KRS 227.205: Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction created --

Organization.

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).