2015 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 171 - STATE LIBRARIES -- LIBRARIANS -- STATE ARCHIVES AND RECORDS 171.347 Commonwealth of Kentucky Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission -- Membership.
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171.347 Commonwealth of Kentucky Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission - Membership.
There is created the Commonwealth of Kentucky Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial
Commission, which shall be attached to the Kentucky Historical Society for
administrative purposes. The commission shall be composed of twenty (20) members, as
follows:
(1) Two (2) members of the House of Representatives, appointed by the Speaker of the
House;
(2) Two (2) members of the Senate, appointed by the President of the Senate;
(3) The secretary of the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, or his or her
designee;
(4) One (1) member from the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet, appointed by the
secretary of that cabinet;
(5) One (1) member from the Kentucky Historical Society, appointed by the executive
director of that agency;
(6) One (1) member from the Kentucky Heritage Council, appointed by the executive
director of that agency;
(7) One (1) member from the Kentucky African-American Heritage Commission,
appointed by the head of that agency;
(8) One (1) member from the Kentucky Humanities Council, appointed by the
executive director of that agency;
(9) One (1) member from the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission established
by the United States Congress, appointed by the concurrence of the chairs of that
agency;
(10) The Larue County judge/executive, or his or her designee;
(11) One (1) member from the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace, appointed by the
superintendent of that national historic site;
(12) One (1) member from the Lincoln Museum in Hodgenville, appointed by the
president of that agency;
(13) One (1) member from the Mary Todd Lincoln House in Lexington, appointed by the
head of that agency;
(14) One (1) member from the Farmington Historic Home museum in Louisville,
appointed by the head of that agency; and
(15) Four (4) citizen members from the state at large with a demonstrated interest in
history and substantial knowledge and appreciation of Abraham Lincoln, appointed
by the Governor.
The chair of the commission shall be elected from among the membership by the
commission members.
Effective: June 24, 2015
History: Amended 2015 Ky. Acts ch. 69, sec. 9, effective June 24, 2015. -- Amended
2009 Ky. Acts ch. 11, sec. 55, effective June 25, 2009; and ch. 16, sec. 44, effective
June 25, 2009. -- Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 109, effective July 12, 2006.
-- Created 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 96, sec. 1, effective June 20, 2005.
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