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247.090 State fair board -- Membership -- Vacancies.
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The State Fair Board shall be composed of fifteen (15) members, as follows:
(a) The Governor;
(b) The Commissioner;
(c) The dean of the College of Agriculture of the University of Kentucky;
(d) Nine (9) members appointed from the state at large by the Governor with
due consideration to geographical distribution throughout the state;
(e) One (1) member appointed by the Governor selected from a list provided
by the Kentucky Association of Fairs and Horse Shows of six (6) eligible
members of the association; and
(f) One (1) member shall be appointed from the state at large by the
President of the Senate of the Kentucky General Assembly and one (1)
member shall be appointed from the state at large by the Speaker of the
House of Representatives of the Kentucky General Assembly.
The terms of the appointed members of the board shall be for four (4) years,
dating from the beginning of the terms for which they were respectively
appointed, and until their successors are appointed and qualify. As the terms of
each group of members expire, the Governor shall appoint successors for
terms of four (4) years and until their successors are appointed and qualify.
Beginning with the appointments to be made for the terms commencing
December 12, 1948, one (1) member of the first group of successor members
to be appointed shall be appointed from a list of six (6) nominees consisting of
three (3) names from each of the two (2) political parties polling the largest
number of votes in the state at general elections submitted to the Governor by
the governing body of the Kentucky Livestock Improvement Association, and
beginning December 12, 1972, one (1) member of the first group shall be
appointed from a list of six (6) nominees so submitted by the governing body of
the Kentucky State National Farmers Organization; one (1) member of the
second such group shall be appointed from a list of six (6) nominees so
submitted by the governing body of the American Saddle Horse Breeders
Association; and one (1) member of the third group shall be appointed from a
list of six (6) nominees so submitted by the governing body of the Kentucky
Farm Bureau Federation. It is the intention of the General Assembly that the
political affiliation of the appointed members shall be as evenly divided as
possible between the two (2) political parties polling the largest number of
votes in the state at general elections.
In case of a vacancy among the appointed members of the board, the
unexpired term so occurring shall be filled pursuant to the requirements and
procedures for original appointments.
Effective:July 15, 1994
History: Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 486, sec. 33, effective July 15, 1994. -Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 454, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended
1976 Ky. Acts ch. 192, sec. 1. -- Amended 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 321, sec. 1. -Amended 1958 Ky. Acts ch. 141, sec. 1, effective June 19, 1958. -- Amended
1948 Ky. Acts ch. 222, sec. 4; and ch. 62, sec. 1. -- Amended 1946 Ky. Acts
ch. 80, sec. 1. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1,
1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4618i-2.
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