Rep. Sarge Pollock

Appropriate $96 million from the Kentucky Permanent Pension Fund in fiscal year 2026-2027 to the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority to fund 1-time supplemental payments on July 1, 2026, to recipients of a retirement allowance who have been retired for at least 12 months from the Kentucky Employees Retirement System (KERS) and the State Police Retirement System (SPRS); allow the Board of Trustees of the County Employees Retirement System to, by board decision, provide a one-time supplemental payment to recipients of a retirement allowance who have been retired at least 12 months by increasing employer contribution rates over a one-year or two-year period; specify that the 1-time supplemental payment shall be equal to the monthly payment received by the recipient in the month of June 2026; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to define "local governmental entity" and "local official"; require the Transportation Cabinet to expand driver licensing services by setting up a system between the Transportation Cabinet and 1 local official or local governmental entity in each county to issue operator's licenses and personal identification cards; require the Transportation Cabinet to identify a local official or local governmental entity in each county that will participate in the system by July 1, 2027; allow a local offical or local governmental entity to charge a convenience fee for any document issued by a local official or local governmental entity; require the Transportation Cabinet report the number of documents issued by local officials and local governmental entities and any effect on wait times at regional licensing offices; amend KRS 186.531 to conform; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2027.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 139 to define terms; establish a 3-day sales and use tax holiday during the first Friday through Sunday in August each year exempting eligible property, which includes tangible personal property, with certain exceptions, not to exceed $3,000, and clothing or clothing accessories or equipment if the price of the item does not exceed $200; direct that the first sales tax holiday will occur from August 7 to August 9, 2026; EMERGENCY.

Amend KRS 281.630 to establish a towing and storage facility certificate and require applicants for a towing and storage facility certificate to file a rate sheet with the application and renewal for the certificate; amend KRS 281.631 to set a fee of $10 for motor carrier plates for tow trucks; amend KRS 281.928 to require an entity requesting a vehicle in a storage facility to be held pending a civil or criminal investigation to notify the owner, lienholder, and insurer of a vehicle with 24 hours of a hold being initiated or released; amend KRS 281.930 to set limits on charges for storage on vehicles held for civil or criminal investigation; amend KRS 281.926 to require towing companies and storage facilities to have one rate sheet that is applicable to all customers and to establish that statements that misrepresent the scope of damages associated with a property, casualty, or property and casualty insurance claim are fraudulent insurance acts; make technical amendments; amend KRS 281.010 to define "towing and storage facility certificate"; amend KRS 281.990 to set penalties for violations of KRS 281.920 to 281.936.

Create a new section of KRS 304.17C-130 to 304.17C-138 to establish requirements for insurers of dental benefit plans relating to assignment of benefits; require providers to comply with assignment provisions; amend KRS 304.14-250, 304.17-130, and 304.18-090 to conform; direct that provisions apply to policies, plans, and contracts issued or renewed on or after the effective date of the Act.

Amend KRS 439.3103 to require the Department of Corrections to include in its report certain data on time served by persons released from a correctional institution and on persons released from a correctional institution on parole; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2026.

Amend KRS 186.450 to allow persons who are at least 15 years of age to apply for a motor vehicle instruction permit; establish that an instruction permit is valid for four years; amend KRS 186.410, 186.452 and 159.051 to conform; EMERGENCY.

Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to establish application of the subtitle to types of insurance, coverages, and benefits; authorize the insurance commissioner to exempt other types of similar or limited insurance, coverage, or benefits from the subtitle.

Amend KRS 186A.040 to define terms; require the Department of Vehicle Regulation to establish an accessible online insurance verification system; establish requirements and timelines for making the system accessible and promulgating administrative regulations; establish requirements and guidelines for the department and the system; establish requirements for insurers to cooperate with the department and to submit insurance information relating to personal motor vehicles; provide option for insurers to submit insurance status information for commercial motor vehicles; create a technical advisory committee to make recommendations to department; establish duties and other requirements for the committee; require the department to submit certain drafts to the committee and to publish a final detailed guide; prohibit civil or administrative liability for insurers complying with information submission and access requirements; require the department to make certain notifications and to revoke an owner's motor vehicle registration if proof of insurance is not indicated; establish requirements for submitting proof of insurance to the department; amend confidentiality requirements for information obtained by the department; require the Commonwealth Office of Technology and the Department of Insurance to provide support and assistance to the department; amend KRS 186.040 to apply motor vehicle registration reinstatement fee to revocations by the department for failure to maintain insurance; direct reinstatement fee for failure to maintain insurance into an agency fund for accessible online insurance verification system; amend KRS 186.180 to make technical amendments and conform; provide that a revoked registration for failure to maintain insurance may be reinstated if the owner pays reinstatement fee and submits proof of insurance; amend KRS 304.39-117 to make technical amendments and conform; require insurance cards for commercial motor vehicles to clearly indicate commercial or fleet coverage; amend KRS 304.39-087 to conform; provide for expiration of existing reporting system for personal motor vehicles; amend KRS 186A.042, 186A.100, 186.021, 186.190, 186.990, and 304.39-085 to conform and make technical amendments; establish requirements for the Department of Insurance and the Department of Vehicle Regulation relating to technical advisory committee appointments and first meeting; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2027.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 148 to terms; establish the Dream Big Burnside Development Authority to establish, maintain, and promote a recreational and resort park system surrounding General Burnside Lake; establish board membership and executive director requirements of the authority; establish the duties and purposes of the authority; require that bond debt service be payable solely from the revenue of the bonds; provide that a landowner that has a contractual agreement with the authority for use of private land as part of a recreational area does not waive any protection granted to the landowner by KRS 411.190.