Title XVII, Economic Security and Public Welfare

The pledge of any assets or revenues of the corporation to the payment of the principal of or the interest on any obligations of the corporation shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made and any such assets or revenues shall immediately be subject to the li…

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, all moneys received pursuant to the authority of this chapter shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this chapter. The resolution authorizing any obligations or the trust agreemen…

The department or any local government agency enforcing the Uniform State Building Code may obtain injunctive relief from any court of competent jurisdiction to enjoin the offering for sale, delivery, use, occupancy or construction of any building on which construction was begun …

(1) Notwithstanding any other remedies available, any person or party, in an individual capacity or on behalf of a class of persons or parties, damaged as a result of a violation of this chapter or the Uniform State Building Code, has a cause of action in any court of competent j…

the corporation. Any holder of obligations issued under the provisions of this chapter or any coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee under any trust agreement or resolution authorizing the issuance of such obligations, except the rights herein given may be restricted by su…

materials, or supplies where injury, death, or damage occurs more than five years after completion or incorporation. In any action alleging defective building design, construction, materials, or supplies where the injury, death, or property damage occurs more than five (5) years …

Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this chapter or any recitals in any obligations issued under the provisions of this chapter, all such obligations and interest coupons appertaining thereto shall be and are hereby made negotiable instruments under the laws of thi…

No person shall hinder an inspector enforcing any of the provisions of this chapter in the performance of his lawful duties under this chapter.

investments. Obligations issued under the provisions of this chapter are hereby made securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies, trust companies, banking associations, investment companies,…

(1) The corporation is hereby authorized to provide for the issuance of refunding obligations for the purpose of refunding any obligations then outstanding which shall have been issued under the provisions of this chapter, including the payment of any redemption premium thereon a…

The corporation shall be authorized and empowered in connection with the issuance of its bonds and notes for housing purposes pursuant to this chapter to establish in respect of such bonds and notes such reserve funds or replacement funds as may be required in the sound discretio…

The corporation shall, promptly following the close of each fiscal year, submit an annual report of its activities for the preceding year to the Governor and the General Assembly. Each such report shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement of the corporation dur…

No member or other officer of the corporation shall be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of his execution of any obligations or the issuance thereof.

The corporation is authorized to accept and expend such moneys as may be appropriated from time to time by the General Assembly or such moneys as may be received from any source including income from the corporation's operations, for effectuating its corporate purposes including,…

The Kentucky Housing Corporation has been duly created as a de jure municipal corporation and political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Accordingly, the Kentucky Housing Corporation shall not be required to pay any taxes and assessments to the Commonwealth of Kentuck…

corporation. If any member, officer, or employee of the corporation shall be interested either directly or indirectly, or shall be an officer or employee of or have an ownership interest in any firm or corporation interested directly or indirectly in any contract with the corpora…

laws. The foregoing sections of this chapter shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized thereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws, and shall not be regarded as in dero…

Upon termination or dissolution, all rights and properties of the corporation shall pass to and be vested in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, subject to the rights of lienholders and other creditors, unless the board of directors directs at such times that they be distributed among …

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Mae Street Kidd Kentucky Housing Corporation Act."

regulations. (1) The corporation may make loans to mortgage lenders for the purpose of furnishing funds to such mortgage lenders to be used for making residential mortgage loans. (2) The corporation shall from time to time adopt, modify, amend or repeal rules and regulations gove…

usable by persons with a disability -- Compliance required. (1) The department shall promulgate administrative regulations, pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A, applicable to all new and altered buildings which shall establish requirements for making all buildings accessible to and usabl…

The requirements for accessibility as established in 815 KAR 40:010 on November 13, 1974, shall remain in effect until such time as the board shall file new regulations pursuant to KRS 198B.260.

Any proposed change of occupancy to a more restrictive classification, for temporary purposes only, shall not be required to comply with this chapter if prior approval for such use is obtained pursuant to KRS 227.300 and the regulations adopted thereunder.

river in counties with city of first class or consolidated local government and cities within such county. In counties with cities of the first class or a consolidated local government and cities within those counties, a permit to rebuild a commercial business on property contigu…

wells and private water supplies. The Kentucky Housing Corporation may develop a financial assistance program for replacement or rehabilitation of unsafe wells and other private water supplies serving low and moderate-income families and individuals.

As used in KRS 198B.310 to 198B.330: (1) "Safety glazing material" means any glazing material, such as tempered glass, laminated glass, wire glass, or rigid plastic that: (a) Meets the test requirements of the current ANSI standard or other generally accepted industry standard as…

(1) Each light of safety glazing material manufactured, distributed, imported, or sold for use in hazardous locations or installed in a similar location within the Commonwealth of Kentucky shall be permanently labeled by such means as etching, sandblasting or firing ceramic mater…

It shall be unlawful within the Commonwealth of Kentucky to knowingly sell, fabricate, assemble, glaze, install, consent or cause to be installed glazing materials other than safety glazing materials in, or for use in, any hazardous location.

No liability under KRS 198B.310 to this section shall be created as to workers who are employees of a contractor, subcontractor, or other employer responsible for compliance with KRS 198B.310 to this section.

agreements -- Funding -- Referrals to specific lenders and brokers prohibited. (1) There may be established, as part of the borrower education initiatives established by or through the Kentucky Housing Corporation, a Kentucky Homeownership Protection Center. (2) The purpose of th…

As used in KRS 198B.400 to 198B.540, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Elevator" means all the machinery, construction, apparatus, and equipment used in raising and lowering a car, cage, or platform vertically between permanent rails or guides, and includes all elevator…

elevator mechanic and supervising general contractor -- Exceptions. (1) Only a licensed elevator mechanic working under the general supervision of an elevator contractor may: (a) Erect, construct, alter, replace, maintain, remove, or dismantle any elevator or fixed guideway syste…

Exemption for helper or apprentice -- Applicability to public universities -- Administrative regulations. (1) A person shall not work as an elevator contractor or elevator mechanic unless licensed by the department. A person may work as an elevator helper or apprentice without a …

requirements. (1) An application for licensure as an elevator contractor shall contain the following: (a) For an applicant who is a person or sole proprietor: 1. Name; 2. Residence; and 3. Business address of the applicant; (b) For an applicant that is a partnership: 1. Names of …

requirements. (1) An application for licensure as an elevator mechanic shall contain the following: (a) Name; (b) Residential address; (c) Name and address of the applicant's employer, if employed; (d) The number of years the applicant has engaged in the business of installing, m…

(1) An applicant for licensure as an elevator contractor under KRS 198B.4011 or as an elevator mechanic under KRS 198B.4013 who applies to the department prior to July 1, 2012, shall be licensed by the department without completing the licensure requirements as established in KRS…

Any person, sole proprietor, partnership, or corporation holding a valid elevator or fixed guideway system license from a state that has licensing, educational, and experience requirements substantially equal to or greater than those of KRS 198B.400 to 198B.540, and which grants …

and geographic limitations -- Renewal. (1) The department shall issue emergency elevator mechanic licenses whenever an emergency is declared by the Governor due to disaster, act of God, or work stoppage, and the number of persons in the state holding licenses granted by the depar…

License valid for one year -- Renewal. (1) An elevator contractor shall notify the department when the contractor has a shortage of licensed personnel available, due to a reduction in licensed elevator mechanics employed by the contractor or an increase in work, to perform elevat…

issued under KRS 198B.400 to 198B.540 -- Inactive license. (1) A person licensed under KRS 198B.400 to 198B.540 shall annually, on or before the last day of the licensee's birth month, renew his or her license. (2) A sixty (60) day grace period shall be allowed after the annivers…

program approval if continuing education records falsified. (1) An applicant for the renewal of an elevator contractor license or elevator mechanic license shall submit a certificate of completion from a continuing education course or courses that instruct licensees on new and ex…

Elevator contractors shall submit proof of insurance to the department for an insurance policy issued by an insurance company or other legal entity permitted to transact insurance business in Kentucky, providing: (1) General liability coverage of at least one million dollars ($1,…

The provisions of KRS 198B.400 to 198B.540 shall not be construed to relieve or lessen the responsibility or liability of any person, partnership, or corporation owning, operating, controlling, maintaining, erecting, constructing, installing, altering, inspecting, testing, or rep…

guideway system work by unlicensed individual -- Cease-and-desist order. (1) The department shall conduct disciplinary hearings in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B. (2) The commissioner may summarily suspend a license for up to ninety (90) days before a final adjudication or durin…

-- Appeal. (1) Subject to a hearing conducted in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B, the commissioner may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew the license of an elevator contractor or elevator mechanic for any of the following actions by the licensee: (a) Use of false evidence or mis…

If the license of an elevator contractor or elevator mechanic is revoked for any reason, the former licensee may, at the conclusion of the revocation period, reapply for his or her license.