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147A.002 Department for Local Government -- Organization -- Commissioner.
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(2)
The Department for Local Government shall be headed by a commissioner and
shall consist of the:
(a) Office of Financial Management and Administration, which shall be
headed by an executive director appointed by the commissioner and shall
be responsible for duties including but not limited to local government
financial assistance; county budget approval; performance of various
recordkeeping requirements for the Commonwealth's cities, counties, and
special districts; provision of administrative support for the state local debt
officer and the state local finance officer; administration of the county
officials training incentive program set forth in KRS 64.5275; and
provision of financial analysis and guidance related to the internal
budgetary processes of the Department for Local Government;
(b) Office of Federal Grants, which shall be headed by an executive director
appointed by the commissioner and shall be responsible for the
administration of all federal grant programs;
(c) Office of State Grants, which shall be headed by an executive director
appointed by the commissioner and shall be responsible for the
administration of all state grant programs, including the Renaissance on
Main Program, the area development fund, the body armor program set
forth in KRS 16.220, the cemetery fund program, single county coal
severance grants, and any state grant programs or individually funded
projects awarded by statute or budget;
(d) Office of Legal Services, which shall be headed by an executive director
appointed by the commissioner and shall be responsible for legal services
within the Department for Local Government and for its constituencies
around the Commonwealth; and
(e) Office of Field Services, which shall be headed by an executive director
appointed by the commissioner and shall be responsible for duties
including but not limited to staffing regional offices to assist local
governments.
The commissioner, with the approval of the Governor, shall appoint necessary
deputies, assistants, attorneys, and other employees and shall fix their
compensation and authorize payment of their expenses according to law.
Effective:July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 117, sec. 2, effective July 15, 2010. -Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 47, sec. 1, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 12, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1998; and ch. 69, sec. 48,
effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 70, sec. 2, effective July
13, 1984; and ch. 404, sec. 38, effective July 13, 1984. -- Created 1978 Ky. Acts
ch. 155, sec. 70, effective June 17, 1978.
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