(1) The Kentucky Private Activity Bond Allocation Committee is established. The purpose of the committee shall be to ensure compliance by the Commonwealth, its political subdivisions, and other authorized issuers within the Commonwealth of Kentucky, of private activity bonds, as defined in the Internal Revenue Code of the United States, with the state ceiling on the issuance of the bonds imposed by the Tax Reform Act of 1986, 26 U.S.C. sec. 146. The committee shall be attached to the Finance and Administration Cabinet for administrative purposes and staff services. The committee shall be composed of the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet, who shall be chairman of the committee; the secretary of the Cabinet for Economic Development; the state bud get director; the state controller, Finance and Administration Cabinet; and the secretary of the Governor's Cabinet, or their respective designees. (2) The committee shall attempt to allocate the state ceiling of Kentucky in order to best effectuate the is suance of private activity bonds, foster economic development within the Commonwealth, and promote the general welfare of its citizens and the public purposes of the Commonwealth. (a) For each calendar year, during the period in which the issuance of priva te activity bonds is authorized by the federal government, the first fifty percent (50%) of the term shall be designated as a period in which the committee shall provide that no less than: 1. Sixty percent (60%) of the private activity cap be reserved for state bond issuance authorities; and 2. Ten percent (10%) of the private activity cap be reserved for manufacturing facility energy efficiency bonds issued by any issuer pursuant to KRS 103.282. (b) For each calendar year, during the period in which the is suance of private activity bonds is authorized by the federal government, the last fifty percent (50%) of the term shall be designated by the committee as the period in which the remaining unallocated cap shall revert to a single pool to be allocated in accordance with subsection (3) of this section. (3) The secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet shall promulgate regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A, to provide for the allocation of the state ceiling on private activity bonds among al l issuers of the bonds within the Commonwealth of Kentucky. (4) No bonds governed by this section shall be issued that are not in compliance with the state ceiling, subsection (2)(a) and (b) of this section, or with the allocation, application, or review p rocedures established by the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet.
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