Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 272A > Subchapter 4 - Amendment of Organic Rules

• Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Administrative body: means each state board, bureau, cabinet, commission, department, authority, officer, or other entity, except the General Assembly and the Court of Justice, authorized by law to promulgate administrative regulations. See Kentucky Statutes 13A.010
• Administrative regulation: means each statement of general applicability promulgated by an administrative body that implements, interprets, or prescribes law or policy, or describes the organization, procedure, or practice requirements of any administrative body. See Kentucky Statutes 13A.010
• Adopted: means that an administrative regulation has become effective in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. See Kentucky Statutes 13A.010
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Articles of association: means the articles of association of a limited cooperative association required by KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 272A.1-020
• Bylaws: means the bylaws of a limited cooperative association. See Kentucky Statutes 272A.1-020
• Commission: means the Legislative Research Commission. See Kentucky Statutes 13A.010
• Cooperative: means a limited cooperative association or an entity organized under any cooperative law of any jurisdiction. See Kentucky Statutes 272A.1-020
• Directors: when applied to corporations, includes managers or trustees. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
• Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Federal mandate: means any federal constitutional, legislative, or executive law or order that requires or permits any administrative body to engage in regulatory activities that impose compliance standards, reporting requirements, recordkeeping, or similar responsibilities upon entities in the Commonwealth. See Kentucky Statutes 13A.010
• Legislative committee: means an interim joint committee, a House or Senate standing committee, a statutory committee, or a subcommittee of the Legislative Research Commission. See Kentucky Statutes 13A.010
• Local government: means and includes a city, county, urban-county, charter county, consolidated local government, special district, or a quasi-governmental body authorized by the Kentucky Revised Statutes or a local ordinance. See Kentucky Statutes 13A.010
• Major economic impact: means an overall negative or adverse economic impact from an administrative regulation of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) or more on state or local government or regulated entities, in aggregate, as determined by the promulgating administrative bodies. See Kentucky Statutes 13A.010
• Member: means a person that is admitted as a patron member or investor member, or both, in a limited cooperative association. See Kentucky Statutes 272A.1-020
• Members meeting: means an annual members meeting or special meeting of members. See Kentucky Statutes 272A.1-020
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• promulgated: means that an administrative regulation, or other document required to be filed by this chapter, has been submitted to the Commission in accordance with this chapter. See Kentucky Statutes 13A.010
• Proposed administrative regulation: means an administrative regulation that: (a) Has been filed by an administrative body. See Kentucky Statutes 13A.010
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Secretary: means the officer designated pursuant to KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 272A.1-020
• State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 272A.1-020
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Tiering: means the tailoring of regulatory requirements to fit the particular circumstances surrounding regulated entities. See Kentucky Statutes 13A.010
• Voting group: means any combination of one (1) or more voting members in one (1) or more districts or classes that under the organic rules or under this chapter are entitled to vote and can be counted together collectively on a matter at a members meeting. See Kentucky Statutes 272A.1-020
• Voting power: means the total current power of members to vote on a particular matter for which a vote may or is to be taken. See Kentucky Statutes 272A.1-020
• Written comments: means comments submitted to the administrative body's contact person identified pursuant to KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 13A.010
• Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010