make somewhat the same.
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5) state senator salary [by Anonymous Citizen on April 12, 2006]
what does a KY senator earn/get paid in salary?
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6) A bear ate my tax reflief [by Anonymous Citizen on April 13, 2006]
They find $6.5 million dollars for polar bear airconditioning in Louisville and they cannot fund small business tax relief?

BEAR that in mind when you go to the polls this year.
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7) What about teachers? [by LynnThompson on March 17, 2006]
There is dead wheight in every workplace, but most employers give an across the board cost of living increase. My problem is not with the state raises, but the lack there of with regard to teachers. While they have been given a 3% increase, the cost of insurance off sets that gain. And while there is the promise of the $3,000 next year, there will be a new budget argument and that will surely end up being cut. KY requires a masters degree be obtained, offers no help in getting it and then cuts teacher pay. Is there anywonder why KY schools are understaffed?
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8) Pay raises [by Anonymous Citizen on March 19, 2006]
In the private sector, employees with skills or employees who can get other jobs get raises. That's how it works. In the merit system, the raise is a matter of law. For teachers, the raise is a matter of General Assembly weakness and bad math.
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9) State Budget [by Anonymous Citizen on March 15, 2006]
The governor can suggest the amount of the raise state workers recieve, but he has no vote in the matter and can not control the issue. The State Budget (HB 380) is re-written by the General Assembly and they are the ones who vote on the issue. Legislators receive a cost-of-living increase set on the CPI or the raise given state employees, whichever is "less".
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10) CHEATED AGAIN [by Anonymous Citizen on March 15, 2006]
The taxpayers of Ky should realize that state employees work as hard if not harder than some private citizens and they deserve and expect a raise just as I would in my job. But the governor has control over the amount, but if they were told 5% than that is what they should receive.
And what about our lawmakers, did they get 5% or better, of course not they set their own wages.
Think about it.
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11) snicker snicker [by Anonymous Citizen on March 15, 2006]
Just as hard or harder.... okay... okay. Just... yeah. If you say so....
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12) state workers [by Anonymous Citizen on March 7, 2006]
I think the picture that everyone still has in their heads of a state worker is. The one of 5 guys (I'am sorry) workers standing around watching the one worker do the job, while the others lean on the shovel or rack. One of the other Governor's took care of that problem. He sold all the tractors and mowing equipment and got all of his BIG CAMPAIGN MONEY PEOPLE the contracts and now look at your roads and the trash along the sides of the roads. The state workers DO NOT MAKE BIG BUCKS like alot of people think. There is waste in everything where there are people doing the work. That's why everything is so expense in almost everything we purchase. LOOK AT WASHINGTON D.C.
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13) State Workers / State Police [by Anonymous Citizen on March 7, 2006]
Gov. Fletcher once again has missed the boat on pay raises for state workers and the state police.
I thought it was law that state workers were to receive a 5% pay increase yearly; not a dollar amount. How can he justify giving someone that has worked for the state 20 years a $600.00 pay raise and give someone that has worked for the state less than five years a $2,000.00 pay raise.
On top of that, how can he justify giving the State Police a pay raise this year and then next year give them a $3,700.00 pay raise across the board.
Once again he is trying to take away from the state workers and give to others. State workers have families too that rely on those pay raises; just like workers in the private sector rely on their pay raises as well.
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14) Anonymous Citizen [by Anonymous Citizen on March 9, 2006]
AMEN!
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15) State workers [by Anonymous Citizen on March 7, 2006]
About 1 in every 5 state workers should be fired immediately.

The rest of those workers should be given raises based on performance.
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16) Anonymous Citizen [by Anonymous Citizen on March 9, 2006]
A stupid statement!
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17) fired state worker's [by Anonymous Citizen on March 7, 2006]
That does not just go for state workers. I am a state worker and have to deal with alot of private contactors because the state has, over the years cut back on hiring workers. I am here to tell you, IF YOU THINK THAT IT'S ONLY STATE WORKERS YOU BETTER WAKE UP OR GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF the sand. One more thing, all state workers do not work and i REPEAT DO NOT WORK in Frankfort. There are a lot of Great State HARD workers in Frankfort and in every county in Kentucky but if you will admit(the person that said one in every five should be fired)and if there is more than two adults in your family, one will do more work than the others. Think ABOUT IT. You Will Always have this state workers or private, nothings perfect in this world. PROUD STATE WORKER and if i do admit A HARD WORKER TOO.
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18) Taxpayers screwed [by Anonymous Citizen on March 4, 2006]
Who should be the priority, 30,000 state employees who are already protected from being fired or even disciplined, have health coverage and pensions that are the envy of private employees... or the 4 million other Kentuckians that pay for their gravy train?
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19) ANONYMOUS EMPLOYEE [by Anonymous Citizen on April 8, 2006]
Most state employees earn every penny they get, very few exceptions. In private industry, most would be earning salaries at least 50 percent higher. If "anonymous citizen" thinks state employment is a gravy train, why not get yourself a state job. I'm a merit employee. I earned my position.
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20) waste in state government [by Anonymous Citizen on January 21, 2008]
My husband received a letter advising him of benefits he will receive via medicaid. The letter came in a 9 x 11 window envelope with an extra sheet of paper with his name and address (because the state bought window envelopes that don't have windows where they should be) So this letter, that should have been 1 page in a standard envelope at a mailing cost of 41 cents, was two pages in a larger, more expensive envelope, costing 1.01 to mail. Did I mention he received the exact same letter twice? So what should have cost 41 cents, cost the taxpayers $2.02, not to mention the wasted paper. Multiply by the number of letters the DHS sends out annually...If someone in state government had the gumption to say..."can we get by with smaller, cheaper envelopes that only cost 41 cents to mail?" maybe there'd be money for raises.
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21) Delusional [by Anonymous Citizen on April 11, 2006]
You are completely deluded about merit employees. I'm sure most merit employees earn their paychecks. However, in the private sector raises are earned. Raises for merit employees are not earned. They are given without any "merit" whatsoever.

Firing a merit employee who doesn't work out is virtually impossible.

And the benefits that merit workers get are better than virtually any private sector company.

You've been in the merit system too long if you think you're getting a raw deal.
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22) Anonymous Citizen [by Anonymous Citizen on March 9, 2006]
You're stupid!
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23) Employees screwed [by Anonymous Citizen on January 22, 2006]
again.
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24) yeah, right. [by Anonymous Citizen on January 22, 2006]
Like the state budget is a jobs welfare program for state employees? Same raises for everyone? What about more money for higher performing employees and easier procedures to fire the low performers?

I think I've heard of that kind of system somewhere before. Oh yeah, that's right. EVERYWHERE ELSE.

This isn't a full employment welfare program. If you don't like the system, get a job in the private sector and duke it out like the rest of us.
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25) anonymous employee [by Anonymous Citizen on April 6, 2006]
How do you objectively measure the performance of a revenue agent? Define a low or high performer for me, please.
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26) Anonymous Citizen [by Anonymous Citizen on March 9, 2006]
You're statement is wrong!
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Amendment offered by Rep. Bob M DeWeese on March 6, 2006. The amendment failed in the House (39 to 53) on March 7, 2006. New Comment

1) Lower State's Medicaid Costs [by Anonymous Citizen on December 5, 2006]
Kentucky should pass legislation like Arkansas and New Jersey allowing privately owned assisted living facilities to reduce state's Medicaid costs!

These states offered financial incentives to privately owned assisted living facilities to come build in their states by funding low income senior housing to use assisted living facilities.

This plan encourages low income seniors to take earlier advantage of less expensive “independent level” housing graduating to "assisted and extended levels before health is such they must move into federally subsidized nursing home!

Everyone one wins; i.e., low income seniors would be eligible earlier in their senior lives for quality living with other seniors, private assisted living facilities would be encouraged to invest in Kentucky’s assisted living industry creating more health related jobs and if all states take this approach federal government costs would be significantly lowered by reducing federally subsidized nursing home care.
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2) HB 380 [by Anonymous Citizen on March 8, 2006]
This web site again has stated wrong information. It reports those legislators who voted against this amendment were against HB 380. They were against this amendment, not HB 380, it passed 97-0. Voing against a amendment to a Bill does not mean the legislator is against the Bill itself. Everyone who voted on this amendment, yes or no, were for HB 380.
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