2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 77 - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL 77.070 Air pollution control board, membership -- Qualifications -- Vacancies -- Removal -- Effect of compact -- Membership of board upon establishment of consolidated local government.
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77.070 Air pollution control board, membership -- Qualifications -- Vacancies
-- Removal -- Effect of compact -- Membership of board upon
establishment of consolidated local government.
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In a county containing a city of the first or second class, the air pollution control
board of the air pollution control district shall consist of seven (7) members,
three (3) of whom shall be appointed by the county judge/executive, subject to
the approval of the fiscal court, and four (4) of whom shall be appointed by the
mayor of the city of the first or second class within such county. The mayoral
appointments shall be subject to the approval of the legislative body of the city.
The mayor shall appoint, subject to the approval of the legislative body of the
city, one (1) member for a term of one (1) year, one (1) member for a term of
two (2) years, one (1) member for a term of three (3) years, and one (1)
member for a term of four (4) years, and the county judge/executive, subject to
the approval of the fiscal court, shall appoint one (1) member for a term of two
(2) years, one (1) member for a term of three (3) years, and one (1) member for
a term of four (4) years, and upon the expiration of each of said terms
respectively, and thereafter, the term of each of such members shall be four (4)
years, and until their successors are appointed and qualified.
All air pollution control board members appointed pursuant to this section must
be freeholders within the district; those appointed by the county
judge/executive must be residents of such county, and those appointed by a
mayor must be residents of their respective city or consolidated local
government.
Not more than four (4) of the seven (7) board members appointed pursuant to
this section shall be of the same political party affiliation, nor shall an officer or
employee of such city, consolidated local government, or county, whether
holding a paid or unpaid position, be eligible for appointment to the board.
A member of the air pollution control board is eligible to succeed himself or
herself. A vacancy in the membership shall be filled by an appointee of the
mayor or of the county judge/executive as the case may be, for the unexpired
portion of the term. An appointee to a vacancy shall have the same
qualifications as any regularly appointed member.
Any member of the board appointed by a mayor may be removed, for cause,
after a hearing, by the legislative body of such city or consolidated local
government, and after ten (10) days' notice in writing shall have been given to
the member, which notice shall embrace the charges preferred against him. At
the hearing he may be represented by counsel. The finding of the legislative
body shall be final and removal results in vacancy in such office.
Any member of the board appointed by a county judge/executive may be
removed, for cause, after a hearing, by the fiscal court of such county, and
after ten (10) days' notice in writing shall have been given to the member,
which notice shall embrace the charges preferred against him. At the hearing
he may be represented by counsel. The finding of the fiscal court shall be final
and removal results in vacancy in such office.
As used in this section "mayor" means the chief executive of the city or
consolidated local government whether the official designation of his office is
mayor, city manager, or otherwise.
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Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2) 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 air pollution control board shall consist of seven (7)
members, four (4) of whom shall be appointed by the county judge/executive
with the approval of the fiscal court and three (3) of whom shall be appointed
by the mayor, with the approval of the legislative body, of the first-class city
within such county. The terms of such members shall be 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 term of
one (1) of each of their appointments expires in one (1) year, the term of one
(1) of each of their appointments expires in two (2) years, and the term of one
(1) of each of their appointments expires in three (3) years. The term of the
then remaining member who was previously appointed by the mayor shall
terminate immediately and the county judge/executive with approval of the
fiscal court shall appoint a member for a one (1) year term. Upon the 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 that 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. 80, effective July 15, 2002. -Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 77, sec. 13, effective July 15, 1986. -- Created 1952
Ky. Acts ch. 53, sec. 16, effective March 14, 1952.
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