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96A.040 Managing board -- Membership -- Effect of compact -- Membership
upon establishment of consolidated local government.
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The business, activities, and affairs of a transit authority shall be managed,
controlled, and conducted by a board consisting of members appointed as
follows:
(a) If the authority is established by one (1) city alone, or by a county alone,
the members shall be eight (8) in number and shall be appointed by the
appointing authority of such city or county;
(b) If the authority is established by joint proceedings of two (2) public
bodies, the membership shall be eight (8) in number, four (4) of whom
shall be appointed by the appointing authority of each of such public
bodies;
(c) If an authority is created and established by joint proceedings of more
than two (2) public bodies, the membership shall be eight (8) in number,
plus one (1) additional member for each participating public body in
excess of two (2), and the members thereof shall be appointed by the
appointing authorities of the participating public bodies in such manner as
may be set forth in the joint proceedings; and
(d) If an authority is created and established, and subsequently one (1) or
more other public bodies are permitted to join therein, the membership of
the board may be enlarged, with the concurrence and approval of the
governing bodies of the public bodies theretofore participating, by not
more than one (1) additional member for each additional public body so
permitted to join the authority.
No officer or employee of any public body represented in the creation,
establishment, or enlargement of an authority shall be eligible for appointment
to the board.
After the effective date of the creation of an authority as provided in this
chapter, the appointing authority or the appointing authorities, as the case may
be, shall, in such manner as may be specified in the proceedings or joint
proceedings, appoint at least two (2) members for terms of one (1) year, at
least two (2) members for terms of two (2) years, at least two (2) members for
terms of three (3) years, and the remaining number for terms of four (4) years;
such terms to expire, in each instance, on June 30 and thereafter until a
successor is appointed and accepts appointment. Upon the expiration of these
initial staggered terms, successors shall be appointed by the respective
appointing authorities, for terms of four (4) years, and until successors are
appointed and accept their appointments. Members shall be eligible for
reappointment.
Any member of the board may be removed by his or her appointing authority
for inefficiency, neglect of duty, malfeasance, conflict of interest, or want of
mental or physical capacity to serve. Any appointing authority exercising the
power to remove a member of the board shall submit to the board a written
statement setting forth the reasons for removal. Notice shall be given to the
member named in such statement; a hearing, if requested, shall be conducted
within thirty (30) days before the members of the board who are not the subject
of such removal proceedings; a record of the hearing shall be made by the
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secretary-treasurer of the board; and the member named in such removal
notice may appeal any adverse decision, within ten (10) days after the
rendering thereof, to the Circuit Court of any county which is served in whole or
in part by the facilities of the transit authority, such appeal to be perfected by
filing with the clerk of such court a copy of the removal proceedings certified by
the secretary-treasurer of the board. The court, upon application of the member
removed, may in its discretion order that the original record of the proceedings
be filed with the clerk as the basis for such appeal. There shall be a right of
appeal to the Court of Appeals.
Members of the board shall be allowed reasonable expenses necessarily
incurred by them in the conduct of the affairs of the authority. Compensation
may be paid to members of the board if so provided in the proceedings or joint
proceedings, subject to such limitations as may be set forth therein.
Notwithstanding subsection (3) of this section, when a city of the first class and
a county containing such city have in effect a compact under KRS 79.310 to
79.330, the terms of the members on the board shall be for three (3) years and
until their successors are appointed and qualified. Upon the effective date of
the compact, the mayor, and county judge/executive with the approval of the
fiscal court, shall adjust the terms of the sitting members so that the terms of
two (2) of each of their appointments expire in one (1) year, the term of one (1)
of each of their appointments expire in two (2) years and the term of one (1) of
each of their appointments expire in three (3) years. Upon expiration of these
staggered terms, successors shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years.
Upon the establishment of a consolidated local government in a county where
a city of the first class and a county containing such city have had in effect a
cooperative compact pursuant to KRS 79.310 to 79.330, all members of the
board shall be appointed by the mayor of the consolidated local government
pursuant to the provisions of KRS 67C.139 for a term of three (3) years.
Incumbent members upon the establishment of the consolidated local
government shall continue to serve as members of the board for the time
remaining of their current term of appointment.
Effective:July 15, 2002
History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 346, sec. 117, effective July 15, 2002. -Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 77, sec. 16, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended
1976 Ky. Acts ch. 62, sec. 84. -- Created 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 243, sec. 5.
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