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KY HB49

KY HB49
AN ACT relating to professional engineering and land surveying scholarships.


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Introduced
01/07/2026
In Committee
02/11/2026
Crossed Over
02/11/2026
Passed
Dead

Introduced Session

2026 Regular Session

Bill Summary

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 322 to establish and grant scholarships through the Kentucky professional engineer and professional land surveyor incentive scholarship fund; declare legislative intent to address engineer and land surveyor development and needs by providing Kentucky residents with postsecondary scholarships; establish the Kentucky professional engineer and professional land surveyor incentive scholarship fund as a trust and agency accounts direct the engineer and land surveyor board to administer the fund and award scholarships to qualified applicants; require a written contract between the board and the recipient where the recipient agrees to obtain engineer or land surveyor licensure within 6 years of graduation and practice in Kentucky for at least 1 year for each year of scholarships granted; acquire moneys for the fund through penalties and fines, assessments from license renewals, and the board's budgeted funds; make the applicant's failure to complete the terms of the contract subject to recovery of the fund assistance, attorney's fees, and 8% annual interest; require the board to annually report its scholarship data to the Legislative Research Commission for referral to the Interim Joint Committee on Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations.

AI Summary

This bill establishes the Kentucky professional engineer and professional land surveyor incentive scholarship fund, a trust and agency account managed by the engineer and land surveyor board, to provide postsecondary scholarships to Kentucky residents pursuing licensure as professional engineers or land surveyors. The fund will be financed through penalties and fines collected by the board, a $5 assessment on license renewals, and the board's budgeted funds. Recipients must sign a contract agreeing to obtain licensure in Kentucky within six years of graduation and practice in the state for at least one year for each year of scholarship received; failure to meet these terms will result in the recovery of scholarship funds, plus attorney's fees and 8% annual interest. The board will administer the fund, evaluate applications, award scholarships, and annually report scholarship data to the Legislative Research Commission for review by the Interim Joint Committee on Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations.

Committee Categories

Labor and Employment

Sponsors (9)

Last Action

to Committee on Committees (S) (on 02/11/2026)

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