2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .020   Departments of State Police, Corrections, Juvenile Justice, and Criminal Justice Training -- Commissioners.

15A.020 Departments of State Police, Corrections, Juvenile Justice, and Criminal Justice Training -- Commissioners. There is established within the cabinet a Department of State Police, a Department of Corrections, a Department of Juvenile Justice, and a Department of Criminal Justice Training. Each department shall be headed by a commissioner appointed by the secretary with the approval of the Governor as required by KRS 12.050. The commissioners shall be directly responsible to the secretary and shall perform such functions, powers, and duties as provided by law and as the secretary may prescribe. Effective: June 21, 2001 History: Amended 2001 Ky. Acts ch. 64, sec. 1, effective June 21, 2001. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 227, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1994. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 64, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 343, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1982. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. V. sec. 2. Page 1 of 1