2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .103   Powers and duties of Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet -- Office of Energy Policy transferred to Commerce Cabinet.

224.10-103 Powers and duties of Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet -- Office of Energy Policy transferred to Commerce Cabinet. (1) In addition to the powers and duties set out in this and other chapters of the Kentucky Revised Statutes that are vested in the cabinet and the secretary to protect and enhance the state's natural resources and environment, the cabinet and the secretary are also vested with the powers and duties previously vested in the Public Protection and Regulation Cabinet and the Labor Cabinet, and the secretaries of those cabinets, so long as those powers and duties are not contrary to or in conflict with the organization of the cabinet established by statute or by executive order of the Governor, as ratified by the General Assembly. (2) The Office of Energy Policy shall be transferred to the Commerce Cabinet, Office of the Secretary. All personnel, functions, powers, and duties of the Office of Energy Policy shall be transferred to the Commerce Cabinet. Effective: June 20, 2005 History: Created 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 123, sec. 5, effective June 20, 2005. Legislative Research Commission Note (6/20/2005). 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 123, sec. 5, subsec. (2), provides that the Division of Energy and "[a]ll personal, functions, powers, and duties of the Division of Energy shall be transferred to the Tourism Development Cabinet." The abolition of the Tourism Development Cabinet and creation of the Commerce Cabinet under Executive Order 2004-729 was confirmed by 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 95, in which the Office of Energy Policy is established and KRS 56.776 is amended to change the "Division of Energy" to the "Office of Energy Policy." Pursuant to 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 95, sec. 55, the references in subsection (2) of this section to Division of Energy and Tourism Development Cabinet have been changed in codification.