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

Last action · February 26, 2025

To Local Government (H)

Introduced February 18, 2025

House

Adjourned Sine Die

2025 Regular Session

HB608

AN ACT relating to property fees.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 75 to define "premises"; allow a fire protection district or subdistrict, or a volunteer fire department district, to assess a fee against a premises for the costs of maintaining necessary fire protection measures; establish billing and appeals process; set reporting requirements; create a new section of KRS Chapter 75A to define "premises"; allow a consolidated emergency services district board to assess a fee against a premises for the…

Local Government Pollution Special Districts State Agencies Public Safety Administrative Regulations and Proceedings Alcoholic Beverages Arbitration Counties Special Purpose Governmental Entities Distilled Spirits Environment and Conservation Fees Financial Responsibility Fire Prevention Firefighters and Fire Departments

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This bill would allow fire protection districts to charge property owners a fee to help cover the costs of maintaining fire protection services. It also creates a new program requiring distilled spirits aging facilities to reimburse nearby property owners for cleaning costs caused by whiskey fungus, a dark mold that can grow on buildings near bourbon warehouses, and funds that program through a 25-cent fee charged to distillers for each barrel stored on January 1 of each year. Who it may affect: property owners near bourbon aging warehouses, distilled spirits producers, and residents in fire protection districts across Kentucky.

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