HB40: AN ACT relating to water and wastewater systems.

Legislative Summary

Creates a combined Kentucky Board of Certification of Water and Wastewater System Operators; provides for board duties and membership; requires 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 plant systems; requires that the recommendations 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; amends KRS 223.160, 223.170, 223.200, 223.210, and 224.73-110 to conform; provides for the staggering of the terms of initial appointments to the Kentucky Board of Certification of Water and Wastewater System Operators; and provides 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.