Summary of Original Version

Amend KRS 132.380 to require the examination of candidates for the office of property valuation administrator to be offered by the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS); require the Department of Revenue to provide KCTCS with examination questions and other relevant examination information; establish the examination period; require KCTCS to work with the department to promulgate administrative regulations for the examination registration and establishment of fees; require KCTCS to provide the Department of Revenue information from a candidate's examination for purposes of determining if the candidate passed the examination; establish a deadline for the Department of Revenue to issue a certificate of fitness and qualification to candidates who passed the examination; make technical corrections.

Summary of Amendment: House Committee Substitute 1

Summary Delete original provisions; amend KRS 132.380 to require that a person pass an examination to receive a certification by the Department of Revenue; extend the expiration of certificates for candidates for the office of the property valuation administrator to 18 months from 12 months; require the department to work with the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) to prepare and administer an examination for qualifying a candidate for the office of the property valuation administrator; require the department to promulgate administrative regulations to incorporate a study guide and practice test for the examination; require the KCTCS to determine regional locations throughout the Commonwealth for holding the examination; set the timeframe for the initial examination period to be the first week in August to the second Friday in December in the year immediately preceding the first day a candidate is eligible to file for election to the office of property valuation administrator; set requirements for holding the examination and notifying the public about the examination; prohibit a person from taking the examination more than 2 times or more than once every 30 days; allow the county judge/executive to request up to 2 special examinations if no person received certification by the department; require any special examination requested to be held before the second Friday in December or until at least 1 person for that county is certified, whichever occurs first; prohibit a person from taking the special examination more than 2 times or more frequently than every 15 days; require the Department and the KCTCS to hold additional examinations if there is not a qualified candidate; require the department to promulgate administrative regulations for the rules of administrating and grading the examination; extend the retention of examination records to 18 months from 12 months; EMERGENCY.

Summary of Amendment: House Committee Amendment 1 -- J. Petrie

Summary Make title amendment.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 1 -- R. Bridges

Summary Amend KRS 132.380 to place limits on the amount of times a person is eligible to take the property valuation administrator examination.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 2 -- R. Bridges

Summary Make title amendment.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 3 -- B. Chester-Burton

Summary Amend KRS 132.380 to require the Department of Revenue to create a study guide for the property valuation administrator examination; require the study guide to include a description of the property valuation administrator's job duties and responsibilities; require the study guide to be made available to any person desiring to take the examination.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 132.380
House Committee Substitute 1: 132.380