The Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction is hereby created within the Public Protection Cabinet. The department shall be headed by a commissioner appointed by the Governor in accordance with KRS § 12.040, and who shall report to the secretary of the Public Protection Cabinet. The office of the commissioner shall also include a deputy commissioner and an executive assistant to the commissioner, who shall be the policy making assistants to the commissioner and shall be appointed pursuant to KRS § 12.050. The department shall consist of the Division of Fire Prevention, the Division of Building Codes Enforcement, the Division of Plumbing, the Electrical Division, and the Division of Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC).
Effective:June 29, 2017
History: Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 169, sec. 64, effective June 29, 2017. — Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 125, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2014. — Amended
2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 390, effective July 15, 2010. — Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 86, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2000. — Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 295, sec. 70, effective July 15, 1980. — Created 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 155, sec. 126, effective June 17, 1978.