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350.260 Small Coal Operators Advisory Council.
There is hereby created a Small Coal Operators Advisory Council which shall report
directly to the secretary of the Governor's Executive Cabinet. The council shall advise on
matters affecting coal production and utilization including coal market development,
transportation, and storage problems. The council shall have the function of coordinating
and improving the working relationships between those state agencies administering
programs which regulate, serve, or aid small coal mine operators. The council shall
consist of fifteen (15) members. Ten (10) of those members shall be appointed by the
Governor. Seven (7) of the ten (10) members shall be full-time operators producing three
hundred thousand (300,000) or fewer tons of coal per year. Three (3) of the ten (10)
appointees shall be with backgrounds in one (1) or more of the following areas:
transportation, marketing, mining education, and mining engineering. The secretary of the
Energy and Environment Cabinet, the commissioners of the Department of Agriculture
and the Department for Natural Resources, and the special assistant to the Governor for
coal and energy policy shall be ex officio members. Each individual appointment shall be
for a four (4) year term which shall begin on July 15, 1984. Members may serve
successive terms if reappointed. Vacancies shall be filled in a manner consistent with the
provisions for initial appointments. At the first meeting held on or after July 1 of each
year, a chairman shall be elected by and from the membership. The council shall meet at
least quarterly during each year and may meet more often at the call of the chairman. The
council shall be attached to the Energy and Environment Cabinet for administrative
purposes. Council members shall be eligible for reimbursement by the cabinet for actual
expenses directly related to serving on the council.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 1884, effective July 15, 2010. -Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 123, sec. 53, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1996
Ky. Acts ch. 194, sec. 64, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch.
119, sec. 1, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 325, sec. 32,
effective July 13, 1990. -- Created 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 328, sec. 1, effective July 13,
1984.
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