Kentucky House Bill 247 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Enrolled on March 4 2011 - 75% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2011-03-16 - signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #3) [MS Word]

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 regarding the certification and regulation of radon measurement contractors, mitigation contractors, and radon laboratories; define terms; establish the Kentucky Radon Program Advisory Committee and its appointment and meeting procedures; delineate the powers and duties of the committee; establish who is exempt from certification requirements; establish certification requirements for measurement contractors, mitigation contractors, and radon laboratories including the responsibilities of each certificate holder; require mitigation contractors, measurement contractors, and radon laboratories to be certified on or before July 1, 2012; require mitigation and measurement contractors to maintain general liability insurance coverage in the amount of $500,000; require mitigation and measurement contractors to maintain a license and permit bond during the term of certification in an amount of $10,000; include requirements for the display and advertising of a measurement or mitigation contractor's certification number; require a person certified as both a measurement and mitigation contractor who conducts post-mitigation measurement on a building in which he or she performed the mitigation to utilize an independent certified laboratory or measurement contractor; require a business entity to have an owner or employee associated with the business entity certified as a measurement or mitigation contractor; establish requirements for annual renewal of certification or radon laboratory; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations for establishing an inactive certification status; authorize the cabinet to grant reciprocity with other jurisdictions; discipline certificate holders for unprofessional conduct including a fine not to exceed $500; permit the cabinet to institute proceedings in the Circuit Court of the county where the person resides for an injunction; provide a right of appeal in the Circuit Court of the county where the person resides in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations on continuing education requirements; require the cabinet to maintain a registration program through promulgation of an administrative regulation for all mitigation systems installations including the fee for these installations; include reporting requirements for measurement and mitigation contractors with times and format of reports to be promulgated by administrative regulation; establish a trust and agency fund to be used by the cabinet for administrative and other purposes; amend KRS 211.855 to specify the powers and duties of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to administer, coordinate, and enforce the provisions of this Act; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations for a quality control program plan, mitigation, and measurement standard operating procedures; repeal KRS 211.856, 211.857, and 211.858; APPROPRIATION.

AN ACT relating to radon contractors and making an appropriation therefor.

Rep. David Floyd [R]	Rep. Richard Henderson [D]	Rep. Steven Riggs [D]	Rep. Tom Riner [D]
Rep. Sal Santoro [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-03-16		signed by Governor
2011-03-04		delivered to Governor
2011-03-04		enrolled, signed by each presiding officer
2011-03-04		passed 91-4
2011-03-04		House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
2011-03-04		posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
2011-03-03		received in House
2011-03-02		3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
2011-03-02		posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 2, 2011
2011-03-01		reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
2011-02-28		returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)
2011-02-28		2nd reading
2011-02-28		taken from Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)
2011-02-25		returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)
2011-02-25		1st reading
2011-02-25		taken from Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)
2011-02-18		to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)
2011-02-16		received in Senate
2011-02-15		3rd reading, passed 85-12 with Committee Substitute
2011-02-10		posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2011
2011-02-10		2nd reading, to Rules
2011-02-09		reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
2011-02-04		posted in committee
2011-02-02		to Licensing & Occupations (H)
2011-02-01		introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/11RS/HB247.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/11RS/HB247/bill.doc