KRS 211.976: Application, filing and contents -- Fee -- Conditions of bond.

(1) (a) All persons proposing to engage in business for the purposes of this chapter

shall file an application for licensing on forms provided by the cabinet with

information specifying that waste hauling is restricted to household sewage or

sludge only; commercia l or industrial sanitary sewage or sludge only; grease

trap sewage or sludge only; or combinations of the above. Other information

deemed necessary, as well as the required fee, shall accompany the

application.

(b) The secretary may promulgate administrati ve regulations to establish a fee

schedule that:

1. Shall be the total of the operational and administrative costs of the

programs to the cabinet and to agencies as defined in KRS 211.185;

2. Beginning on March 17, 2020, until December 31, 2020, shall not

increase more than twenty -five percent (25%) of the fee amount on

March 17, 2020; and

3. Beginning on or after January 1, 2021, shall not increase more than five

percent (5%) for each year thereafter.

(2) If the cabinet, after any investigation it deems necessary, finds that the applicant has

the qualifications, experience, reputation, and approved site for disposal necessary

to perform the service in an acceptable manner and not detrimental to the

environment or to public health, it shall issue or cause to be issued a license for the

said business. This license is not transferable. The application for license shall be

made to the cabinet prior to March 1 of each year, and shall be accompanied by a

surety bond tendered by a company registered in the Commonwe alth of Kentucky,

to indemnify persons for whom service and maintenance work is performed, if

faulty, and to guarantee disposal of sewage sludge in an approved manner; or with

sureties, form and sufficiency acceptable to the cabinet. The amount of the bond

shall be established by administrative regulation promulgated by the cabinet. The

cabinet shall be the obligee, and the bond shall be for the benefit and purpose to

protect all persons and the environment damaged by faulty workmanship in the

servicing or maintaining of sewage pretreatment units, grease traps, or holding

tanks, or in the disposal of sewage sludge, and shall guarantee the appearance of the

licensee to answer any summons within thirty (30) days of notice to the bonding

company of the issuance of summons. Bonds shall be conditioned upon the

performance of the services in a workmanlike manner, and in a manner which will

not create a public health hazard nor damage the environment.