Kentucky
General Assembly

02/16/17	introduced in House
02/23/17	to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
02/24/17	posted in committee
02/27/17	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title) floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
02/28/17	2nd reading, to Rules posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 2, 2017 floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute
03/02/17	3rd reading, passed 89-3 with Committee Substitute and floor amendments (1) and (2) and committee amendment (1-title)
03/03/17	received in Senate
03/06/17	to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
03/08/17	taken from Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) 1st reading returned to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
03/14/17	reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute
03/29/17	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 29, 2017 3rd reading, passed 28-10 with Committee Substitute
03/30/17	received in House to Rules (H) posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute Bill passed 61-32 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House enrolled, signed by President of the Senate delivered to Governor
04/11/17	signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 178)

Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Impact Statements	Fiscal Note
Summary	Delete all provisions; establish KRS Chapter 324B and create new sections thereof to grant the Department of Professional Licensing supervision over the executive director for Real Estate Professions; define terms, including "real property board," which means the Board of Home Inspectors, Real Estate Commission, Appraisers Board, or Board of Auctioneers; establish the department, which is managed by a commissioner, within the Public Protection Cabinet; appoint an executive director for Real Estate Professions, managed by the commissioner; authorize the secretary of the cabinet to appoint the executive director with prior written approval of the Governor; direct the executive director to provide government oversight of the real property boards, appoint personnel hired by the real property boards, and review and approve the budgets and expenditures of the real property boards; require the executive director to review and approve real property board administrative regulations prior to their promulgation; empower the executive director to issue a final order regarding a real property board decision as part of one continuous administrative process; require the executive director to have at least 10 years of experience in one of the professions licensed by a real property board; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 224.10-052 and 224.10-053 as new sections of KRS Chapter 324B to replace the Office of Occupations and Professions with the Department of Professional Licensing; direct the department to assume all of the responsibilities formerly held by the office; repeal and reenact 198B.704 to create the board of home inspectors; amend 324.281, 324A.015, and 330.050 to establish the real estate commission, appraisers board, and board of auctioneers, respectively; set each board at five members and list the requirements and circumstances for membership; fix the procedures for selecting members for the boards; determine board privileges and duties; set reimbursement and compensation limits for board members; permit board members and staff to attend and travel to and from board-related or industry-related meetings and events with the approval of the executive director; amend KRS 198B.728, 324.200, 324A.052, and 330.130 to establish appellate rights for parties aggrieved by an executive director decision; amend KRS 12.020, 12.252, 164.6903, 164.6905, 164.6909, 164.6911, 164.6913, 164.6915, 164.6923, 164.6929, 309.131, 309.329, 309.404, 319B.020, 319B.040, 324A.025, 324A.060, 329A.025, 334.170, 433.900, 433.902, and 433.906 to conform; repeal KRS 324.283; set initial real property board terms; forbid the board member expansions from removing the three initial appointees; allow board members serving on November 30, 2016, to serve out their terms as nonvoting ex officio members of their boards with reduced compensation; maintain active personnel serving the real property boards on November 30, 2016; confirm Executive Order 2016-859, except as otherwise confirmed or superseded; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Index Headings	Governor - Real property occupational boards, appointment of members to Housing, Building, and Construction - Home inspector board, Real Estate Authority jurisdiction over Inspections - Home inspector board, Real Estate Authority jurisdiction over Licensing - Real property occupational boards, Real Estate Authority jurisdiction over Occupations and Professions - Real property occupational boards, Real Estate Authority jurisdiction over Property - Real property occupational boards, Real Estate Authority jurisdiction over Real Estate - Real estate broker and appraiser boards, Real Estate Authority jurisdiction over Reorganization - Department of Professional Licensing and Real Estate Authority, Executive Order 2016-859 State Agencies - Department of Professional Licensing and Real Estate Authority, real property boards placed under State Employees - Real property occupational board employees, Real Estate Authority employment of Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Real property occupational boards, promulgation of administrative regulations adopted by Appropriations - Public Protection Cabinet, Department of Professional Licensing and Real Estate Authority created in Auctioneers - Auctioneer board, Real Estate Authority jurisdiction over Fiscal Note - Real property occupational boards, membership and activities Boards and Commissions - Real property occupational boards, Real Estate Authority jurisdiction over

Amendment	House Committee Amendment 1
Sponsor	K. Imes
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Governor - Real property occupational boards, appointment of members to Housing, Building, and Construction - Home inspector board, Real Estate Authority jurisdiction over Inspections - Home inspector board, Real Estate Authority jurisdiction over Licensing - Real property occupational boards, Real Estate Authority jurisdiction over Occupations and Professions - Real property occupational boards, Real Estate Authority jurisdiction over Property - Real property occupational boards, Real Estate Authority jurisdiction over Real Estate - Real estate broker and appraiser boards, Real Estate Authority jurisdiction over Reorganization - Department of Professional Licensing and Real Estate Authority, Executive Order 2016-859 State Agencies - Department of Professional Licensing and Real Estate Authority, real property boards placed under State Employees - Real property occupational board employees, Real Estate Authority employment of Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Real property occupational boards, promulgation of administrative regulations adopted by Appropriations - Public Protection Cabinet, Department of Professional Licensing and Real Estate Authority created in Auctioneers - Auctioneer board, Real Estate Authority jurisdiction over Fiscal Note - Real property occupational boards, membership and activities Boards and Commissions - Real property occupational boards, Real Estate Authority jurisdiction over

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	D. Meade
Summary	Amend KRS 198B.704, 324.281, 324A.015, and 330.050 to give designated professional associations up to 60 days to submit lists of three names to the Governor for filling vacancies within the real property boards; allow the Governor to immediately appoint a qualified person of his or her choosing if the professional association fails to submit the list by 60 days after the vacancy occurs.
Index Headings	Governor - Real property occupational boards, appointment of members to Housing, Building, and Construction - Home inspector board, Real Estate Authority jurisdiction over Inspections - Home inspector board, Real Estate Authority jurisdiction over Licensing - Real property occupational boards, Real Estate Authority jurisdiction over Occupations and Professions - Real property occupational boards, Real Estate Authority jurisdiction over Property - Real property occupational boards, Real Estate Authority jurisdiction over Real Estate - Real estate broker and appraiser boards, Real Estate Authority jurisdiction over Reorganization - Department of Professional Licensing and Real Estate Authority, Executive Order 2016-859 State Agencies - Department of Professional Licensing and Real Estate Authority, real property boards placed under State Employees - Real property occupational board employees, Real Estate Authority employment of Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Real property occupational boards, promulgation of administrative regulations adopted by Appropriations - Public Protection Cabinet, Department of Professional Licensing and Real Estate Authority created in Auctioneers - Auctioneer board, Real Estate Authority jurisdiction over Fiscal Note - Real property occupational boards, membership and activities Boards and Commissions - Real property occupational boards, Real Estate Authority jurisdiction over

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 2
Piggyback?	Yes
Sponsor	M. Marzian
Summary	Amend KRS 198B.706 to remove the standards of practice of the National Association of Home Inspectors from the list of standards of practice approved by the Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors; add the standards of practice of the International Association of Certified Home Inspectors to the board's list.
Index Headings	Governor - Real property occupational boards, appointment of members to Housing, Building, and Construction - Home inspector board, Real Estate Authority jurisdiction over Inspections - Home inspector board, Real Estate Authority jurisdiction over Licensing - Real property occupational boards, Real Estate Authority jurisdiction over Occupations and Professions - Real property occupational boards, Real Estate Authority jurisdiction over Property - Real property occupational boards, Real Estate Authority jurisdiction over Real Estate - Real estate broker and appraiser boards, Real Estate Authority jurisdiction over Reorganization - Department of Professional Licensing and Real Estate Authority, Executive Order 2016-859 State Agencies - Department of Professional Licensing and Real Estate Authority, real property boards placed under State Employees - Real property occupational board employees, Real Estate Authority employment of Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Real property occupational boards, promulgation of administrative regulations adopted by Appropriations - Public Protection Cabinet, Department of Professional Licensing and Real Estate Authority created in Auctioneers - Auctioneer board, Real Estate Authority jurisdiction over Fiscal Note - Real property occupational boards, membership and activities Boards and Commissions - Real property occupational boards, Real Estate Authority jurisdiction over

Amendment	Senate Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions, except restore the Kentucky Real Estate Authority; make the executive director for real estate professions the executive director of the authority; set out the duties and powers of the executive director; authorize the executive director to approve or disapprove the administrative regulations and budgets of the real property boards; allow the executive director to serve without being currently active in a real property board profession; amend KRS 224.10-052 to grant the real estate authority, rather than the Department of Professional Licensing, direct supervision over the executive director; amend KRS 12.020 to add the authority as an entity organized within the department; amend KRS 198B.704, 324.281, 324A.015, and 330.050 to remove the “indisputable proof” standard for the Governor to reject a list of candidates provided to fill a real property board vacancy; permit a designated professional association to provide a second list of names to fill a board vacancy if the Governor rejects the first list; allow the real estate commission and board of auctioneers to promulgate administrative regulations with the approval of the executive director; establish consistent reasons to remove a board member from the home inspector, appraiser, and auctioneer boards; set the daily compensation rate for members of the real estate commission and board of auctioneers at no less than $300 per day; prevent the board of auctioneers from employing and setting salaries for staff or counsel; amend KRS 198B.706 and 324A.020 to allow the home inspector and appraiser boards to promulgate administrative regulations with the approval of the executive director; amend KRS 198B.728, 324.200, 324A.052, and 330.130 to hear appeals from the executive director’s final orders in the Circuit Court of the county containing the licensee’s principal place of business or the applicant’s residence; amend KRS 324A.060 to remove the appraiser board’s ability to employ and fix the compensation of its administrator and other employees; amend KRS 324.2811 to match the reasons for removing a member of the real estate commission with those for the other real property boards; delete noncodified language concerning placement of real property board personnel.
Index Headings	Governor - Real property occupational boards, appointment of members to Housing, Building, and Construction - Home inspector board, Real Estate Authority jurisdiction over Inspections - Home inspector board, Real Estate Authority jurisdiction over Licensing - Real property occupational boards, Real Estate Authority jurisdiction over Occupations and Professions - Real property occupational boards, Real Estate Authority jurisdiction over Property - Real property occupational boards, Real Estate Authority jurisdiction over Real Estate - Real estate broker and appraiser boards, Real Estate Authority jurisdiction over Reorganization - Department of Professional Licensing and Real Estate Authority, Executive Order 2016-859 State Agencies - Department of Professional Licensing and Real Estate Authority, real property boards placed under State Employees - Real property occupational board employees, Real Estate Authority employment of Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Real property occupational boards, promulgation of administrative regulations adopted by Appropriations - Public Protection Cabinet, Department of Professional Licensing and Real Estate Authority created in Auctioneers - Auctioneer board, Real Estate Authority jurisdiction over Fiscal Note - Real property occupational boards, membership and activities Boards and Commissions - Real property occupational boards, Real Estate Authority jurisdiction over