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A
Good
morning
I
hate
to
interrupt
the
fellowship.
It's
always
a
good
time
to
get
together
and
visit,
but
we'll
we'll
get
started
and
get
our
business
done.
Then
we'll
hang
around
and
fellowship.
A
So,
let's
just
start
with
the
roll
call
and
get
that
done.
First
thing.
B
E
A
We
have
a
quorum
and
representative,
graham
just
came
in
a
few
housekeeping
things,
let's
go
ahead
and
introduce
our
new
member
representative,
pollock
and
I'll
I'll.
Let
you,
since
this
is
your
first
time
in
our
ag
committee,
tell
us
a
little
bit
about
what
about
yourself
and
how
you
ended
up
here.
E
You
need
my
mic,
but
I'll
go
ahead
and
turn
it
on.
I
represent
the
district
51st.
I'm
feeling
some
big
big
shoes
for
bam.
Kearney
served
as
been
in
the
insurance
business
for
20
years
grew
up
on
a
farm
we
raised,
hogs
went
to
school,
got
married
and
I'm
excited
to
be
here
to
serve
in
this
ag
committee,
and
that's
happy
to
be
here.
Chairman.
F
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
Yes,
I
would
like
to
make
an
introduction
today,
someone
that's
no
stranger
to
my
colleagues
or
this
committee,
but
my
husband,
carrie
king
waving,
is
here
today
in
a
new
capacity.
He
is
the
newly
inducted
president
of
the
kentucky
cattlemen
association,
so
he
will
be
looking
forward
to
visiting
all
your
counties
and
discussing
the
beef
industry
with
with
the
folks
that
you
serve
back
home
and
he
is
joined
today
with
our
executive
director
at
the
kentucky
cattlemen's
association
dave
maples.
So
please
welcome
them
in
his
new
capacity.
A
Congratulations,
carrie
and
good
to
have
you
today
and
dave
take
care
of
a
few
other
housekeeping
things,
we're
still
sticking
to
our
24-hour
rule.
For
committee
subs,
we
thought
we
were
going
to
need
a
committee
sub
on
one
of
the
bills
today
and
we
managed
to
work
around
that.
So
we'll
try
to
stick
with
that
and
then,
if
you've
been
in
committees,
you
already
know
that
if
you
want
to
be
able
to
vote
in
this
committee,
you
have
to
be
either
in
your
annex
office
or
in
the
parking
lot
on
the
premises.
A
A
C
All
righty,
thank
you,
sir.
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
be
here
this
morning,
appreciate
the
commissioner
being
able
to
be
with
us
and
our
guests
as
well,
and
we
bring
before
you
this
morning,
house,
bill
271
and,
as
most
people
are
aware,
especially
in
this
room,
the
kentucky
state
fair,
has
been
a
tradition
in
our
state
dating
back
to
1816..
C
It's
part
of
what
we
do
as
a
tradition
as
kentuckians
on
a
yearly
basis,
and
we
have
constantly
been
moving
forward,
especially
in
the
last
couple
years,
with
trying
to
make
things
better
and
basically
what
this
bill
does.
It
does
a
couple
things
it
does
something
with
agritourism
program,
as
well
as
some
cleanup
language
with
our
fair
council,
and
so
again
we
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
be
able
to
talk
about
this.
C
G
Thank
you
representative.
Thank
you
chairman.
Thank
you,
members
of
the
house,
agriculture
committee.
This
bill
does
three
things:
it's
a
cleanup
bill
that
aligns
outdated
laws
or
incoherent
incongruent
language
with
with
modern
needs,
and
so
I'll
just
go.
Let's
go
through
high
level,
real
quick
number
one.
We
have
a
fair
council,
general
assembly,
generously,
funds,
a
county,
fair
grant
that
helps
upgrades
or
county
fairs
around
kentucky,
and
we
administer
that
through
department
of
agriculture.
The
current
law
gives
a
seat
to
the
kentucky
colt
racing
association.
G
The
problem
is
that
organization
does
not
exist
anymore,
and
so
we
want
to
make
sure
that
our
equine
industry
has
representation
on
this
board
when
they're
allocating
these
funds,
and
the
cool
thing
is,
is
that
our
standard
bread
industry
continues
to
grow
and
they're
starting
to
use
county
fairs
to
get
more
popular
again.
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
the
horse
industry
has
a
voice
on
this
county,
fair
commission,
so
it
gives
them
a
voice
number
two.
When
it
comes
to
agritourism,
we
have
a
full-time
staffer
that
works
on
agritourism
at
kda.
It's
amazing.
G
We
work
in
conjunction
with
our
friends
in
the
distillery
industry,
our
vineyards
we
have
over
500
agritourism
locations
and
chances
are
you
not
have,
but
one,
but
probably
a
couple
in
your
district?
This
helps
consolidate
a
board
that
was
put
into
place
back
in
2002
that
over
20
some
members
and
despite
many
attempts
of
getting
the
board
back
together,
we
simply
have
trouble
getting
a
quorum.
G
The
third
thing
this
does
consist
pertains
to
the
state
board
of
agriculture,
which
is
an
advisory
board
to
the
kda.
As
you
all
know,
we
put
the
first
female
state
veterinarian
in
kentucky
history
in
office.
There's
a
few
a
couple
years
ago,
dr
katie
flynn
she's
doing
a
phenomenal
job.
The
board's
role
primarily
pertains
to
animal
livestock
issues.
G
However,
a
couple
years
ago,
the
oversight
of
the
grain
indemnity
fund
was
also
put
underneath
the
state
board
of
agriculture,
and
so
we
need
to
make
sure
that
the
current
law
reflects
the
state
veterinarian
deals
with
animal
welfare
issues,
animal
livestock
and
that
the
board,
not
the
state
vet
oversees
other
aspects
of
the
state
board
of
agriculture,
such
as
making
sure
that
the
grain
indemnity
fund
reaches
its
financial
threshold
each
year.
So
those
I'll
stop
right
there.
Those
are
the
three
things
that
this
bill.
Does
we
try
to
consolidate
this
in
the
one
cleanup
bill.
C
D
E
H
A
A
A
Next
on
our
agenda,
is
our
house
bill
308,
we'll
invite
our
guests
up
to
the
table
and
I'll
be
joining
them
shortly?
Our
vice
chair,
representative,
mark
hart,
is
not
able
to
be
here
this
morning
and
I
would
like
to
ask
representative
reed
if
he
would
step
in
and
chair
the
meeting
while
I
stepped
down
to
help
present
house
bill
308.
D
A
Good
morning,
thank
you
for
this
opportunity,
representative,
richard
heath
district
2.
good
morning.
A
A
So
this
is
known
as
the
the
rural
jobs
bill
and,
in
a
nutshell,
the
bill
creates
access
to
capital
for
small
businesses
that
maybe
could
not
get
that
capital
somewhere
else.
So
it
affects
individuals
located
in
rural
kentucky
in
rural
counties.
A
It
also
includes
the
fema
disaster
counties
that
the
tornadoes
just
affected,
and
it
also
covers
opportunity
zones
which
are
some
of
those
are
in
low-income
urban
areas,
even
in
in
louisville,
has
some
opportunity.
Zones
mayfield
has
opportunity
zones
they're
scattered
across
the
state,
so
many
small
businesses
have
great
potential,
but
they
need
capital
and
the
bill
will
bring
private
capital
incentivized
in
part
by
state
premium
tax
to
a
variety
of
businesses
such
as
manufacturing
agribusiness
technology,
companies
and
others.
A
Hopefully,
most
of
them
had
insurance
we're
finding
out.
Some
did
not
have
adequate
insurance,
and
our
concern
is
that
nobody
has
enough
insurance
when
the
tornado
just
swipes
the
concrete
slab
clean,
and
you
have
to
start
over
with
everything
at
the
cost
of
replacing
structures
today
and
in
furniture
and
computers.
All
that
is
much
more
expensive
now
than
it
was
even
two
years
ago.
A
So
our
concern
is
there
is
not
going
to
be
enough
insurance
to
to
get
these
people
back
up
and
running
and
they
will
need
additional
capital.
So
today
we
have
an
individual.
His
name
is
nat
neadly
and
he's
with
commercial
specialty
trucks,
a
manufacturer
of
garbage
trucks,
cement
mixers
located
in
cynthiana,
and
he's
going
to
tell
the
committee
about
his
company's
use
of
the
a
prior
similar
program
which
allowed
his
company
to
grow
significantly
and
nate
is
supposed
to
be
joining
us
online
is.
Are
you
there
nate.
K
Great
thank
you
good
morning
and
thank
you
again
for
the
opportunity
to
address
the
committee
today.
My
name
is
nate
nedley,
I'm
the
cfo
of
commercial
specialty,
truck
holdings,
also
resident
of
scott
county.
We
are
a
manufacturer
of
garbage
trucks
and
concrete
mixer
trucks.
Our
factory
is
based
in
cynthiana,
which
is
in
harrison
county
and
first
off.
Let
me
apologize
by
not
being
able
to
be
there
in
person
this
morning.
K
So
thank
you
again
for
for
setting
me
up
on
zoom
to
tell
our
turnaround
story.
In
2014,
our
company
was
created,
basically
purchasing
easy
pack,
refuse
hauling
solutions
and
continental
mixer
trucks
from
navistar.
K
At
that
time
there
were
80
workers
in
the
cynthiana
kentucky
facility,
and
also
at
that
time,
all
of
those
jobs
were
slated
to
be
moved
out
of
kentucky
and
moved
to
alabama
by
the
prior
owner
navistar
upon
our
purchase
of
the
company.
We
saw
the
value
in
the
in
that
manufacturing
operation,
the
skill
of
its
employees
here
in
kentucky
and
subsequently
negotiated
a
long-term
lease
and
solidified
the
future
of
those
80
jobs
and
as
well
as
our
company
here
in
harrison
county
shortly
thereafter.
K
K
Now
that
said,
the
first
two
years
for
our
company
were
very
tough.
We
took
two
very
broken
companies
that,
as
you
can
imagine,
being
owned
by
a
large
conglomerate
were
were
basically
neglected.
K
K
So,
by
the
time
we
we
went
into
2016
we
partnered
with
advantage
capital.
We
secured
financing
to
help
us
grow
our
business
at
that
time.
Advantage
was
the
perfect
partner
for
us
to
help
us
take
the
next
step.
They
were
instrumental
in
helping
us
to
obtain
fresh
financing,
which
was
made
possible,
of
course,
by
the
new
market
tax
credit.
K
This
funding
was
put
in
place
for
companies
like
us
who
needed
the
financial
support
to
continue
growing,
and
at
that
time
we
were
not
candidates
for
traditional
lending,
so
it
was
either
that
sort
of
program
or
or
other
equity
type
infusion.
So
so
this
was
critical
to
us.
Without
that
support,
the
story
would
have
ended
at
that
point.
This
financing
not
only
enabled
us
to
fund
working
capital
needs,
but
it
helped
us
to
upgrade
the
facility
in
cynthiana,
which
yielded
improved
productivity,
improved
competitiveness
and
also
allowed
us
to
invest
in
new
and
more
productive
equipment.
K
K
K
Of
course,
with
that
came
many
more
jobs,
many
more
opportunities
and
and
if
you've
been
to
cynthia
lately,
there's
a
lot
of
growth
there
that
just
six
12
18
months
ago,
we're
not
there
such
as
fast
food,
restaurants,
additional
small
businesses
and
of
complete
revitalization
of
the
downtown
area.
K
K
It's
hard
to
believe
in
just
these
few
years
we
have
a
company
headquartered
in
cynthia
kentucky
that
is
scheduled
to
put
out
1,
000
garbage
trucks
and
concrete
trucks.
This
year,
and
also
looking
to
consolidate
more
acquisitions
into
that
same
location,
we
are
very
proud
of
the
journey
and
are
grateful
for
the
support
that
we
have
received
from
state
and
local
officials
and,
of
course,
extremely
grateful
for
the
support
of
our
lenders.
K
A
Thank
you,
nate.
That
was
very
impressive.
I
thank
you.
You
did
more
for
the
explaining
how
the
bill
works
and
how
important
it
is.
Then
anything
we
could
have
said
one
of
the
things
that
that
I
really
honed
in
on
what
you
said
was
traditional
lending.
A
You
did
not
qualify
for
traditional
lending
and
that's
where
this
bill
has
a
of
an
impact,
fills
a
niche,
and
that's
that's
the
market
that
this
is
going
after
we'll
move
on
with
tony
tubes
and
darren
harris
they're
here
with
advantage
capital
and
they
will
be
applying
along
with
several
others,
to
to
manage
the
program.
A
J
Yeah
well,
thank
you,
members
of
the
committee
just
really
high
level
house
bill
308.
We
found
that
rural
businesses
in
kentucky
have
really
struggled
to
obtain
the
capital
that
they
needed
to
for
job
creation
and
for
business
growth.
So
the
kentucky
rural
jobs
act
creates
a
125
million
dollar
fund
targeted
at
those
businesses
that
need
it,
the
most,
with
no
cost
to
the
state
until
2024..
J
The
state's
portion
of
the
fund
is
75
million
dollars
in
premium
tax
credits,
and
this
is
capped
annually
at
15
million
per
year.
That's
again
beginning
in
2024.,
businesses
that
are
eligible
to
participate
in
the
program
are
located
within
a
county
with
a
population
of
50
000
or
fewer
located
within
an
opportunity
zone
or
located
within
a
designated
fema
disaster
area.
J
As
a
result
of
the
recent
tornado
during
the
application
process,
prospective
fund
managers
must
certify
that
they
are
a
licensed
rural
business
investment
company
with
the
usda
or
a
small
business
investment
company
with
the
sba
fund
managers
must
also
estimate
the
jobs
that
they
plan
on
creating
and
retaining
as
a
result
of
their
investments,
and
they
also
must
have
a
business
plan
with
a
revenue
impact
assessment
that
shows
a
positive
return
to
the
state.
10
years
after
their
application
is
submitted,
tax
credits
can
be
revoked
or
penalties
can
be
ensued.
J
If
fund
managers
don't
invest
100
percent
of
their
investment
authority
within
24
months,
if
they
don't
keep
a
hundred
percent
of
their
investment
authority
invested
for
the
seven
year
period,
which
would
end
in
2029
and
then
they
would
also
have
to
pay
a
penalty
if
they
don't
create
the
jobs
or
retain
the
amount
of
jobs
that
they
had
estimated
during
their
application
process
and
there's
also
annual
reporting
requirements.
J
D
L
L
It
lists
an
a
for
g
on
krs
statutes
where
it
says
where
the
credit
may
be
claimed
against
the
tax
imposed
by
these
different
areas
of
statute.
Could
you
could
you
help
help
us?
What
specific
areas
are
these
referring
to?
In
these
specific
statues,.
L
Section
9.,
it
lists
a
through
g.
It
lists
several
different
krs's
and,
if
you
know
do
you
know
specifically
which
tax
credits
these
are
which
taxes,
this
credit
would
be
going
against.
J
Share,
I
know
that
the
most
of
them-
I
know
it
includes
some
other
ones,
but
it's
it's
mainly
focused
on
the
state
premium.
Tax,
credit,
okay,
yes,
sir.
L
That's
all
right,
I
do
have
a
follow-up
question,
if
I
may,
mr
chair,
yes,
sir,
I
served
on
the
tax
expenditure
task
force
a
few
years
ago
in
the
interim,
and
one
of
the
recommendations
that
we
made
was
that
on
any
future
tax
credit,
there
would
be
a
sunset
provision
in
five
years.
So
just
clarify
me
is:
is
the
maximum
amount
here,
75
million,
and
is
there
a
sunset
provision
in
this
statute?.
J
Yes,
sir,
the
75
million
is
a
one-time
allocation
from
the
state
and
the
program
ends
in
2029..
Okay,
thank
you.
Yes,
sir.
M
Thank
you,
especially
thanks
to
nate
for
all
you're
doing.
I
wanted
to
ask
a
few
questions
to
better
understand
the
finances
of
it.
If
you'll
help
me
with
it
so
in
conversation,
I
believe
that
I
understood
that
this
state
will
get
back
it's
15
million
per
year.
Regardless,
would
you
explain
that
to
us.
I
Good
morning,
representative,
tony
tupes
yeah,
so
the
the
application
process
requires
that
each
fund
manager
applicant
present
a
business
plan
which
will
include
a
job
creation
commitment
and
that
job
creation
commitment,
those
numbers
will
drive
revenue
to
the
general
fund.
So
the
state
can
only
approve
applications
that
show
commitments
to
create
jobs
in
excess
of
the
amount
of
the
cost
of
the
credit,
so
that
the
general
fund
comes
out
whole
or
in
excess
of
the
the
actual
amount
of
the
use
of
the
tax
credits.
I
On
the
back
end.
If
those
job
commitment
numbers
are
not
met,
there
is
a
penalty,
a
formula,
a
financial
formula
to
pay
money
back
to
the
state
where
potentially
fund
managers
could
end
up
with
zero,
making
zero
dollars
on
this.
Luckily,
our
experience
has
been
in
other
states
like
ohio
and
georgia
and
utah,
and
then
specifically
here
in
kentucky,
like
mr
nedley
talked
about
the
job
creation,
there
have
far
exceeded
the
numbers
needed
to
make
this
a
revenue
positive
program.
I
So
we
are
very
confident
based
on
the
last
20
years,
basically
of
state
new
markets
and
then
state
rural
jobs
programs,
which
are
very
similar
to
the
new
markets.
Programs,
they're,
just
funneling
the
capital
into
rural
areas,
as
opposed
to
new
markets
which
focus
exclusively
on
low-income
communities
and
most
of
those
investments
ended
up
in
urban
areas.
M
Thank
you.
Am
I
correct
in
reading
the
bill
on
page
six,
that
in
investors
who
partner
with
the
state
in
this
project,
need
to
have
a
record
of
investing
100
million
dollars.
J
M
And
so
it
seems
like
we're
we're
just
benefiting
the
some
really
large
successful
investors
like
yourselves,
and
if
that's
the
case,
I
don't
understand
why
you
why
you
all
can't
come
and
invest
in
rural
kentucky
businesses
that
show
a
lot
of
promise
on
your
own
and
why
this
coupon
is
necessary
for
some
very
large,
very
wealthy
investors.
I
Well,
the
fact
the
matter
is:
data
shows
that
rural
businesses
are
drastically
underserved
by
private
capital,
most
private
capital,
most
venture
capital.
Private
equity
focuses
on
the
coast
like
in
california
or
the
boston
area.
North
carolina,
austin,
texas,
to
get
into
rural
areas
is
extremely
expensive
and
we
also
have
to
be
very
patient
so
getting
into
these
areas
and
finding
the
good
companies
and
then
supporting
them
takes,
takes
an
incentive
to
make
that
make
it
all
work
a
lot
of
times.
I
These
businesses
are
not
able
to
repay
us
like
they
can
a
bank
or
like
they
would
be
required
with
a
bank.
We
have
to
come
in
and
do
a
principal
and
interest
payments
immediately,
and
sometimes
we
have
to
stay
patient
for
several
years
before
there
is
a
turnaround
in
a
revenue
situation
where
it's
justified
to
for
the
investment,
so
that
that's
the
that's
how
these
work-
and
this
was
a
like.
I
I
said
it's
modeled
after
the
federal
new
markets
program,
which
was
get
into
history-
real,
quick,
a
strong
bipartisan
program
that
has
used
a
combination
of
tax
credit,
plus
private
capital
to
go
into
areas
underserved
by
capital.
It
was
a
pass
by
the
us
congress
in
2000
the
floor.
Leader
was
jim
demint
of
all
people
from
south
carolina.
I
It
was
the
last
piece
of
legislation
signed
by
president
clinton
and
every
administration
since
then,
including
the
last
administration.
The
trump
administration
extended
the
program
for
five
years
in
concert
with
congress,
so
it's
got
strong
bipartisan
credentials
and
support
and
a
number
of
states
like
kentucky,
have
enacted
the
earlier
versions
of
it.
I
Is
that
there's
a
tremendous
opportunity
and
need
in
rural
america
and
part
of
the
reason
for
having
the
description
of
qualifications,
as
you
mentioned,
the
beginning
of
your
question
is
to
make
sure
you
have
qualified
actors
who
come
in
and
can
quickly
deploy
the
capital.
So
one
of
the
key
metrics
of
success
here
is
getting
100
of
the
capital
invested
in
qualified
businesses
in
rural
areas
within
24
months.
That
takes
a
lot
of
work
and
a
lot
of
know-how.
I
I
We
find
that
firms
like
ourselves
that
have
the
actual
appetite
to
come
in
and
do
it
set
up
shop,
take
on
the
obligation
and
try
to
make
this
work.
Like
I
said
in
ohio
and
in
georgia,
we've
had
five
firms
in
each
of
those
states
and
they've
done
exactly
as
the
law
required
with
very
good
outcome
and
results.
In
fact,
if
I
will
darion,
maybe
you
could
talk
about
some
of
the
success
in
georgia.
I
think
would
be
illustrative
too
yeah.
J
So
so
one
of
our
bigger
well
one
of
our
to
me,
one
of
our
warm
heart
heartwarming
success
stories
out
of
george-
is
a
company
called
katie
bag.
Katie
bag
was
a
it
is
a
family
owned,
vino
bag
producer
and
vino
bags
are
the
vidalia
onion
bags.
They
also
make
cotton
bags
as
well,
and
they
had
been
trekking
along
for
about
40
years
completely
tapped
out
with
the
banks.
The
family
business
was
about
to
go
under
through
our
garden
program.
J
They
were
able
to
receive
investment,
they
were
able
to
create
a
hundred
new
jobs,
get
the
machinery
that
they
needed
desperately
so
that
they
continue
to
operate
in
tiny
little
pearson.
Georgia-
and,
I
would
say,
those
hundred
jobs,
probably
support
about
for
the
surrounding
counties
in
pearson
county
one
in
four
people
live
below
the
poverty
line,
and
these
jobs
were
extremely
meaningful.
Not
only
that,
but
a
katy
bag
company
is
the
only
fully
integrated
vino
bag
producer
in
north
america.
H
H
Is
there
any
special
consideration
or
protections
for
companies
that
are
that
exist
right
now
in
kentucky
that
have
struggled
to
get
capital
versus
those
that
relocate
either
from
another
state
or
perhaps
an
international
large
agribusiness
that
opens
an
affiliate
in
kentucky
and
is
able
to
avail
themselves
of
this
credit.
H
Quick
follow-up
I'd
be
interested
if
any
of
you
can
get
me
some
data
on
the
breakdown
in
other
states,
where
this
has
been
enacted.
As
to
as
to
that
specific
point,
thank
you.
N
Mr
chairman,
I'm
happy
to
proud
to
offer
my
support
for
this
legislation
as
a
small
business
owner
as
a
rural
small
business
owner.
This
will
be
another
tool
in
the
box
for
those
rural
small
businesses,
as
the
chairman
mentioned
earlier
in
west
kentucky,
where
we
have
experienced
the
devastating
effect
of
the
tornadoes,
I
have
spoken
with
business
owners
who
do
not
believe
their
insurance
is
going
to
cover
the
total
expense
of
replacing
equipment
that
was
damaged.
N
As
was
mentioned
in
these
rural
areas,
myself,
particularly
what
I've
experienced
our
local
banks
tend
to
be
conservative
rather
than
what
it
would
be
in
our
larger
areas
here
within
the
state
where
our
larger
cities
are.
So
this
is
an
opportunity
to
give
those
small
businesses
a
chance
not
only
to
expand
to
it
but,
as
I
said,
to
go
for
something
greater
than
what
even
they
were
looking
at
putting
in
so
I'm
happy
to
offer
my
support.
D
I
D
O
Question
I
really
just
have
a
comment
and
it
was
great
talking
with
you
all
and
I
support
the
program.
As
I
told
you
when
we
talked
about
it,
because
it's
important
with
small
businesses
in
helping,
particularly
in
the
rural
parts
of
the
state,
because
if
we
lift
up
the
rural
parts,
it
helps
us.
O
O
The
only
problem
that
I
have
with
this
is
that
the
bill
was
filed
yesterday,
mr
chairman,
and
earlier
when
we
started
the
meeting,
we
talked
about
the
process
and
how
it
would
work,
because
I've
I've
known
about
this
bill
for
a
while
and
I
met
with
him
yesterday,
I'm
supportive
of
the
bill.
I
just
don't
support
the
process
in
which
we
are
taking
this
bill
today,
which
would
have
given
many
of
us
who
are
on
this
committee
the
ability
to
go
through
it,
detailed
wise.
O
Before
we
make
this
vote,
I
made
the
commitment
that
I
supported
it
and
I
may
pass
on
it
in
the
committee
because
not
of
what
the
bill
is
about
but
of
the
process
by
which
we
have
done
this
particular
piece
of
legislation,
which
is
an
important
piece
of
legislation,
probably
one
of
the
most
important
things
that
we
will
do
in
terms
of
helping
those
in
the
rural
communities
communities,
especially
those
who
have
been
impacted
by
the
weather.
So
I
I
wanted
to
state
that
before
the
the
vote
was
taken.
Thank
you.
So
much.
D
A
And
I
appreciate
your
comments
and
and
agree
in
most
part,
this
is
the
fourth
year
the
bill
has
been
filed
and
we
did
hear
it
during
the
interim.
Our
goal
was
to
have
this
filed
before
we
left
here
on
thursday,
and
it
just
didn't
happen.
We
already
had
everything
in
place
to
hear
it
today.
We
had
these
gentlemen
scheduled
to
fly
in
tony's
from
from
louisiana.
A
So
all
these
plans
have
to
be
made
in
advance
and
then,
when
this
bill
leaves
this
committee
assuming
it
passes
this
committee,
then
it
will
go
to
a
r
and
it
will
have
a
second
committee
look
so
this
this
will
not
leave
here
and
go
directly
to
the
floor.
So
that
is
one
of
the
reasons
I
opted
to
go
ahead
and
move
on,
even
though
it
was
short
notice
and
very
quick.
A
Even
for
me,
I
I
was
leaning
towards
putting
it
off
another
week
and
the
logistics
just
really
pushed
us
towards
getting
this
done
today.
I
wanted
to
also
say
this
is
supported
by
our
kentucky
bankers:
association,
the
kentucky
farm
bureau
and
by
our
own
kentucky
department
of
agriculture
and
commissioner
quarles,
and
my
primary
co-sponsor
on
the
bill
is
representative
john
blatten
who's
in
the
room,
and
I
was
going
to
ask
if
he
would
like
to
have
any
comments
before
we
take
the
vote.
P
Representative
john
blanton
from
the
9th
second
district
I'll-
be
very
brief.
I
just
want
to
say
this
for
those
of
you
all
that
were
here
in
2017
and
18
and
19
and
20.
This
is
not
a
new
piece
representative.
Graham,
you
were
supportive
of
it.
Previously
we
passed
this
out
on
the
house
floor
with
like
91
or
92.
Yes,
votes
got
some
hang
up
over
on
the
other
side
of
the
the
building,
so
for
those
who've
been
here,
this
isn't
new.
P
Although
there
has
been
tweaking
that's
taken
place
over
the
years
that
I
feel
like
it's
made
even
stronger
and
better
for
our
rural
parts
of
kentucky.
So
I
urge
each
of
your
all
support
to
help
us
in
the
rural
areas
we're
not
looking
for
handouts,
we're
looking
for
a
hand
up-
and
this
is
one
of
those
opportunities
to
give
a
hand
up
to
make
for
better
lives
for
those
people
throughout
kentucky
in
our
rural
areas.
P
That's
seen
a
downturn
in
our
coal
economy,
we've
seen
the
tornadoes
that's
hit
western
kentucky
and
even
the
pandemic
in
and
of
itself
we've
lost
jobs
over
it.
So
this
is,
as
representative
tempting
said,
this
is
a
tool
in
our
toolbox,
and
so
with
that,
I
thank
you
for
the
opportunity.
Mr
chairman,.
D
F
Totally
understand,
thank
you,
mr
chair.
I
understand
and
support
the
concept.
Mine
is
just
a
quick,
functional
question.
If
there's
a
small
hardware
store
in
an
opportunity
zone,
a
fema
designated
area
or
a
rural
county,
how
will
they
know
that
that
this
opportunity
is
available
and
how
will
we
let
them
know
that
the
opportunities
available?
Thank
you.
J
J
So
far
through
the
parameters
of
this
program,
we've
identified
15
000
businesses
that
would
be
eligible
for
the
program,
not
to
say
that
they
will
all
receive
an
investment.
We
do
cold
calls.
We
we
work
with
local
chambers
and
we
do
outreach
to
to
find
the
businesses
and
and
we'll
also
and
just
word
of
mouth,
really
is
how
cold
calls
just
traditional
methods
of
finding
businesses
that
need
capital.
F
D
E
O
May
I
explain
my
vote
I'm
going
to
because
of
my
word
I'm
going
to
vote
yes,
because
I
do
support
the
bill
and
and
being
that
it
will
go
through
a
r,
there's
still
a
factor
there
in
terms
of
whether
or
not
we
should
proceed,
but
I
did
give
you
my
word
and
so
I'm
going
to
vote.
Yes
with
the
comments
that
I
made
earlier
about
my
reservation
in
the
process.
Thank
you.