KRS 330.070: Apprentice auctioneer requirements -- Issuance of license -- Fees --

Continuing education requirement -- Pocket license -- Duty of auctioneer upon

termination of apprentice employment -- Placement of licenses in escrow --

Notice of change of address -- Continuing education.

(1) An apprentice auctioneer applying for an auctioneer license shall, subject to the

provisions of KRS 330.060:

(a) Possess a current Kentucky apprentice auctioneer license;

(b) Serve an apprenticeship for a period o f one (1) year as an apprentice

auctioneer in Kentucky;

(c) Submit a statement to the board, signed by the principal auctioneer, verifying

that the applicant has actively and materially participated in at least ten (10)

auctions prior to application; and

(d) Successfully complete at least eighty (80) hours of approved classroom

instruction from a board-approved auction education provider. The board may

waive the eighty (80) hours of approved classroom instruction requirement if

the applicant demonstrates su fficient previous auction experience and

competency by affidavit or other evidence as required by the board.

(2) An apprentice auctioneer with an original license issued prior to June 30, 2010, or

after July 1, 2015, shall be required to successfully compl ete the auctioneer

examination.

(3) If an applicant for an auctioneer license resides in a state which does not have a

current reciprocity agreement with the board, the board may waive the eighty (80)

hour education requirement or the apprenticeship requir ement, or both, if the

applicant demonstrates sufficient previous auction experience and competency by

affidavit or by other evidence as required by the board.

(4) An applicant for an auctioneer license who has previously held an auctioneer

license which h as been revoked, suspended, or which has expired without renewal

may request, and the board may grant, a waiver of the requirement of possession of

a current apprentice license.

(5) Every application for a license issued by the board shall be submitted on forms

prepared by the board. Each applicant shall furnish pertinent background data as

outlined on those forms.

(6) The board shall promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS

Chapter 13A to establish an initial license fee and biennial re newal license fee. The

initial license fee shall not exceed one hundred fifty dollars ($150) and the biennial

renewal fee shall not exceed three hundred dollars ($300).

(a) All licenses shall expire on the thirtieth day of June of each even year.

(b) Each license shall be renewed on or before the expiration date.

(c) In addition to the renewal fee, a late fee shall be established by administrative

regulations promulgated by t he board on each license renewed within six (6)

months after the expiration date.

(d) In the absence of any reason or condition which might warrant the refusal of

renewing a license, and upon timely receipt of the renewal form and the

biennial fee, the boa rd shall issue a license for the remainder of the ensuing

biennial license period.

(7) (a) The board may require as a condition precedent to the renewal of any license,

that each licensee complete continuing education up to ten (10) hours per

license year. The board may impose different continuing education

requirements upon different classifications of licenses under this chapter. The

continuing education requirements in this subsection shall not apply to those

auctioneers licensed prior to January 1, 1980.

(b) A licensee who has not completed the required continuing education may,

within the time period set forth in subsections (6) and (12) of this section,

remit a fee established by administrative regulations promulgated by the board

with the applicable r enewal fees, and the continuing education reporting

requirement shall be deferred to the next biennial renewal. If the licensee fails

to meet the continuing education requirement for the next biennial renewal,

the licensee shall successfully complete the examination before renewal of his

or her license.

(c) 1. The board may require all licensees to complete a six (6) hour board -

approved core course once every four (4) years, that includes the core

subjects of Kentucky auction statutes and regulations, ethic s, and any

other subject matter deemed appropriate by the board.

2. Effective July 1, 2016, each licensee with at least twenty -five (25) years

of continuous licensure shall be exempt from the requirements of this

paragraph.

(8) (a) The board shall ensure t hat licensees may access a copy of their license

certificate via an electronic portal account.

(b) Auction house operators shall display their licenses conspicuously and at all

times in the auction house identified on the license.

(c) All licensees shall c arry a copy of their license, or a digital facsimile thereof,

when performing auctioneering tasks, to be shown upon request.

(9) When an apprentice auctioneer is discharged or voluntarily terminates employment

with the auctioneer for any reason:

(a) It sha ll be the immediate duty of the principal auctioneer to deliver to the

board a written release of the apprentice auctioneer; and

(b) The apprentice auctioneer shall affiliate with a principal auctioneer within

thirty (30) days by submitting to the board an affiliation letter signed by the

new principal auctioneer and a fee established by administrative regulations

promulgated by the board in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A.

An apprentice auctioneer shall not perform any of the acts regulated by this chapte r

until receiving a new license bearing a new principal auctioneer's name and address.

(10) (a) A licensee may place his or her license in escrow with the board if the

licensee does not engage in any board -regulated auctioneering activity and

continues to pay the biennial renewal license fee.

(b) For each year the license is in escrow, a licensee shall be exempt from the

contribution to the auctioneer's education, research, and recovery fund and the

continuing education requirement.

(c) To reactivate a lice nse in escrow, the licensee shall complete the core course

and pay a reactivation fee and the biennial renewal recovery fee, both of

which shall be established by administrative regulations promulgated by the

board in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A.

(11) Notice in writing shall be given to the board by each licensee of any change of

principal business location or residence address within ten (10) days of the change,

and the board shall issue an updated license for the unexpired period. The board

may fine, suspend, or revoke the license of a licensee who does not notify the board

of a change of address within ten (10) days. Changing a business or a residence

address on its records shall entitle the board to collect a fee established by

administrative regulat ions promulgated by the board in accordance with KRS

Chapter 13A.

(12) (a) A licensee who has initiated continuing education courses prior to the date

established through an administrative regulation promulgated by the board in

accordance with KRS Chapter 13A shall have five (5) days after the

established date to complete them.

(b) The board may not cancel a license for failure to complete continuing

education courses until ten (10) days after the date established by the board.