Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 300 - TOURISM, ARTS AND HERITAGE CABINET › Chapter 1 - Department of Travel Development › Section 300 KAR 1:021 - Process for the distribution of tourism recovery and investment funds appropriated by the General Assembly in the 2022 Regular Session from the State Fiscal Recovery Fund of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 91A.350, 148.522, 148.525, Ky Acts Ch. 199 (RS
				2022 HB 1)
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: The Executive Branch
				Budget for the 2022-2024 biennium appropriates to the Tourism, Arts and
				Heritage Cabinet under the budget unit Office of the Secretary a total of
				$75,000,000 in fiscal year 2021-2022 from the State Fiscal Recovery Fund of the
				American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. KRS 148.522 provides that the Kentucky
				Department of Tourism, within the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet, shall
				have the authority and responsibility for the promotion, development, and
				support services for the tourism industry within the Commonwealth. KRS 148.525(3) authorizes the Commissioner of the Department of Tourism to
				promulgate administrative regulations to carry out the provisions of KRS 148.522. This administrative regulation establishes a uniform and consistent
				process for the distribution of the tourism recovery and investment funds
				appropriated by the General Assembly in the 2022 Regular Session from the State
				Fiscal Recovery Fund of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "Cabinet" means the Kentucky Tourism,
			 Arts and Heritage Cabinet.
(2)
			 "Department" means the Kentucky Department of Tourism.
(3) A "tourism commission" means an
			 organization defined as tourism and convention commission under KRS 91A.350,
			 et. seq., and defined as a designated marketing organization or tourism region
			 committee pursuant to  300 KAR 1:010.
(4) "State Fiscal Recovery Fund of the
			 American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (SLFRF)" means the federal funding available
			 as part of the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund established
			 under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA),  Public Law 117-2  (March 11, 2021),
			 as implemented by the Final Rule issued by the U.S. Department of Treasury in
			  31 C.F.R. Part 35.
(5) "Tourism
			 Marketing Incentive Program" means the Regional Marketing and Matching Funds
			 Program in KRS 91A.390 and  300 KAR 1:010.
(6) "Recipient" means a grantee, tourism
			 commission, or other entity eligible to receive funds from the State Fiscal
			 Recovery Fund of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, as appropriated by the
			 General Assembly in the 2022 Regular Session.
(7) "Program Year" means fiscal year
			 2022-2023 and fiscal year 2023-2024. Funding allocations shall be split between
			 the two (2) fiscal years unless a recipient requests and receives approval to
			 receive the allocation all in one (1) fiscal year.
(8) "Tranche 1 funding" means the $15,000,000
			 appropriated by the General Assembly in Acts Chapter 199 (RS 2022 HB 1)
			 L.1.(3)(a) in fiscal year 2021-2022 from the State Fiscal Recovery Fund of the
			 American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 for marketing and promoting tourism in
			 Kentucky.
(9) "Tranche 2 funding"
			 means the $25,000,000 appropriated by the General Assembly in Acts Chapter 199
			 (RS 2022 HB 1) L.1.(3)(b) in fiscal year 2021-2022 from the State Fiscal
			 Recovery Fund of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 for marketing communities
			 in Kentucky.
(10) "Tranche 3
			 funding" means the $25,000,000 appropriated by the General Assembly in Acts
			 Chapter 199 (RS 2022 HB 1) L.1.(3)(c) in fiscal year 2021-2022 from the State
			 Fiscal Recovery Fund of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 for attracting
			 meetings and conventions in Kentucky.
(11) "Tranche 4 funding" means the
			 $10,000,000 appropriated by the General Assembly in Acts Chapter 199 (RS 2022
			 HB 1) L.1.(3)(d) in fiscal year 2021-2022 from the State Fiscal Recovery Fund
			 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 for multi-jurisdiction collaborative
			 destination marketing in Kentucky.
(12) "Matching funds" means monies received
			 from a funding source other than federal funds.