SB 7 AN ACT relating to retirement benefits for legislators

About SB-7

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 45A to prohibit public employers in the Commonwealth from purchasing, acquiring, furnishing, or requiring an employee to purchase or acquire uniforms, wearing apparel, safety equipment, or protective accessories not manufactured in the United States of America, unless such items are not manufactured or available for purchase in the United States; permit public employers to purchase uniforms and safety equipment manufactured outside the United States if similar items are only available from one United States manufacturer and the price is substantially higher than comparable foreign-made items; require public employers who provide stipends to employees to purchase uniforms or safety equipment to encourage employees to purchase items made in the United States; require public employers that produce an annual report or audit to include information about the purchase of uniforms or safety equipment made in the United States in those documents; require the Department for Local Government to develop and publish guidelines for local governments regarding the purchase of uniforms and safety equipment made in the United States.