Summary of Original VersionAmend KRS 223.170 to require the board of certification for water treatment and distribution system operators to submit to the Energy and Environment Cabinet on or before December 31, 2024, recommendations for the establishment of a voluntary certification program for supervisors of certified operators in primary responsible charge of water treatment plants or distribution systems as well as recommendations for the establishment of a program or strategy for recruiting applicants to work in the operation of water treatment plants or distribution systems who are not currently participating in apprenticeships or certification programs administered by the cabinet; amend KRS 224.73-110 to require the Kentucky Board of Certification of Wastewater System Operators to submit to the Energy and Environment Cabinet on or before December 31, 2024, recommendations for the establishment of a voluntary certification program for supervisors of certified operators in primary responsible charge of public or private sewage systems as well as recommendations for the establishment of a program or strategy for recruiting applicants to work in the operation of public or private sewage systems who are not currently participating in apprenticeships or certification programs administered by the cabinet.
Summary of Amendment: House Committee Substitute 1Summary
Delete original provisions; create a combined Kentucky Board of Certification of Water and Wastewater System Operators; provide for board duties and membership; require that on or before December 31, 2024, the board, in conjunction with the Drinking Water Advisory Workgroup and the Clean Water Advisory Workgroup, make recommendations for the establishment of a voluntary certification program for supervisors of certified operators of water or sewage treatment plants systems; require that the recommendations also include suggestions for the establishment of a voluntary shared services certification program for supervisors or certified operators of combined water or sewage treatment plants or systems and suggestions for the establishment of a program or strategy for recruiting applicants to work in the operation of water treatment plants or distribution systems who are not currently participating in apprenticeships or certification programs administered by the cabinet; amend KRS 223.160, 223.170, 223.200, 223.210, and 224.73-110 to conform; provide for the staggering of the terms of initial appointments to the Kentucky Board of Certification of Water and Wastewater System Operators; provide for the transfer of documents and the continuity of actions from the Kentucky Board of Certification of Wastewater System Operators and the Kentucky Board of Certification of Water Treatment and Distribution System Operators to the Kentucky Board of Certification of Water and Wastewater System Operators.
Statutes affected: Introduced: 223.170
Acts Chapter 206: 223.160, 223.170, 223.200, 223.210
House Committee Substitute 1: 223.160, 223.170, 223.200, 223.210
Current/Final: 223.160, 223.170, 223.200, 223.210
Current: 223.160, 223.170, 223.200, 223.210