AN ACT relating to the Office of Safer Communities, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 12 to establish the Office of Safer Communities within the Office of the Governor; amend KRS 12.020 and KRS 12.023 to conform; appropriate $3,000,000 in fiscal year 2025-2026 to fund the office; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

Introduced: February 13, 2025

Last action: February 21, 2025

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This bill would create a new government office called the Office of Safer Communities, housed within the Governor's office, to work on public safety issues. It sets aside $3,000,000 in state funding for the office to operate during the 2025-2026 fiscal year. The emergency designation means it would take effect immediately upon becoming law. Who it may affect: Kentucky residents and communities where the office directs its public safety efforts, and state government employees involved in administering the new office.

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