AN ACT relating to reorganization of the building trades. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 198B to create and establish the Housing, Buildings and Construction Advisory Committee; constitute membership of the committee and fix compensation; require the committee to provide ongoing advice to the department; prohibit the committee from becoming directly involved in licensing and regulation of housing, building and construction matters regulated by the department; provide that the department shall give the committee 30 days to review and comment on a proposed regulation before the regulation is promulgated, amended, or repealed; amend various sections in KRS Chapter 198B to abolish the Kentucky Board of Housing, Buildings and Construction, the Board of Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Contractors, the Kentucky Single Family Dwellings Advisory Committee and the Elevator Advisory Committee; amend various sections in KRS Chapter 227 to abolish the Electrical Advisory Committee and the Manufactured Home Certification and Licensure Board; amend various sections in KRS Chapter 236 to abolish the Board of Pressure Vessel Rules; amend various sections in KRS Chapter 318 to abolish the State Plumbing Code Committee; transfer all authority, duties, functions, rights, responsibilities, obligations, records, equipment, staff and supporting budgets of the abolished boards and committees to the department; amend various sections of KRS Chapters 198B, 227, 227A, 236, and 318 to conform; confirm Executive Order 2016-849.
Bill status
signed
all 3 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2017
Committee Review
Mar 2017
Signed into Law
Apr 2017
Introduced Feb 15, 2017
Signed Apr 10, 2017
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Total actions
20
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Amendments
2
Apr 10, 2017
Signed into law
Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 169)
legislature
Mar 2, 2017
Committee
To Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)
legislature
Feb 28, 2017
Introduced
Floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute
legislature
Feb 24, 2017
Introduced
Floor amendments (1) and (2) filed to Committee Substitute
legislature
Feb 21, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Posted in committee
legislature
Feb 16, 2017
Committee
To Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)
legislature
Feb 15, 2017
Introduced
Introduced in House
legislature
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