Official record
Measure details
- Jurisdiction
- Kentucky
- Session
- 2026RS
- Chamber
- lower
- Classification
- bill
- Subjects
- Area Development Districts, Education, Elementary And Secondary, Housing, Building, And Construction, Interlocal Cooperation, Land Use, Local Government, Property, Reports Mandated, Special Districts, Special Purpose Governmental Entities, State Agencies, Taxation, Property
- Introduced / first action
- 2026-02-02 05:00:00
Source-supplied abstracts
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to define terms; permit a local government to establish a housing development district and a Housing Incentive Payment Program; allow a local government to exempt housing developments within a district from planning and zoning following a public hearing; permit other local taxing authorities to participate in a district; allow a local government to accept applications from developers to undertake projects within a district; allow a local government to negotiate with a developer whose application it has accepted regarding rates associated with incentive payments to the developer; establish a means by which a developer shall be paid incentive payments by a local government; require area development districts to provide assistance to a local government in establishing a district; require the Cabinet for Economic Development to promote awareness of the district and incentive program and the Certified Child Care Community Designation program set out in KRS 199.891; require the cabinet to post information including a list of local governments that have established a district and have obtained the certified child care community designation to its website; require local governments that have established a district to provide information to the Department for Local Government regarding the district and utilization of the incentive program; require the Department for Local Government to submit a report to LRC summarizing information received from local governments regarding districts; provide that the Act shall not be construed to prohibit a local government from establishing any other program for housing development.
Sponsors
- J. Bray (primary), primary
- S. McPherson (primary), primary
- A. Bowling (primary), primary
- J. Petrie (primary), primary