Section 3. KRS 217B.060 is amended to read as follows: The department may classify licenses to be issued under this chapter. The[Such] classifications may include but not be limited to ornamental or agricultural pesticide applicators, or right-of-way pesticide applicators. Separate classifications may be specified as to ground, aerial, or manual methods used by any licensee to apply pesticides. Each classification shall be subject to separate testing procedures and requirements.[ No person shall be required to pay an additional license fee if such person desires to be licensed in one (1) or all of the license classifications provided for by the department under the authority of this section.] Section 4. KRS 217B.070 is amended to read as follows: (1) No person shall engage in the business of applying pesticides to the lands of another within this state at any time without a pesticide operator's[applicator's] license issued by the department. The department shall require an annual fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) for each pesticide operator's[applicator's] license issued and, in addition, an inspection fee of ten dollars ($10) for each aircraft to be licensed and ten dollars ($10) for each piece of ground equipment to be licensed. Should any equipment fail to pass inspection under KRS 217B.160, making it necessary for a second inspection to be made, the department shall require an added inspection fee of five dollars ($5). In addition to the required inspection, unannounced inspections may be made without charge to determine if equipment is properly calibrated and maintained in conformance with laws and regulations. (2) Application for a license shall be made in writing to the department on a designated form obtained from the department. Each application for a license shall contain information regarding the applicant's qualifications and proposed operations and[,] license classification or classifications the applicant is applying for, and shall include the following: (a) The full name of the person applying for the license; (b) If the applicant is an individual, receiver, trustee, firm, partnership, association, corporation, or other organized group of persons whether or not incorporated, the full name of each member of the firm or partnership, or the names of the officers of the association, corporation, or group; (c) The principal business address of the applicant in the state and elsewhere; and (d) The name and address of a person, who may be the Secretary of State, whose domicile is in the state, and who is authorized to receive and accept services of summons and legal notice of all kinds for the applicant; (e) The model, make, horsepower, and size of any equipment used by the applicant to apply pesticides; (f) Any other necessary information prescribed by the department. (3) The department shall require an applicant for a license to show upon examination that he possesses adequate knowledge concerning the proper use and application of pesticides in the classifications he has applied for, manually or with the various equipment that he may have applied for a license to operate. The examination shall require a working knowledge of, but not be limited to, the following: (a) The proper use of the equipment. (b) The hazards that may be involved in applying pesticides, including: 1. The effect of drift of the pesticides on adjacent and nearby lands and other nontarget organisms; 2. The proper meteorological conditions for the application of pesticides and the precautions to be taken therewith; 3. The effect of the pesticides on plants or animals in the area, including the possibility of damage to plants or animals or the possibility of illegal pesticide residues resulting on them; 4. The effect of the application of pesticides to wildlife in the area, including aquatic life; 5. The identity and classification of pesticides used and the effects of their application in particular circumstances; and 6. The likelihood of contamination of water or injury to persons, plants, livestock, pollinating insects, and vegetation. (c) Calculating the concentration of pesticides to be used in particular circumstances. (d) Identification of pests to be controlled, by common name only, and the damages caused by the[such] pests. (e) Protective clothing and respiratory equipment required during the handling and application of pesticides. (f) General precautions to be followed in the disposal of containers as well as the cleaning and decontamination of the equipment which the applicant proposes to use. (g) Applicable state and federal pesticide laws and regulations. (4) If the department finds the applicant qualified to apply pesticides in the classifications he has applied for and, if the applicant files the bond or insurance required under KRS 217B.130, and if the applicant applying for a license to engage in aerial application of pesticides has met all of the requirements of the Federal Aviation Agency and the Transportation Cabinet to operate the equipment described in the application, the department shall issue a pesticide applicator license limited to the classifications for which he is qualified, which shall expire at the end of the calendar year of issue unless it has been revoked or suspended prior thereto by the department for cause or the financial security required under KRS 217B.130 is not dated to expire at an earlier date, in which case the[said] license shall be dated to expire upon expiration date of the[said] financial security.
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