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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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