Article 15.--LICENSURE AND EXAMINATION OF CERTAIN CONTRACTORS
12-1557.Rules and regulations relating to licensure and examination;
certificate of competency; uniform fee required; where license valid.
(a) Any county or city requiring the licensure of general contractors,
building contractors and residential contractors
practicing within the county or city may conduct examinations designated by
K.S.A. 12-1556 for the purpose of determining the competency
of applicants for
such licensure and shall not be allowed to ask further questions not
designated on such examination. The board of county commissioners of such
county or the
governing body of such city shall adopt rules and regulations: (1)
Governing the conduct and grading of such examinations; (2) prescribing
a minimum score of 75%
for passage of examinations; and (3) fixing a uniform fee to
be charged all applicants taking each such examination.
(b) The certificate of competency received by any person who
successfully passes an examination designated by K.S.A. 12-1556
shall be valid
proof of competency for licensure, without additional examination, in any
county or city of the state which requires licensure of such contractors
practicing
within such county or city. The county or city shall issue the appropriate
license to any applicant therefor who presents such a certificate of
competency. The county or city shall fix a uniform fee to be charged all
such applicants for licensure.
(c) All licenses issued by a county or city upon the basis of
successful passage of an examination designated by K.S.A. 12-1556
shall bear a
distinctive notation of such fact. All such licenses shall be valid in any
other county or city which requires examination and licensure of
such contractors for
practice in such county or city.
(d) No person who was certified or licensed prior to July 1, 1989,
upon the basis of passage of a standard examination designated by the
political subdivision and whose certificate or license was issued by such political
subdivision which prescribed a minimum score of not less than 70% for
passage of such examination, shall be required to be reexamined for renewal
of certification or licensure.
Article 15.--LICENSURE AND EXAMINATION OF CERTAIN CONTRACTORS
12-1557.Rules and regulations relating to licensure and examination;
certificate of competency; uniform fee required; where license valid.
(a) Any county or city requiring the licensure of general contractors,
building contractors and residential contractors
practicing within the county or city may conduct examinations designated by
K.S.A. 12-1556 for the purpose of determining the competency
of applicants for
such licensure and shall not be allowed to ask further questions not
designated on such examination. The board of county commissioners of such
county or the
governing body of such city shall adopt rules and regulations: (1)
Governing the conduct and grading of such examinations; (2) prescribing
a minimum score of 75%
for passage of examinations; and (3) fixing a uniform fee to
be charged all applicants taking each such examination.
(b) The certificate of competency received by any person who
successfully passes an examination designated by K.S.A. 12-1556
shall be valid
proof of competency for licensure, without additional examination, in any
county or city of the state which requires licensure of such contractors
practicing
within such county or city. The county or city shall issue the appropriate
license to any applicant therefor who presents such a certificate of
competency. The county or city shall fix a uniform fee to be charged all
such applicants for licensure.
(c) All licenses issued by a county or city upon the basis of
successful passage of an examination designated by K.S.A. 12-1556
shall bear a
distinctive notation of such fact. All such licenses shall be valid in any
other county or city which requires examination and licensure of
such contractors for
practice in such county or city.
(d) No person who was certified or licensed prior to July 1, 1989,
upon the basis of passage of a standard examination designated by the
political subdivision and whose certificate or license was issued by such political
subdivision which prescribed a minimum score of not less than 70% for
passage of such examination, shall be required to be reexamined for renewal
of certification or licensure.
Article 15.--LICENSURE AND EXAMINATION OF CERTAIN CONTRACTORS
12-1557.Rules and regulations relating to licensure and examination;
certificate of competency; uniform fee required; where license valid.
(a) Any county or city requiring the licensure of general contractors,
building contractors and residential contractors
practicing within the county or city may conduct examinations designated by
K.S.A. 12-1556 for the purpose of determining the competency
of applicants for
such licensure and shall not be allowed to ask further questions not
designated on such examination. The board of county commissioners of such
county or the
governing body of such city shall adopt rules and regulations: (1)
Governing the conduct and grading of such examinations; (2) prescribing
a minimum score of 75%
for passage of examinations; and (3) fixing a uniform fee to
be charged all applicants taking each such examination.
(b) The certificate of competency received by any person who
successfully passes an examination designated by K.S.A. 12-1556
shall be valid
proof of competency for licensure, without additional examination, in any
county or city of the state which requires licensure of such contractors
practicing
within such county or city. The county or city shall issue the appropriate
license to any applicant therefor who presents such a certificate of
competency. The county or city shall fix a uniform fee to be charged all
such applicants for licensure.
(c) All licenses issued by a county or city upon the basis of
successful passage of an examination designated by K.S.A. 12-1556
shall bear a
distinctive notation of such fact. All such licenses shall be valid in any
other county or city which requires examination and licensure of
such contractors for
practice in such county or city.
(d) No person who was certified or licensed prior to July 1, 1989,
upon the basis of passage of a standard examination designated by the
political subdivision and whose certificate or license was issued by such political
subdivision which prescribed a minimum score of not less than 70% for
passage of such examination, shall be required to be reexamined for renewal
of certification or licensure.