2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 247 - PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE 247.220 Grant of funds to local fairs for premiums and facilities -- Fair Council -- Meetings -- Members.
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247.220 Grant of funds to local fairs for premiums and facilities -- Fair
Council -- Meetings -- Members.
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The Commissioner of Agriculture shall make grants of state funds to qualified
local agricultural fairs on a matching basis, to be used by them to pay premium
awards for exhibits and displays of domestic livestock, poultry, harness horse
racing, other horse events, and agricultural products. The premiums actually
awarded shall conform to those appearing on the premium list issued by the
fair.
The state may provide funds for use in the establishment of new facilities and
improvement of existing facilities for use in conducting events at local
agricultural fairs as provided by this section. No grant for buildings shall be
made until the local fair board has complied with the local fair program and
qualified for the state grant as provided in subsection (5) of this section. Grants
for facilities shall be made under regulations promulgated by the Fair Council
and the Commissioner of Agriculture. In no event shall the allocation for
facilities result in a decrease in the number of approved agricultural classes or
premiums.
There shall be a Fair Council in the Department of Agriculture. The council
shall act in an advisory capacity to the Commissioner in all matters pertaining
to the administration of the department's fair program. It shall be called into
session when there are matters for its consideration. It shall meet at least twice
each calendar year at Frankfort or at any other place that may be determined.
(a) The council shall be composed of the:
1.
Commissioner as chairman ex officio;
2.
Presidents or their designated representatives of the following state
groups:
a.
Kentucky Livestock Improvement Association;
b.
Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation;
c.
Kentucky Association of Fairs and Horse Shows, Inc.;
d.
Kentucky Harness Horse Association;
e.
American Saddlebred Horse Association; and
f.
Kentucky Walking Horse Association;
3.
Director of Vocational Agriculture Education;
4.
Dean of the College of Agriculture of the University of Kentucky; and
5.
Co-chairs of the Interim Joint Committee on Agriculture.
(b) The Commissioner may, with the concurrence of a majority of the
members of the council, appoint additional members to the council.
To qualify for a grant of state funds, a fair shall meet standards set by the
Commissioner and his advisory council whose approval may be given only if
the fair:
(a) Provides in its bylaws for holding an annual fair running for at least three
(3) days;
(b) Presents, through the medium of youth organizations such as 4-H clubs,
Future Farmers of America, and other similar organizations, an
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educational program concerning the production and marketing of the
livestock, poultry, and horse industries;
(c) Complies with all administrative regulations which the Department of
Agriculture is hereby authorized to promulgate; and
(d) Appoints one (1) or more members to its fair board from local livestock
associations, horsemen's associations, and county farm bureaus, and
selects one (1) or more county extension agents and vocational
agriculture teachers for counties served by the fair as members of the
board. Wherever local livestock associations, horsemen's associations,
and farm bureaus are in existence, appointees are to be nominated to the
fair board by these organizations. Where fairs serve an area,
appointments may be made from all counties within the particular area. It
shall be the responsibility of the appointees to aid in establishing premium
lists and planning agricultural exhibits.
Any fair receiving a grant of state funds shall file with the director of the
Division of Show and Fair Promotion in the Department of Agriculture, by
December 1 of the year in which the grant is received, satisfactory proof that all
state premium awards have been paid and a certified notarized financial report
submitted by the treasurer of the local fair association.
Effective:July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 135, sec. 5, effective July 15, 2010. -Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 49, sec. 2, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended
1976 Ky. Acts ch. 317, sec. 1. -- Amended 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 215, sec. 1. -Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 93, sec. 1. -- Amended 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 241,
sec. 1. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942,
from Ky. Stat. sec. 39-1, 39-2.
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