Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB613: AN ACT relating to revenues for the provision of emergency services.
Status: In committee, April 15, 2026
Amend KRS 75.040 to establish conditions under which a fire protection district or volunteer fire department district may exceed the maximum established tax rate; create a new section of KRS Chapter 75 to establish the procedure by which a fire protection district or volunteer fire department district may exceed the maximum tax rate set in KRS 75.040 by requiring a public hearing and notification to the public; establish the methods by which the public may recall the portion of the levy that increases the tax beyond the previous year's rate; exempt the rates from the provisions of KRS 132.023; amend KRS 75A.050 to establish conditions under which a fire district may exceed the maximum established tax rate; create a new section of KRS Chapter 75A to establish the procedure by which a fire district may exceed the maximum tax rate set out in KRS 75A.050 by requiring a public hearing and notification to the public; establish the methods by which the public may recall the portion of the levy that increases the tax beyond the previous year's rate; exempt the rates from the provisions of KRS 132.023; amend KRS 75.015 to conform; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2027.
What the bill says
An act relating to revenues for the provision of emergency services.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to revenues for the provision of emergency services. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. KRS 75.040 is amended to read as follows: (1) [(a) ]Upon the creation of a fire protection district or a volunteer fire department district as provided in KRS 75.010 to 75.031, the board of trustees established under KRS 75.031 may[of a district are authorized to] establish and operate a fire department and emergency ambulance service as provided in subsection (7)[(6)] of this section. (2) (a) The board of trustees established under KRS 75.031 may[and to] levy a tax upon the property in the district. Property that may be taxed includes property within cities in a fire protection district or a volunteer fire department or 2. Within the metes and bounds of a city that does not maintain a regular fire department as defined by KRS 95.010(3)(b). The property taxed shall be subject to county tax, and except as provided in Section 2 of this Act, the tax levied by the district shall not exceed ten cents ($0.10) per one hundred dollars ($100) of valuation as assessed for county taxes, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the establishment, maintenance, and operation of the fire department or to make contracts for fire protection for the …
Sponsors
- Mark Hart (R, HD-078) · primary sponsor
- Jason Nemes (R, HD-033)
- Jennifer Decker (R, HD-058)
- Daniel Grossberg (D, HD-030)
- Susan Witten (R, HD-031)
Latest actions
- : recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- : returned to Rules
- : taken from the Orders of the Day
- : floor amendment (2) filed
- : posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 09 2026
- : floor amendment (1) filed
- : 2nd reading, to Rules
- : reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
- : to Local Government (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
Subjects: Special Districts, Special Purpose Governmental Entities, Taxation, Local Mandate, Firefighters And Fire Departments, Effective Dates, Delayed, Counties, Local Government
Common questions
- What is HB613?
- HB613 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to revenues for the provision of emergency services.
- What does HB613 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to revenues for the provision of emergency services.
- What is the status of HB613?
- In committee as of April 15, 2026. Latest action: recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H) (April 15, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB613?
- Mark Hart (R, HD-078), with 4 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB613?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb613.html
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