KY HB148 | 2015 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Passed on March 19 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-03-19 - signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 14)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [MS Word]
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Passed on March 19 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-03-19 - signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 14)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [MS Word]
Summary
Amend KRS 330.030 to include non-auctioneer co-owners of an auction house who actively participate in the operation of the auction house to the list of those who are prohibited from advertising or acting as an auction house operator without a license issued by the board; amend KRS 330.060 to remove the July 1, 2010, 80-hour requirement of approved classroom instruction for apprentice auctioneer applicants; amend KRS 330.070 to change the apprenticeship period from two years to one year; give the board the authority to waive the 80 hours of classroom instruction if the applicant demonstrates sufficient previous auction experience and competency; provide for apprentices who obtained their licenses during the time period when there was only one test instead of two; exempt licensees who have 25 years of continuous licensure from completing a six-hour board-approved core course every four years; require all apprentice auctioneers and auction house operators to complete the core course within one year prior to the examination or during the first year of licensure; allow licensees to carry a digital copy of their license if they choose; require the completion of the core course to reactivate a license that has been placed in escrow; amend KRS 330.110 to give the board authority to levy fines of no more than $2000 per offense; require a descriptive inventory receipt be provided to all persons consigning personal property with any licensee for auction; include the executive director as one who has the authority to request auction-related information from licensees; include failure of a principal auctioneer to provide reasonable supervision to apprentice auctioneers as grounds for disciplinary action; amend 330.115 to provide that a licensee shall respond to a complaint against him or her in 20 days instead of 20 working days.
Title
AN ACT relating to auctioneers.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2015-03-19 | House | signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 14) |
| 2015-03-11 | House | delivered to Governor |
| 2015-03-11 | House | enrolled, signed by each presiding officer |
| 2015-03-11 | House | received in House |
| 2015-03-11 | Senate | 3rd reading, passed 36-0 |
| 2015-03-09 | Senate | passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day |
| 2015-03-09 | Senate | posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, March 9, 2015 |
| 2015-03-04 | Senate | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2015-03-03 | Senate | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar |
| 2015-02-26 | Senate | to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S) |
| 2015-02-24 | Senate | received in Senate |
| 2015-02-23 | House | 3rd reading, passed 98-0 with Committee Substitute |
| 2015-02-12 | House | taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 13, 2015 |
| 2015-02-12 | House | posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 17, 2015 |
| 2015-02-12 | House | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2015-02-11 | House | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute |
| 2015-02-04 | House | posted in committee |
| 2015-01-09 | House | to Licensing & Occupations (H) |
| 2015-01-08 | House | introduced in House |
