Title XVII, Economic Security and Public Welfare

application and permit -- Exemptions. (1) Notwithstanding KRS 198B.030 to the contrary, any person who installs an initial heating, ventilation, or air conditioning system shall apply for a permit prior to beginning the installation. No installation shall begin before the applica…

codes -- Inspection scheduling. (1) No person, firm, or corporation shall use, continue to use, or permit the use of any heating, ventilation, or air conditioning system that an authorized inspector or the inspector's employee or agent determines was not installed in accordance w…

compensation of local government's inspectors -- Local governments prohibited from establishing additional permitting or inspection programs. (1) The department shall promulgate administrative regulations to establish a reasonable schedule of fees to implement the program. The fe…

to 198B.689. All fees and fines collected and paid into the State Treasury shall be credited to a revolving trust and agency account and shall be used only for the administration and enforcement of KRS 198B.650 to 198B.689 and the repayment of moneys borrowed from surplus trust a…

systems -- Powers to restrain and enjoin violations of KRS 198B.650 to 198B.689 -- Representation of department by state and local prosecutors. (1) For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of KRS 198B.650 to 198B.689, officers, agents, and inspectors of the department or an au…

enforcement of KRS 198B.650 to 198B.689. (1) The Circuit Court where a violation occurs shall have jurisdiction and venue in all civil and injunctive actions instituted by the department for the enforcement of the provisions of KRS 198B.650 to 198B.689 and orders issued thereunde…

Power of department or authorized local government to prohibit continued use of system --Aggrieved applicant's right to hearing. (1) If an installation for which a permit is required does not meet the requirements of the Uniform State Building Code or the Uniform State Residentia…

(1) The department shall appoint and assign heating, ventilation, and air conditioning inspectors to each county subject to the provisions of KRS 198B.650 to 198B.689 and in numbers sufficient to implement the provisions of KRS 198B.650 to 198B.689. (2) No person shall be appoint…

(1) No person, firm, or corporation shall practice heating, ventilation, and air conditioning contracting unless that person, firm, or corporation maintains general liability insurance in an amount not less than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) and property damage insuran…

No person shall advertise as or claim to be a master heating, ventilation, and air conditioning contractor, unless that person is licensed by the department according to KRS 198B.650 to 198B.689. The license number shall appear in all advertising and on all vehicles used by the l…

Subject to a hearing conducted in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B, the department may revoke, suspend, place on probation, or restrict the license or certificate of any licensee or certificate holder; refuse to issue or renew a license or certificate; or reprimand, censure, or fi…

KRS 198B.650 to 198B.689 shall not apply to: (1) Employees of any master heating, ventilation, and air conditioning contractor who are subordinates of the licensee, if those employees are not journeyman heating, ventilation, and air conditioning mechanics or apprentice heating, v…

(1) The department shall establish by administrative regulation and collect the following fees, not to exceed the cost of the licensing program: (a) Initial application fee for: 1. Master heating, ventilation, and air conditioning contractor; and 2. Journeyman heating, ventilatio…

(1) No firm, company, or corporation may engage in the practice of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning contracting in any county of the Commonwealth, unless the person in responsible charge of the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning work is a master heating, ventila…

(1) A person appointed or employed by the Commonwealth, a county, city, or other jurisdiction to administer, regulate, or inspect heating, ventilation, and air conditioning work shall not have any pecuniary interest in any heating, ventilation, and air conditioning business durin…

officials of license sanctions. (1) The revocation, suspension, restriction, lapse, or voluntary surrender of a license or certificate issued by the department shall not deprive the department of jurisdiction to investigate allegations of wrongdoing under KRS 198B.650 to 198B.689…

The department may adopt by administrative regulation standards for continuing education for licensees and certificate holders. Effective:June 29, 2017

(1) Effective July 1, 1995, any person for whom licensure or certification is required who is not licensed or certified by the department and practices heating, ventilation, and air conditioning contracting services shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. Each violation shall b…

The installation, maintenance, alteration, or repair of heating systems, ventilation systems, hydronic systems, burner service, or cooling systems governed by KRS 198B.650 to 198B.689 shall be made in conformity with applicable standards of the Uniform State Building Code.

KRS 198B.650 to 198B.689 may be cited as the Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Contractors' Act.

As used in KRS 198A.700 to 198A.730, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Homeless individual" means a person who: (a) Lacks a fixed, regular, or adequate nighttime residence; (b) Is at risk of becoming homeless in a rural or urban area because the residence is not safe, d…

As used in KRS 198B.700 to 198B.738, unless otherwise provided: (1) "Applicant" means an individual who applies for a license as a home inspector; (2) "Board" means the Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors established in KRS 198B.704; (3) "Client" means a person who contracts with a…

KRS 198B.700 to 198B.738 shall apply to an individual who conducts home inspections for compensation, but shall not apply to the following: (1) An individual who is acting within the scope of the individual's employment as: (a) A code enforcement official for the state or a polit…

Compensation -- Meetings. (1) (a) There is hereby created an independent agency of state government to be known as the Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors, which shall be attached to the Department of Professional Licensing for administrative purposes. The board shall consist of fi…

The General Assembly hereby finds and declares that current economic conditions, federal housing policies, and declining resources at the federal, state, and local levels adversely affect the ability of very low-income persons to obtain safe, decent, and affordable housing; that …

The board shall: (1) Through the promulgation of administrative regulations: (a) Determine the requirements for and prescribe the form of licenses, applications, and other documents that are required by KRS 198B.700 to 198B.738; and (b) Require that a home inspection report inclu…

(1) There is established in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the use by the board. (2) All fees and other money received by the board in accordance with KRS 198B.706, 198B.712, 198B.714, 198B.722, and 198B.724 shall be deposited in the revolving fund established in subsect…

There is hereby established in the State Treasury a separate, revolving, nonlapsing fund known as the affordable housing trust fund.

(1) An individual shall not advertise or claim to be a home inspector and shall not conduct a home inspection for compensation without first obtaining a license as a home inspector. (2) An individual shall not advertise as, claim to be, or engage in or work at the trade of home i…

(1) The licensing requirements for a home inspector may be waived for a person moving to Kentucky from another jurisdiction, and the person may be granted a license as a home inspector if: (a) The other jurisdiction grants the same privileges to licensees of Kentucky as Kentucky …

- Organizations eligible for funding -- Annual report. (1) The administering agency for the trust fund shall be the Kentucky Housing Corporation, which shall use moneys from the trust fund to make, or participate in the making, of loans or grants for the eligible activities descr…

training programs. (1) A nonresident whom the board determines meets the requirements of KRS 198B.700 to 198B.738 and who files the written consent described in subsection (2) of this section may be licensed as a home inspector in Kentucky. (2) A nonresident applicant shall file …

All licenses issued by the board shall remain the property of the board.

A licensee shall notify the board within thirty (30) days of any change of: (1) Name; (2) Name under which the licensee conducts business; or (3) Business address.

Targeting of funds -- Services to be provided. (1) The corporation shall issue a public notice to eligible recipients of the availability of trust funds at least twice each calendar year and provide for reasonable opportunity for the filing of applications. (2) The corporation sh…

license. (1) The initial license for a home inspector issued in accordance with KRS 198B.700 to 198B.738, shall expire on the last day of the licensee's birth month in the following year. The board may reduce the license fee on a pro rata basis for initial licenses issued for les…

(1) The board shall promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A concerning the continuing education required for the renewal of a home inspector license and shall: (a) Establish procedures for approving organizations that provide continuing education;…

(1) The corporation shall create an advisory committee for the trust fund consisting of eleven (11) members appointed by the chairman of the board of directors of the corporation. (a) Three (3) members shall be appointed from representatives of each of the following categories of…

subdivisions prohibited. (1) As used in this section, "political subdivision" means any city, county, or consolidated local government. (2) No agency or political subdivision of the state, other than the board, shall impose the following on individuals licensed under KRS 198B.700…

(1) The board shall take disciplinary actions against or impose sanctions on a licensee for failing to comply with any provision of KRS 198B.700 to 198B.738 or any administrative regulations promulgated to carry out KRS 198B.700 to 198B.738. (2) Pursuant to KRS 13B.120(7), the di…

show cause -- Cease and desist order. (1) The procedures set forth in KRS Chapter 13B shall govern the board's conduct of disciplinary hearings. (2) The board may summarily suspend a license for up to ninety (90) days before a final adjudication or during an appeal of the board's…

KRS 198A.700 to 198A.730 may be cited as the "Kentucky Affordable Housing Act."

(1) An individual is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor if the individual: (a) Performs or offers to perform home inspections for compensation in Kentucky without being licensed as a home inspector and without being exempt from licensing; (b) Presents as the individual's own the lic…

noncompliance with Kentucky Residential Code. Home inspectors, when acting in that capacity, are prohibited from indicating orally or in writing that any condition is or is not in compliance with the Kentucky Residential Code.

As used in KRS 198A.740 to 198A.750: (1) "Moderate income" means the income of individuals or families that is below one hundred twenty percent (120%) of the area median income for the Commonwealth as determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; (2…

The General Assembly hereby finds and declares that: (1) Current economic conditions, federal housing policies, and declining resources at the federal, state, and local levels adversely affect the ability of individuals to obtain safe, decent, and affordable rural housing; (2) An…

(1) There is hereby established in the State Treasury a revolving account to be known as the rural housing trust fund. The fund shall consist of moneys received from state appropriations, gifts, grants, federal funds, and all repayment, interest, or other return on the investment…

prohibited -- Annual report. (1) (a) The corporation shall use moneys from the rural housing trust fund created in KRS 198A.744 to make, or participate in the making of, loans or grants for the eligible activities described in this section. (b) Any loan or grant shall be made upo…

Services to be provided. The corporation shall: (1) Issue a public notice to eligible recipients regarding the availability of trust fund moneys at least twice each calendar year; (2) Provide a reasonable opportunity for the filing of applications; (3) After consultation with the…

(1) There is hereby created the Rural Housing Trust Fund Advisory Committee, which shall be composed of the following eleven (11) members: (a) The Commissioner of Agriculture or the Commissioner's duly appointed designee; (b) Two (2) members of the Senate appointed by the Preside…