June 1994 Ky Supreme court decision clarified state agency having adequate KRS authority to compliance titling and registration of Kentucky motor vehicles; i.e., Divison of Vehicle Enforcment Officers...not state police.
It is now 2010 and apparently KVE [Justice Cabinet] have not enforced June, 1994 June 1994 Kentucky Supreme court ruling!
Although KVE officers primarily enforce commercial vehicle laws, their sworn officers, as peace officers of the Commonwealth, have full KRS power to issue citations and make arrests. Prior to the merger with the KSP, KVE officers would often provide speed enforcement and enforced other traffic laws, acting as a de facto highway patrol. While still maintaining full law enforcement authority, it is expected that KSP will return the agency's focus to commercial vehicle enforcement...WHERE IS JUNE 1994 KY SUPREME COURT CLARIFICATION MENTIONED KVE ONLY ONES HAVE KRS AUTHORITY TO COMPLIANCE KENTUCKIY'S MOTOR VEHICLES, WHICH INCLUDES TITLLING & REGISTRATION COMPLIANCE?
Essential to successful property tax compliance is collaboration between CVE AND Department of Revenue. CVE officers locate and identify mis-registered Kentucky vehicle owners reporting information to Department of Revenue property tax staff for verification, assessing taxable situs and value of vehicle, billing, handling bona fide appeals, billing and collecting.
Monday, May 17, 2010
Friday, May 7, 2010
Frost Middle School recommended for closure
Posted: May 06, 2010 2:55 PM EDT
Updated: May 06, 2010 3:48 PM EDT
Posted by Charles Gazaway - email
LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) – Jefferson County Public School superintendent recommended closure of a middle school identified as county's lowest performing.
During special meeting on May 6, Dr. Sheldon Berman recommended to the Jefferson County School Board that Frost Middle School be closed. The Phoenix School of Discovery would be moved to the Frost Middle location.
Frost students would have the option to transfer to another JCPS school or have the choice to attend Phoenix.
Frost Middle was one of six JCPS schools – including Western Middle, Fern Creek High, Shawnee High, Western High and Valley High Schools - given failing grades on academic performance by the Kentucky Department of Education's leadership assessment.
Among the recommendations made by KDE for improvement were:
•Restaffing certified employees
•Hiring new principals at four of the six schools – Frost Middle, Western Middle, Fern Creek High and Valley High
•Transferring authority of school's site based council to superintendent
JCPS says it has been working to improve these schools for three years. Berman also appealed the reassigning the principals at Fern Creek and Valley High Schools to the board.
Posted: May 06, 2010 2:55 PM EDT
Updated: May 06, 2010 3:48 PM EDT
Posted by Charles Gazaway - email
LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) – Jefferson County Public School superintendent recommended closure of a middle school identified as county's lowest performing.
During special meeting on May 6, Dr. Sheldon Berman recommended to the Jefferson County School Board that Frost Middle School be closed. The Phoenix School of Discovery would be moved to the Frost Middle location.
Frost students would have the option to transfer to another JCPS school or have the choice to attend Phoenix.
Frost Middle was one of six JCPS schools – including Western Middle, Fern Creek High, Shawnee High, Western High and Valley High Schools - given failing grades on academic performance by the Kentucky Department of Education's leadership assessment.
Among the recommendations made by KDE for improvement were:
•Restaffing certified employees
•Hiring new principals at four of the six schools – Frost Middle, Western Middle, Fern Creek High and Valley High
•Transferring authority of school's site based council to superintendent
JCPS says it has been working to improve these schools for three years. Berman also appealed the reassigning the principals at Fern Creek and Valley High Schools to the board.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Collecting from Ky car owners $250 million of Tax Evasion
WHAT IT TAKES TO SOLVE KY'S DEFICIT PROBLEM IN 2010!
Please try and get 2010 KY STEWARDS to accept proposal to collect 21 year old car and truck tax evasion/create opportunity to bring high paying trucking jobs to Kentucky. In the process this action has eliminated one-out-of-three Kentucky trucker taxes and eliminated $1 billion of state expenses while replacing state's general fund $1 billion deficit with a positive balance of $262 million!
COLLECT all Kentucky owned car and truck tax evasion which I estimate @200,000 violators with average usage tax liability of $2,000=$400 million & 200,000 violators with an average property tax liability of $200 dollars =$40 million. That's estimated $440 million due-and-owing usage and property taxes to apply against $1 billion deficit.
ELIMINATE truck weight distance tax to address job creating. This would be a "revenue neutral" tax strategy. First, combine weight-distance, motor fuels tax revenues with truck registration fees. Next fiscal year eliminate truck weight distance tax. Taxes have not been raised, yet weight-distance revenues are now included in total truck revenues without state general fund loosing those very revenues.
CUT $822 million from state expenses;
$300 million from state tax expenditures;
$400 million from corporate tax shelters;
$100 million from non-merit worker payroll'
$ 22 million from 09-10 PVA & Deputy PVA payroll;
To protect $262 general fund postive balance declare moratorium of any legislation containing any kind of tax exemption, credit, prefrential tax rate, deduction, exclusion or deferment for next entire biennium.
In the meantime, in next state budget address how state can alleviate further State's General Fund liabilites to local taxing jurisdictions by amending local KRS language to allow local taxing option; amend KRS H.B. 44 language to enhance maximum tax rate to 6%; amend state retirement statutes to combine Ky Retiree System, County Retiree System, State Police System and Teacher Retirement System into one retirement agency; amend homestead exemption/disability implementing legislation to replace "exemption" with "property tax circuit breaker" to eliminate automatic increasing every two years; amend farmland use act implementing legislation by re-establishing tax liability on party changing farmland use subjecting party to paying a deferred tax liability for causing such change; 2006 House Bill 698 (Clarify vehicle registration rules)...See below:
Introduced in House on February 27, 2006, to clarify vehicles that are required to be registered in Kentucky. The bill would provide that 25% of the penalty imposed under the section go to the law enforcement agency that issues the citation to the violator.
Referred to the House Transportation Committee on February 28, 2006.
Reported in the House on March 9, 2006, favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar.
Referred to the House Appropriations and Revenue Committee on March 16, 2006.
Amendment offered on March 16, 2006, to establish that the failure to properly register a vehicle shall subject the owner to all evaded property tax and applicable interest. The amendment would provide for assessment of a penalty by the Department of Revenue equal to the amount of tax evaded. The amendment would establish that any law enforcement agency issuing a citation which results in the payment of owed taxes receive 25% of penalty assessed or not less than $50.
Please try and get 2010 KY STEWARDS to accept proposal to collect 21 year old car and truck tax evasion/create opportunity to bring high paying trucking jobs to Kentucky. In the process this action has eliminated one-out-of-three Kentucky trucker taxes and eliminated $1 billion of state expenses while replacing state's general fund $1 billion deficit with a positive balance of $262 million!
COLLECT all Kentucky owned car and truck tax evasion which I estimate @200,000 violators with average usage tax liability of $2,000=$400 million & 200,000 violators with an average property tax liability of $200 dollars =$40 million. That's estimated $440 million due-and-owing usage and property taxes to apply against $1 billion deficit.
ELIMINATE truck weight distance tax to address job creating. This would be a "revenue neutral" tax strategy. First, combine weight-distance, motor fuels tax revenues with truck registration fees. Next fiscal year eliminate truck weight distance tax. Taxes have not been raised, yet weight-distance revenues are now included in total truck revenues without state general fund loosing those very revenues.
CUT $822 million from state expenses;
$300 million from state tax expenditures;
$400 million from corporate tax shelters;
$100 million from non-merit worker payroll'
$ 22 million from 09-10 PVA & Deputy PVA payroll;
To protect $262 general fund postive balance declare moratorium of any legislation containing any kind of tax exemption, credit, prefrential tax rate, deduction, exclusion or deferment for next entire biennium.
In the meantime, in next state budget address how state can alleviate further State's General Fund liabilites to local taxing jurisdictions by amending local KRS language to allow local taxing option; amend KRS H.B. 44 language to enhance maximum tax rate to 6%; amend state retirement statutes to combine Ky Retiree System, County Retiree System, State Police System and Teacher Retirement System into one retirement agency; amend homestead exemption/disability implementing legislation to replace "exemption" with "property tax circuit breaker" to eliminate automatic increasing every two years; amend farmland use act implementing legislation by re-establishing tax liability on party changing farmland use subjecting party to paying a deferred tax liability for causing such change; 2006 House Bill 698 (Clarify vehicle registration rules)...See below:
Introduced in House on February 27, 2006, to clarify vehicles that are required to be registered in Kentucky. The bill would provide that 25% of the penalty imposed under the section go to the law enforcement agency that issues the citation to the violator.
Referred to the House Transportation Committee on February 28, 2006.
Reported in the House on March 9, 2006, favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar.
Referred to the House Appropriations and Revenue Committee on March 16, 2006.
Amendment offered on March 16, 2006, to establish that the failure to properly register a vehicle shall subject the owner to all evaded property tax and applicable interest. The amendment would provide for assessment of a penalty by the Department of Revenue equal to the amount of tax evaded. The amendment would establish that any law enforcement agency issuing a citation which results in the payment of owed taxes receive 25% of penalty assessed or not less than $50.
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