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Adjourned sine die. The bill was pending when the session ended, so it did not pass.

Last action · February 7, 2025

To Appropriations & Revenue (H)

Introduced February 4, 2025

House

Adjourned Sine Die

2025 Regular Session

HB253

AN ACT relating to the collection of local business taxes and fees.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 41 to define "occupational license fee" and "system"; require the Office of the State Treasurer to develop and maintain a web-based system for the centralized reporting, collection, and distribution of occupational license fees; establish requirements for the system; allow the State Treasurer to assess a fee on businesses using the system; establish requirements related to the web-based system for the State Treasurer and local taxing jurisdictions; create a working…

Local Government Studies Directed Taxation Treasurer Information Technology Cities Counties Reports Mandated Task Forces, Executive Branch Local Mandate

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This bill would direct the Kentucky State Treasurer's office to build and manage a single online system where businesses could report and pay local occupational license fees, rather than filing separately with each local government. It also creates a working group to recommend how to best modernize and centralize local business tax collection statewide. The goal is to simplify the process for businesses that currently operate across multiple cities or counties. Who it may affect: businesses that pay local occupational license fees, especially those operating in more than one Kentucky city or county, and local governments that collect those fees.

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