Property Legislation - Kentucky

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 227, relating to fire prevention and protection, to establish an Alarm System Contractor Licensure Board; define terms; forbid alarm contracting activities by those who are not properly authorized by the board; describe when an alarm system contractor acts as a personal emergency response system provider or contractor; institute an emergency 911 response protocol for unanswered voice-to-voice communication responses to customers; exempt various persons and entities from the board requirements under defined circumstances, including telephone installers, utility companies, fire protection sprinkler contractors, architects, locksmiths, and hospitals; establish board purpose, membership, appointment, and meeting procedures; require board to promulgate administrative regulations, determine applicant qualifications, conduct investigations, and establish renewal and continuing education standards; allow the board to establish fees, control licensure, and enter [...]

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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 171 to require persons excavating archaeological sites on private property to obtain a permit from the Kentucky Heritage Council; establish a process by which the landowner shall provide reasonable access to the cemeteries to the descendants and relatives of those buried within; place responsibility on the land owner to maintain the cemetery's integrity; make denial of access to the cemetery a violation; set out a process by which the state shall dispose of human remains within its custody and control; permit a legally recognized tribal government to conduct reinterment ceremonies for Native Americans; require a person who encounters or accidentally disturbs human remains to immediately cease disturbing the ground in the area of the human remains; place responsibility of encountered or accidentally discovered human remains on the cemetery owner or the state and require responsible party to dispose of; require persons wishing to possess human remains or [...]

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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 381 relating to the disposition of historic or prehistoric human remains; declare public policy of the Commonwealth regarding historic or prehistoric human remains; define terms relating to the disposition of historic or prehistoric human remains; establish property confirmation process by which property owners or developers verify whether property contains known human remains; authorize the Kentucky Heritage Council to promulgate administrative regulations related to the disposition of historic and prehistoric human remains; prohibit the issuance of building permits under KRS Chapter 198B until the property owner or developer has completed the preconditions relating to human remains; formulate the procedures and requirements for a human remains outcome review; prescribe the procedures and requirements for an adverse effects determination; list prohibited actions subject to the penalties prescribed in KRS 381.990 regarding the disposition of human remains;[...]

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Amend sections of KRS 219.320 to 219.410, relating to manufactured home, mobile home, and recreational vehicle communities, to switch jurisdiction over these communities from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to the Office of Housing, Buildings and Construction; amend KRS 219.320 to replace definitions for "Secretary" and "Cabinet" with definitions for "Executive Director" and "Office," respectively; amend KRS 219.330, 219.340, 219.360, 219.370, 219.400, and 219.991 to conform; amend KRS 219.350 to require direct submission of community construction or alteration plans to the office, rather than allowing submission to the cabinet for forwarding to the office; amend KRS 219.380 to direct the office to administer the community statutes; revoke the cabinet's power to administer the community statutes, including its ability to delegate this administration to local health departments; amend KRS 219.390 to reduce the size of the State Advisory Committee on Manufactured, Mobile Home, [...]

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Amend KRS 224.01-410 to define "clandestine methamphetamine lab," "contaminated property," and "decontamination standards"; permit the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet to establish a tiered response system for methamphetamine-contaminated properties and to promulgate administrative regulations for decontamination standards; require local or state law enforcement to conduct the initial sampling of an inhabitable property site and direct the Department of the State Police to promulgate administrative regulations; permit the property owner of a inhabitable property site to consult decontamination and remediation service providers not listed on the cabinet's certified contractor list, if the initial sampling result is not assessed as a Tier 3 or higher contamination; require that inhabitable property not be deemed habitable unless the decontamination standard is met; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to create the tiered response system for methamphetamine-contaminated [...]

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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 324, relating to real estate brokers, to allow an out-of-state broker to practice in Kentucky relative to commercial real estate through a cooperation agreement with a Kentucky real estate broker; define "commercial real estate," "cooperation agreement"; "Kentucky cooperating broker," "out-of-state principal broker," and "out-of-state licensee," require that out-of-state licensees be licensed with and work under the direct supervision of an out-of-state principal broker; set out minimum contents of cooperation agreements, to include terms of compensation, description of the parties, and the start and end date of the agreement; mandate that, for transactions that fall within the scope of the cooperation agreement, out-of-state brokers work under the supervision and control of the Kentucky cooperating broker and supply the commission with an affiliation notice and insurance certification; include licensure status and other disclosures; limit types of transactions [...]

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