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248.520 Duties of board.
The Kentucky Tobacco Research Board shall:
(1) Formulate policies and procedures as necessary to carry out the provisions of
KRS 248.510 to 248.570.
(2) Promulgate rules and regulations as necessary to carry out the provisions of
KRS 248.510 to 248.570 and to ensure proper expenditure of state funds
appropriated for the purposes of KRS 248.510 to 248.570.
(3) Review and authorize research projects and programs to be undertaken and
financed under the provisions of KRS 248.510 to 248.570.
(a) The facilities designated the Tobacco and Health Research Institute
before July 15, 2002, shall be retained and operated by the University of
Kentucky exclusively for the program and activities described in KRS
248.580.
(b) In addition to the research and development funded by authority of the
Kentucky Tobacco Research Board, the board is authorized to allow other
research operations having related or complementary interests to share
this physical facility with the Kentucky Tobacco Research and
Development Center, subject to approval of the board.
(4) Review and approve all progress and final research reports on projects
authorized under the provisions of KRS 248.510 to 248.570.
(5) Ensure that state funds, appropriated by KRS 248.510 to 248.570 or any other
act for tobacco research, are not diverted to any other use and that all
authorized research projects are directed toward:
(a) Preserving and strengthening tobacco agriculture in Kentucky;
(b) Facilitating the progress of commercial endeavors in crop agriculture
which have potential to provide entirely new market opportunities for
tobacco growers; and
(c) Applying, when appropriate, previously authorized research initially
conducted with tobacco to other plants which might be grown
commercially in Kentucky, thus obtaining the fullest possible practical
benefit from the research progress.
(6) Provide the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Legislative Research
Commission an annual report by January 30 of each year showing the status of
funds appropriated under KRS 248.510 to 248.570 for tobacco research and
the progress of the board in terms of the results of its tobacco research efforts.
(7) Advise the General Assembly by January 30 during each even-numbered-year
regular session of the need for continuation of the Kentucky Tobacco Research
Board and the tax levied by Chapter 255 of the Acts of 1970 for the purpose of
financing tobacco and related new crops research programs as provided by
KRS 248.510 to 248.570.
(8) Approve and release public statements relating to the progress and results of
research projects.
Effective:July 15, 2002
History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 98, sec. 3, effective July 15, 2002. -Amended 2001 Ky. Acts ch. 58, sec. 19, effective June 21, 2001. -- Amended
1972 Ky. Acts ch. 212, sec. 2. -- Created 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 255, sec. 2.
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