2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .380   Examination of candidates for property valuation administrator -- Certificate.

132.380 Examination of candidates for property valuation administrator -- Certificate. (1) Before any person's name shall appear before the voters on election day as a candidate for the office of property valuation administrator in any primary or general election, except as a candidate to succeed himself in office, or before he may be appointed property valuation administrator, except as an interim appointee as provided by KRS 132.375, he shall hold a certificate issued by the Department of Revenue, showing that he has been examined by it and that he is qualified for the office. All certificates issued shall expire one (1) year from the date of issuance, except for the certificates issued to successful candidates of the 1997 exam. Those certificates shall remain valid until after the November, 1998 election. The examinations shall be written and formulated so as to test fairly the ability and fitness of the applicant to serve as property valuation administrator. The Department of Revenue shall hold the examinations in at least one (1) place in each Supreme Court district during the month of November of each year immediately preceding each year in which property valuation administrators are to be elected. The Department of Revenue shall advise each county attorney of the time and place of the examination, and the county attorney shall post a notice thereof in a conspicuous place in the courthouse two (2) weeks before the examination is given. Any person desiring to take an examination shall appear at the time and place designated. (2) If, after the giving of the examination, as provided in subsection (1), there is only one (1) person qualified to be a candidate in the county, the Department of Revenue shall hold a second examination prior to the filing date in each Supreme Court district where necessary. Applicants from only those counties having not more than one (1) person qualified shall be eligible to take the examination. Notice of the second examination shall be posted in the manner provided in subsection (1). (3) Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of property valuation administrator to be filled by appointment or by election, and there is not more than one (1) person holding a valid certificate and eligible for appointment or election, the Department of Revenue may hold a special examination for applicants seeking a certificate for the office. If, after the giving of a special examination, only one (1) person is qualified, the county judge/executive may request a second examination. Special examinations shall be held in the same manner as regular examinations. (4) Examinations shall be given and graded in accordance with rules of the department published at the time of the examination. Within ten (10) days after the examination, a certificate of fitness and qualification to fill the office of property valuation administrator shall be issued by the Department of Revenue to each person passing the examination. (5) Examination records shall be preserved by the department for twelve (12) months after the examination, and the record of any person who took the examination may be seen by him at the office of the Department of Revenue in Frankfort, Kentucky. Effective: June 20, 2005 History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 195, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 495, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 235, sec. 2, effective July 14, 1992; and ch. 338, sec. 24, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 34, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 360, sec. 44, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 186, Art. I, sec. 11, effective June 16, 1960. -- Amended 1949 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 3, sec. 2. -- Amended 1944 Ky. Acts ch. 146, sec. 1. -- Amended 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 131, secs. 1 and 32. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4042a-11.