AN ACT relating to local government.

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AN ACT relating to local government. 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
Section 1. KRS 132.380 is amended to read as follows: 3
(1) (a) 1. Except as provided in subparagraph 2. of this paragraph, before 4
a[any] person's name shall appear before the voters on election day as a 5
candidate for the office of property valuation administrator in any 6
primary or general election, [ except a current property valuation 7
administrator already qualified as a candidate to succeed himself or 8
herself in office,] or before that person may be appointed as a property 9
valuation administrator, the[except as an interim appointee as provided 10
by KRS 132.375, that] person shall hold a certificate issued by the 11
department[,] showing that he or she has been examined by the 12
department and is qualified for the office. 13
2. This section shall not apply to: 14
a. A current property valuation administrator already qualified as a 15
candidate to succeed himself or herself in office; or 16
b. An interim appointee as provided by KRS 132.375. 17
(b) All certificates issued shall expire one (1) year from the date of issuance. 18
(c) 1. The examinations shall be offered by the Kentucky Community and 19
Technical College System during the examination period. 20
2. The department shall provide the Kentucky Community and Technical 21
College System with the examination questions and other relevan t 22
information for administering the examination. 23
3. The examination questions [examinations] shall be written and 24
formulated so as to test fairly the ability and fitness of the applicant to 25
serve as a property valuation administrator. 26
(d) The examination period shall be open nine (9) months prior to the first day 27
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a candidate is eligible to file for the office of property valuation 1
administrator and closed three (3) weeks before the candidate filing 2
deadline. 3
(e) The Kentucky Community and Technical College S ystem shall work with 4
the department to promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with 5
KRS Chapter 13A to establish the registration process and fees for the 6
examination[The department shall hold the examination at a central location 7
during the month of November of each year immediately preceding each year 8
in which property valuation administrators are to be elected]. 9
(f)[(e)] The department shall, at least thirty (30) days prior to the examination 10
period, issue a statewide press release announcin g the examination and post 11
the announcement on the department's website[Web site]. 12
[(f) Any person desiring to take an examination shall appear at the time and place 13
designated. 14
(2) (a) If, after the giving of the examination, as provided in subsection (1) of this 15
section, there is no person qualified to be a candidate in the county, the 16
department shall hold a second examination. 17
(b) Applicants from only those counties having no person qualified shall be 18
eligible to take the examination. 19
(c) Notice of the second examination shall be made by issuing a press release in 20
those counties and posting an announcement for the examination on the 21
department's Web site at least fourteen (14) days prior to the second 22
examination.] 23
(2)[(3)] [(a) ]If no qualified candidate files for the office, the department shall cause 24
a special examination to[shall] be given by the Kentucky Community and 25
Technical College System at a time determined by the department.[ 26
(b) ] Notice of[ and registration for] the special examination shall be issued in a 27
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statewide press release and posted on the department's website at least thirty 1
(30) days prior to the special examination being held [provided in the same 2
manner as provided in subsection (2) of this section]. 3
(3)[(4)] (a) Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of property valuation 4
administrator to be filled by appointment or by election, and there is not more 5
than one (1) person holding a valid certificate and eligible for appointment or 6
election, the department shall cause[hold] a special examination to be held by 7
the Kentucky Community and Technical College System for applicants 8
seeking a certificate for the office. Notice of the special examination shall be 9
provided in the same manner as subsection (2) of this section. 10
(b) If only one (1) person is qualified [,] after the [ giving of a ] special 11
examination is held ,[ only one (1) person is qualified,] the county 12
judge/executive may request a second examination to be held by the 13
Kentucky Community and Technical College System. 14
[(c) ]Notice of [ and registration for] the second[special] examination shall be 15
issued in a statewide press release and posted on the department's website at 16
least thirty (30) days before t he second examination is held [provided in the 17
same manner as provided by subsection (2) of this section]. 18
(4)[(5)] (a) Examinations shall be given and graded in accordance with rules 19
created by[of] the department and published at the time of the examination. 20
(b) After a candidate completes the examination, the Kentucky Community and 21
Technical College System shall communicate to the department any 22
information necessary from the candidate's examination for the department 23
to determine whether the candidate pa ssed the examination. Within ten (10) 24
days of receipt of the information [after the examination] , a certificate of 25
fitness and qualification to fill the office of property valuation administrator 26
shall be issued by the department to the candidate if he or s he passed the 27
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examination[each person passing the examination]. 1
(5)[(6)] Examination records shall be preserved by the department for twelve (12) 2
months after the examination, and the record of any person who took the 3
examination may be seen by him or her at the office of the department in Frankfort, 4
Kentucky. 5