Kansas HB 2095 Establishes Pump Installation Contractor License and Alters Water Well Rules

Original title: AN ACT concerning water; relating to the department of health and environment; establishing a pump installation contractor license and qualifications for applicants therefor; allowing applicants for water well contractor and pump installation contractor licenses to take examinations online; adding additional qualifications for applicants of water well contractor licenses; modifying the license terms under the act to begin on July 1 of even-numbered years and end on June 30 of the following even-numbered year; requiring additional information to be included in the water well record as required by the secretary; requiring a water well contractor to provide a water quality analysis to the secretary upon request within 60 days of well completion or within an extended timeframe granted by the secretary; requiring the water quality analysis to be conducted by a Kansas certified laboratory; requiring pump installation contractors to keep a record of each pump installed and submit the record to the secretary within 30 days; requiring the pump installation record to include certain data as required by the secretary; requiring the entire amount of any penalty fine collected under the act to be deposited in the water program fund instead of the state general fund; amending K.S.A. 82a-1202, 82a-1203, 82a-1205, 82a-1207, 82a-1209, 82a-1210, 82a-1212, 82a-1213, 82a-1214 and 82a-1216 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 82a-1206 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 82a-1218.