AN ACT relating to court facilities and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 26A.090 to define terms; remove the definition for the court facilities standards committee; amend KRS 26A.107 to establish the duties of the Administrative Office of the Courts relating to assessments of court facilities and construction; create a new section of KRS Chapter 26A to establish the Court Facilities Construction Standards Board; establish the membership and duties of the board; establish a Local Project Development Board; establish the membership and duties of the board; establish the duties and responsibilities of all state and local parties related to construction of court facilities; create a new section of KRS Chapter 26A to establish payment of debt service on bonds issued by a local government for the construction of a court facility and payment of operational costs; create a new section of KRS Chapter 26A to establish duties of a local government for maintenance of new court facilities; establish duties of the Administrative Office of the Courts for reporting of maintenance activity and facility conditions; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 26A to establish the applicability of the duties and requirements related to court facilities projects under construction or for which authority has been given by the General Assembly prior to and on or after the effective date of the Act, and to conform; provide that provisions of this Act applying to new projects shall only apply to all projects authorized after the effective date of the Act, and do not affect, impair, or modify existing projects; EMERGENCY; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2026.