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247.804 Agritourism Advisory Council -- Membership.
An Agritourism Advisory Council shall be established within the Department of <br>Agriculture to advise and assist the Office of Agritourism. The Agritourism Advisory <br>Council shall be composed of: <br>(1) One (1) representative from each of the following entities:
(a) Department of Agriculture, appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture; <br>(b) Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet, appointed by the secretary of the cabinet; <br>(c) Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, appointed by the secretary of
the cabinet;
(d) Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission, appointed by the
commissioner of the department;
(e) University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service; <br>(f) Kentucky Tourism Council; <br>(g) Kentucky Farm Bureau; <br>(h) Kentucky Association of Fairs and Horse Shows; <br>(i) Southern and Eastern Kentucky Tourism Development Association; <br>(j) Licking River Valley Resource Conservation and Development Council; <br>(k) Buffalo Trace Covered Bridge Authority; <br>(l) Kentucky Chamber of Commerce; <br>(m) Kentucky Council of Area Development Districts; and <br>(n) Jackson Purchase Resource Conservation and Development Foundation, Inc.;
(2) The Governor, or a designee; <br>(3) Two (2) members of the General Assembly who hold an interest in agriculture, one
(1) appointed by the President of the Senate and one (1) appointed by the Speaker of <br>the House of Representatives; and
(4) Nine (9) representatives of agriculture or the agritourism industry, appointed by the
Commissioner of Agriculture from a list of candidates compiled by the tourism <br>regions as set forth in KRS 247.802(4). Each tourism region shall submit three (3) <br>candidates with a business interest in agritourism who reside within that region, and <br>the Commissioner shall appoint one (1) candidate from each region from those <br>names submitted.
Effective: June 25, 2009 <br>History: Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 11, sec. 64, effective June 25, 2009; and ch. 16,
sec. 65, effective June 25, 2009. -- Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 66, sec. 1, effective <br>July 12, 2006; and ch. 211, sec. 126, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 2005 Ky. <br>Acts ch. 95, sec. 50, effective June 20, 2005. -- Created 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 250, <br>sec. 3, effective July 15, 2002.
Legislative Research Commission Note (6/25/2009). This section was amended by
2009 Ky. Acts chs. 11 and 16, which do not appear to be in conflict and have been <br>codified together.
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