2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .850   Bridge commissions in cities of first class or consolidated local government.

181.850 Bridge commissions in cities of first class or consolidated local government. (1) Except in a county containing a consolidated local government, any city of the first class may, by ordinance, create a bridge commission consisting of the mayor and four (4) persons appointed by the mayor with the approval of the board of aldermen. In a county containing a consolidated local government, a consolidated local government may, by ordinance, create or maintain a bridge commission consisting of the mayor and four (4) persons appointed by the mayor pursuant to the provisions of KRS 67C.139. Each appointee shall be at least twenty-five (25) years of age. The original appointees shall serve for terms expiring on January 1, in the fourth year following their appointments, and until their respective designated successors shall be duly appointed and qualified. Their successors shall be appointed for one (1), two (2), three (3), and four (4) years, respectively. Thereafter the appointments shall be for four (4) year terms. A member of the bridge commission shall be eligible for reappointment. Not more than two (2) appointees shall be members of the same political party. Vacancies shall be filled for unexpired terms in the same manner as the original appointments. Each appointed member of the bridge commission, before entering upon his duties, shall take an oath to administer the duties of his office faithfully and impartially, and a record of each oath shall be filed in the office of the director of finance of the city or consolidated local government. No officer or employee of the city or consolidated local government, whether he or she receives compensation or not, shall be appointed to the bridge commission. (2) The bridge commission shall constitute a public instrumentality under the name of (insert name of city or consolidated local government) bridge commission and the exercise of the powers conferred by KRS 181.850 to 181.869 shall be deemed and held to be the performance of essential governmental functions. The commission shall elect a chairman and a vice chairman from its appointed members, and a secretary-treasurer who need not be a member of the commission. The chairman, vice chairman, and secretary-treasurer shall serve as such officers at the pleasure of the commission. Three (3) members of the commission shall constitute a quorum and the affirmative vote of three (3) members shall be necessary for any action taken by the commission. No vacancy in the membership of the commission shall impair the right of a quorum to exercise all the rights and perform all the duties of the commission. (3) The members of the commission except the mayor shall receive such compensation as may be fixed in the ordinance creating the commission but the maximum compensation of the chairman in any year shall not exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) and of each other member shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500). The commission shall fix or change the compensation of the secretary-treasurer in its discretion. Effective: July 15, 2002 History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 346, sec. 194, effective July 15, 2002. -- Created 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 189, sec. 1, effective June 19, 1952.