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I. References for the 2001 General Assembly
II. 2001 General Assembly Schedule and Major Pre-Filed Bills
III. Boyle County Republican Party Opens Permanent Headquarters
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I. References for the 2001 General Assembly
From: Bryan "B.J." Mills bjmillskyrep@earthlink.net

If you are interested in keeping up with the 2001 General Assembly below are links to some good resources to use for this year and in the future.

Kentucky State Legislature Website
http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/home.htm

Kentucky Revised Statutes Online (Kentucky Laws Index)
http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/statrev/frontpg.htm

Clark Publishing (Printed State Government Reference Guides)
http://www.clarkpublishing.com/

Bryan "B.J." Mills
bjmillskyrep@earthlink.net
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II. 2001 General Assembly Schedule and Major Pre-Filed Bills

The 2001 General Assembly will convene at noon Tuesday to allow for leadership elections, filing of bills and committee assignments. The first part of the session will adjourn Friday. Interim legislative committees may meet from then until Feb. 5th to consider bills.

The full legislature will reconvene February 6th to conduct regular business. It will adjourn again on March 9th and take a 10-day break to allow for any vetoes by the governor.

Legislators are scheduled to meet again on March 22 and 23 to
consider any vetoes. The session must be completed by March
30. Several bills have been pre-filed for the 2001 session. They
include:

A bill sponsored by Rep. Jodie Haydon, D-Bardstown, that would require school boards to adopt a policy requiring public school students to address public school employees in respectful terms such as ``Yes, Ma'am'' or ``No, Ma'am.''

Proposals by Rep. Greg Stumbo, D-Prestonsburg, and Sen. Bob Jackson, D-Murray, to phase out the state property tax on motor vehicles.

A bill by Rep. Bob Damron, D-Nicholasville, to create a
"sales tax holiday'' that would exempt from state sales taxes
back-to-school items such as books, backpacks and clothes in
the first week of August.

A bill by Sen. Bob Leeper, R-Paducah, to encourage the cleanup and re-use of so-called ``brownfields,'' sites suspected of being contaminated environmentally.

A bill by Sen. Jack Westwood, R-Erlanger, to include the abortion pill RU- 486 within the state's definition of abortion.

A bill by Sen. Joey Pendleton, D-Hopkinsville, and
Rep. Brent Yonts, D- Greenville, to require seat belts on public
school buses.
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III. Boyle County Republican Party Opens Permanent Headquarters
From: Tom McClain mcclains@mis.net

BOYLE COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY OPENS NEW
PERMANENT HEADQUARTERS

The Boyle County Republican Party has opened its new permanent headquarters at:

Boyle County Republican Party Headquarters
319 West Main Street
Suite 3
Danville, Kentucky

Mailing Address:
P. O. Box 411
Danville, Kentucky 40423

Phone Number: (859) 236-2288

Website: http://www.BoyleGOP.org

We are located in the building right next to the Courthouse. One of our hard-working volunteers has been telling people "the
Republicans are moving closer to the Courthouse". In January we plan to begin opening daily.

On Wednesday, December 20th, 2000, the Boyle County
Republican Party held its Holiday Celebration at the KY Depot
Restaurant in Stanford, KY. US Congressman Ernie Fletcher,
accompanied by his wife Glenna, spoke to the group numbering
110. Ernie felt it was important to personnally thank some
of the many Boyle Countians who worked so hard on his re-election campaign this fall. Ernie also spoke on a number of issues coming before Congress in January and his looking forward to working a Bush administration.

Tom McClain
Boyle County Republican Party, Chairman
mcclains@mis.net