KLC 2020 Legislative Update

10) FISCAL MATTERS
House Bill 352
EXECUTIVE BRANCH BUDGET
Sponsor: Representative Steven Rudy (R-Paducah)
HB 352 provides a one-year $11.4 billion General Fund budget plan for the 2020-2021 fiscal year,
rather than the usual two-year budget, due to uncertainty in General Fund dollars the state will collect
during the fiscal year. The bill maintains most government spending at current levels while allowing for
cuts as necessary.
Provisions include:
• Public pension contributions for state employees in the Kentucky Employees Retirement
System are fully funded.
• $76,878,700 is appropriated in Fiscal Year 2020-2021 for the Kentucky Law Enforcement
Foundation Program Fund. $50,560,000 is appropriated in the same period for the Firefighters
Foundation Program Fund.
• Pension assistance is provided for quasi-governmental entities by capping the employer
contribution rate at 47.7% of payroll for Fiscal Year 2021 for nonhazardous employees
participating in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System (KERS) who are employed by
health departments, mental health centers, domestic violence shelters, rape crisis centers,
state-supported universities and colleges, and any other agency eligible to voluntarily cease
participation in KERS pursuant to KRS 61.522.
• An extra $25,394,600 is appropriated to local and district health departments in Fiscal Year 2021
to assist with employer contributions for KERS in July and January of each year.
• $1.5 million is appropriated in Fiscal Year 2021 for Operation UNITE to prevent abuse of drugs
and facilitate recovery in 32 southern and eastern Kentucky counties.
• $6 million is appropriated in Fiscal Year 2021 to the Regional Development Agency Assistance
Fund for grants to counties for economic development and job creation activities.
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Representative Steven Rudy (R-Paducah)
speaks on the House floor.
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