Kentucky HB 467: AN ACT relating to taxation of prescription opioids and making an appropriation therefor. Create new sections of KRS Chapter 142 to impose a tax of one cent per dose on opioids distributed in Kentucky; define relevant terms; allocate tax revenues with sixty percent to the newly created addiction and neonatal addiction care fund, fifteen percent to the newly created opioid drug task force fund, fifteen percent to the newly created drug courts fund, and ten percent to the newly created opioid education fund; require registration for all persons distributing opioids in Kentucky; impose misdemeanor penalty for noncompliance; authorize the Department of Revenue to promulgate administrative regulations.

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AN ACT relating to real property. 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
Section 1. KRS 45A.045 is amended to read as follows: 3
(1) The Finance and Administration Cabinet shall serve as the central procurement and 4
contracting agency of the Commonwealth. The cabinet shall: 5
(a) [The cabinet shall ]Require all agencies to furnish an estimate of specific 6
needs for supplies, materials, and equipment to be purchased by competitive 7
bidding for the purpose of permitting scheduling of purchasing in large 8
volume. The cabinet shall establish and enforce schedules for purchasing 9
supplies, materials, and equipment. In addition, prior to the beginning of each 10
fiscal year all agencies shall submit to the Finance and Administration 11
Cabinet an estimate of all needs for supplies, materials, and equipment during 12
that year which will have to be required through competitive bidding;[.] 13
(b) [The Finance and Administration Cabinet shall ]Have the authority[power], 14
with the approval of the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet, 15
to transfer between departments, to salvage, to exchange, and to condemn 16
supplies, equipment, and real property; and[.] 17
(c) [The Finance and Administration Cabinet shall ]Attempt in every practicable 18
way to ensure that state agencies are fulfilling their business needs through the 19
application of the best value criteria. 20
(2) The Finance and Administration Cabinet shall recommend regulations, rules, and 21
procedures and shall have supervision over all purchases by the various spending 22
agencies, except as otherwise provided by law, and, subject to the approval of the 23
secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet, shall promulgate 24
administrative regulations to govern purchasing by or for all these agencies. The 25
cabinet shall publish a manual of procedures which shall be incorporated by 26
reference as an administrative regulation in accordance with[pursuant to] KRS 27

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Chapter 13A. This manual shall be distributed to agencies and shall be revised upon 1
issuance of amendments to these procedures. No purchase or contract shall be 2
binding on the state or any agency thereof unless approved by the Finance and 3
Administration Cabinet or made under general administrative regulations 4
promulgated by the cabinet. 5
(3) The Finance and Administration Cabinet shall purchase or otherwise acquire, or, 6
with the approval of the secretary, may delegate and control the purchase and 7
acquisition of the combined requirements of all spending agencies of the state, 8
including, but not limited to, interests in real property, contractual services, rentals 9
of all types, supplies, materials, equipment, and services. 10
(4) (a) The Finance and Administration Cabinet shall sell, trade, or otherwise dispose 11
of any interest in real property of the state which is not needed, or has become 12
unsuitable for public use, or would be more suitable to the public's interest if 13
used in another manner, as determined by the secretary of the Finance and 14
Administration Cabinet. 15
(b) The determination of the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet 16
shall be set forth in an order and shall be reached only after review of a 17
written request by the agency desiring to dispose of the real property. This 18
request shall describe the real property and state the reasons why the agency 19
believes the real property should be disposed. 20
(c) Before the disposal of real property, the secretary of the Finance and 21
Administration Cabinet shall determine that: 22
1. No other state agency has a purpose for the real property; and 23
2. The city, county, urban-county government, or consolidated local 24
government where the real property is located does not have an 25
ownership interest in the real property. 26
(d) All instruments required by law to be recorded which convey any interest in 27

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any real property so disposed of shall be executed and signed by the secretary 1
of the Finance and Administration Cabinet and approved by the Governor. 2
(e) Unless the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet deems it in 3
the best interest of the state to proceed otherwise, all interests in real property 4
shall be sold either by invitation of sealed bids or by public auction. The 5
selling price of any interest in real property shall not be less than the appraised 6
value thereof as determined by the cabinet, or the Transportation Cabinet for 7
the requirements of that cabinet. 8
(f) A state agency notifying the Finance and Administration Cabinet of its 9
intent to dispose of any interest in real property assigned to the state agency 10
shall