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154.10-010 Kentucky Economic Development Partnership -- Membership -Vacancies -- Meetings.
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(a)
The Kentucky Economic Development Partnership, a board governing the
Cabinet for Economic Development, is created and established, performing
essential governmental and public functions and purposes essential to
improving and promoting the health and general welfare of the people of the
Commonwealth through sustainable economic development, as prescribed in
KRS 154.01-020.
(b) The board shall have reorganization powers and authority as prescribed in
KRS 12.028 and shall constitute an administrative body as defined in KRS
12.010, but it and the cabinet shall not be subject to the reorganization by the
Governor, KRS Chapter 12 notwithstanding.
(c) The board shall serve as the governing body of the cabinet and shall exercise
all powers and authorities conferred upon it by statute, including, but not
limited to, the following functions:
1.
Strategic planning;
2.
Finance;
3.
Business assistance;
4.
Marketing and promotion;
5.
Community development;
6.
Workforce development;
7.
Innovation; and
8.
All economic development powers and authorities not specifically
conferred by statute to another agency or authority of state government.
The board shall consist of thirteen (13) voting members and two (2) nonvoting
members. The thirteen (13) voting members shall consist of the Governor, the
secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet, the secretary of the Public
Protection Cabinet, the secretary of the Energy and Environment Cabinet, the
secretary of the Labor Cabinet, and eight (8) private sector members who shall be
appointed by the Governor. The secretary of the Governor's Executive Cabinet shall
serve as a voting member upon the absence of the Governor. The secretary of the
Cabinet for Economic Development and the secretary of the Tourism, Arts and
Heritage Cabinet shall serve as nonvoting members.
By no later than thirty (30) days after July 14, 1992, the governing bodies of each of
the following organizations shall meet and nominate two (2) persons from each of
the six (6) Congressional districts of the Commonwealth and two (2) persons from
the state at large, as candidates for the initial appointment as private sector members
to the board:
(a) The Kentucky Industrial Development Council;
(b) The Associated Industries of Kentucky;
(c) The Kentucky State AFL-CIO;
(d) The Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation;
(e) The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce; and
(f) The Kentucky Economic Development Corporation.
(4) The Governor shall select the original eight (8) private sector members from the
aggregation of the lists provided pursuant to subsection (3) with at least one (1)
appointment being chosen from each organization's list and at least one (1)
appointment being chosen from each Congressional district. After the initial
appointments, appointments to vacancies shall be made in the same manner as
prescribed in subsection (3) of this section, except that there is no requirement that
the vacancy be filled from the same organization's list as the original appointment.
(5) The terms of office of the initial appointments of the private sector members to the
board shall be staggered so that one-fourth (1/4) of all appointments shall expire
one (1), two (2), three (3), and four (4) years, respectively, from the date of their
appointment. All succeeding appointments shall be for four (4) years.
(6) In making appointments to the board, the Governor shall assure broad geographical
representation, as well as representation from the major sectors of Kentucky's
economy by leading executives with a knowledge of the problems of large and
small businesses, local economic development, and the transfer of research and
development from the laboratory to the marketplace. In filling vacancies, the
Governor shall attempt to assure the continuing representation on the board of broad
constituencies of Kentucky's economy, including manufacturing and agriculture.
(7) Vacancies on the board which may occur from time to time shall be filled as
follows:
(a) Any vacancy which occurs shall be filled for the unexpired term in accordance
with the procedures established for the original appointment.
(b) If any private sector member misses more than two (2) consecutive meetings
of the board, then that position shall be declared vacant and filled in
accordance with this section.
(8) The board shall meet quarterly and at other times upon call of the chairman or a
majority of the board.
(9) A quorum shall be a majority of the voting membership of the board.
(10) A quorum shall be required to organize and conduct the business of the board,
except that an affirmative vote of seven (7) or more members of the entire board
shall be required to fire the cabinet's secretary, and to adopt or amend the strategic
plan.
(11) Private sector members shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed
for all reasonable, necessary, and actual expenses.
(12) All existing duties, responsibilities, functions, personnel, programs, funds,
obligations, records, and real and personal property of the Cabinet for Economic
Development, as of July 14, 1992, shall be under the authority and control of the
board.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 192, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended
2009 Ky. Acts ch. 16, sec. 38, effective June 25, 2009. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts
ch. 95, sec. 32, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 48, sec. 10,
effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 194, sec. 14, effective July
15, 1996. -- Created 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 105, sec. 3, effective July 14, 1992.
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