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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi Melanie!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I’m proud of you for discovering this current legislation!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>To answer your question(s), I cannot without researching the proposed legislation and review all the relmafications …<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>On the surface, it sounds to be a good incentive for hiring individuals with disabilities … I’ll look into it with Susan, for I’ve been unaware of the Bill until now …<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>John g.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>PS. I do not believe it is directly related to the ‘Fair Wages …’ legislation of which you mention. j<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Nfbk [mailto:nfbk-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Melanie Peskoe<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, February 02, 2013 2:10 PM<br><b>To:</b> NFB of Kentucky Internet Mailing List<br><b>Subject:</b> [Nfbk] Kentucky House Bill 10<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=995 style='width:746.25pt;margin-left:6.75pt;margin-right:6.75pt'><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#400000'><a href="http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/13RS/HB10/bill.doc">HB 10</a> (BR 432) - <a href="http://www.lrc.ky.gov/legislator/H079.htm">S. Westrom</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#400000'> AN ACT relating to tax credits for hiring legally blind or severely disabled individuals. <br> Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to provide a nonrefundable income tax credit for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2014, for taxpayers who contract with a resident nonprofit organization for services performed by individuals who are legally blind or severely disabled; amend KRS 141.0205 to provide the order in which the credit may be claimed and make technical corrections.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#400000'> Jan 11-introduced in House <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><div style='border:none;border-bottom:dotted windowtext 3.0pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>The above text is copied directly from the KY Legislative Resource Center website. Is this at all related to the federal Fair Wages for Workers with Disabilities Act? Is this something we should be calling our representatives about? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Melanie<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#632423'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#632423'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#632423'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#632423'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#632423'>Melanie Peskoe<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#632423'>MPH Candidate, May 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#632423'>University of Louisville, School of Public Health and Information Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#632423'>phone/text: 502.262.1403<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#632423'><a href="http://www.twitter.com/melpeskoe">www.twitter.com/melpeskoe</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#632423'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#632423'>Think positively, eat nutritionally, live actively…<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><hr size=1 width="100%" noshade style='color:gray' align=center></span></div><p class=avgcert>No virus found in this message.<br>Checked by AVG - <a href="http://www.avg.com">www.avg.com</a><br>Version: 10.0.1430 / Virus Database: 2639/5576 - Release Date: 02/02/13<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>