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Bill AN ACT relating to annexation. Amend KRS 81A.420 to require a city to provide written notice to a county of annexation; eliminate the election in opposition to annexation but allow a petition to defeat annexation proposal; create a new section of KRS 65.210 to 65.300 to make interlocal agreements concerning the sharing of occupational or insurance premium tax revenue between a city and a county terminable only with the consent of both parties; amend KRS 65.250 to conform; create new sections of KRS Chapter 81A that allow a county subject to occupational tax crediting to have standing to challenge a proposed annexation; require cities that annex territory in counties subject to occupational tax crediting to remit payments to a county or negotiate with a county for investment in a project associated with the annexation in certain circumstances; allow counties to establish designated county industrial districts; define terms; prohibit annexation by a city of territory within a district without consent of the county; provide method to establish a new district or dissolve an existing district; require certain uses within a district; set a maximum number and size of districts within a county; provide landowners and cities with standing to bring suit against a county concerning a district. us/states/ky Kentucky General Assembly 2024RS HB 596 Kentucky HB 596 (2024RS)
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Annexation
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Labor and Industry
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J. Bray
J. Dixon
M. Meredith
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Kentucky HB 596 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to annexation.

Amend KRS 81A.420 to require a city to provide written notice to a county of annexation; eliminate the election in opposition to annexation but allow a petition to defeat annexation proposal; create a new section of KRS 65.210 to 65.300 to make interlocal agreements concerning the sharing of occupational or insurance premium tax revenue between a city and a county terminable only with the consent of both parties; amend KRS 65.250 to conform; create new sections of KRS Chapter 81A that allow a county subject to occupational tax crediting to have standing to challenge a proposed annexation; require cities that annex territory in counties subject to occupational tax crediting to remit payments to a county or negotiate with a county for investment in a project associated with the annexation in certain circumstances; allow counties to establish designated county industrial districts; define terms; prohibit annexation by a city of territory within a district without consent of the county; provide method to establish a new district or dissolve an existing district; require certain uses within a district; set a maximum number and size of districts within a county; provide landowners and cities with standing to bring suit against a county concerning a district.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Acts Chapter 158 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Pass — pass (pass) · lower
  • PASS HB 596 — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • J. Bray — primary (person)
  • J. Dixon — primary (person)
  • M. Meredith — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
  • 2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
  • 2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 to Local Government (H) referral-committee
  • 2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 01, 2024
  • 2024-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 93-1 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
  • 2024-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
  • 2024-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
  • 2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 to State & Local Government (S) referral-committee
  • 2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
  • 2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 22, 2024
  • 2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
  • 2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
  • 2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
  • 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 36-0 passage, reading-3
  • 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
  • 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
  • 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
  • 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
  • 2024-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
  • 2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00 became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 158) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/195a4b09-971b-4c41-8b82-2434e7a0aa1c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).