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154.47-015 Kentucky Wood Products Competitiveness Corporation -- Governing
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The Kentucky Wood Products Competitiveness Corporation is created and
established, as a de jure municipal corporation and political subdivision of the
Commonwealth of Kentucky which shall be a public body corporate and politic,
performing functions and purposes essential to improving and promoting the health
and general welfare of the people of the Commonwealth through promoting,
enhancing, and developing the Commonwealth's secondary wood products
industries by:
(a) Disseminating information;
(b) Providing services;
(c) Developing workforce training measures and standards to support value-added
functions with regard to design, processing and manufacture, and marketing of
wood products; and
(d) Providing financial support for the deployment of new or improved
technology and world-class manufacturing systems to businesses engaged in
the production and manufacture of value-added wood products.
The corporation shall be governed by a board of thirteen (13) members, consisting
of seven (7) members representing the private sector including four (4)
representatives of Kentucky's secondary wood products industry; one (1) member
representing the Kentucky Forest Products Council as created and established by
KRS 154.47-110; one (1) member representing the Education and Workforce
Development Cabinet; and four (4) members representing the following universities
with one (1) member each representing the University of Kentucky, the University
of Louisville, Eastern Kentucky University, and Morehead State University.
The initial appointments to the board shall be made on or before October 1, 1994, in
the following manner:
(a) Seven (7) private sector members shall be made by the Governor from names
of persons submitted on or before August 30, 1994, in the following manner:
1.
Two (2) from a list of six (6) nominees from the secondary wood
products industry submitted in writing by the Kentucky Wood
Manufacturers Network;
2.
Two (2) from a list of six (6) nominees from the secondary wood
products industry submitted in writing by the Kentucky Forest Industries
Association;
3.
One (1) from a list of three (3) nominees submitted in writing by the
Mountain Association for Community Economic Development;
4.
One (1) from a list of three (3) nominees submitted in writing from grass
roots community economic development organizations that have a
demonstrated interest in the development of secondary wood products
industries; and
5.
One (1) from a list of three (3) nominees from private business
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submitted in writing by the Kentucky Economic Development
Partnership.
(b) The Kentucky Forest Products Council, the secretary of the Education and
Workforce Development Cabinet, and the presidents of the University of
Kentucky, the University of Louisville, Eastern Kentucky University, and
Morehead State University shall each designate a representative of their
respective organizations to be appointed by the Governor to the board.
(c) If any organization or institution as specified in paragraph (a) of this
subsection does not nominate persons for appointment as prescribed therein,
the Governor may solicit names from any other source, or he may appoint
from the list of names submitted by the remaining organizations.
(d) The initial term of office for the seven (7) private sector members shall be
staggered so that four (4) members shall serve for a term of three (3) years and
three (3) members shall serve for a term of four (4) years. Subsequent
appointments shall be made in the same manner as prescribed for original
appointments, and shall be for four (4) year terms each.
Except as prescribed in subsection (3)(d) of this section and for the appointee
representing the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, all appointments
shall have a term of four (4) years. The term for the person appointed from the
Education and Workforce Development Cabinet shall be the same as that of the
Governor. Any appointment made by the Governor to fill an unexpired term shall
be only for the remaining time of the vacated appointment. Nothing contained in
this section shall be construed as prohibiting the reappointment of a member of the
board to succeeding terms if, the person to be reappointed has been nominated or
designated in the manner as prescribed for original appointments set forth in this
section.
Effective: June 25, 2009
History: Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 11, sec. 44, effective June 25, 2009. -- Amended
2006 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 77, effective July 12, 2006. -- Created 1994 Ky. Acts
ch. 224, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1994.
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