2017 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 65 - GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES, CITIES, AND OTHER LOCAL UNITS .7623 Kentucky 911 Services Board.
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65.7623 Kentucky 911 Services Board.
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There is hereby created the Kentucky 911 Services Board, the "board," consisting of
fifteen (15) members, eleven (11) of whom shall be voting members appointed by
the Governor, two (2) of whom shall be voting members who shall serve by virtue
of their offices, and two (2) shall be nonvoting legislative members, as follows: two
(2) members shall be employed by or representative of the interest of CMRS
providers, of which, one (1) shall be a representative of a Tier III CMRS provider;
two (2) members serving as city officials, one (1) of which shall be an elected city
official, from a list of four (4) nominees submitted by the Kentucky League of
Cities; two (2) members serving as county officials, both of which shall be elected
county officials, from a list of four (4) nominees submitted by the Kentucky
Association of Counties; one (1) member shall be appointed from a list of local
exchange landline telephone companies' representatives submitted by the Kentucky
Telephone Association; one (1) member shall be a director of a certified public
safety answering point operated by a local governmental entity or a consolidated
group of local governmental entities appointed from lists of candidates submitted to
the Governor by the Kentucky Firefighters Association, the State Association of
Chiefs of Police, the Kentucky Sheriff's Association, and the Kentucky Ambulance
Providers Association; two (2) members shall be appointed from lists of candidates
submitted to the Governor by the Kentucky Emergency Number Association and the
Association of Public Communications Officials; one (1) member shall be a director
of a certified public safety answering point operated by a local government entity or
a consolidated group of local governmental entities; and two (2) nonvoting
legislative members to serve solely in advisory capacities for terms of two (2) years,
one (1) of whom shall be a member of the House of Representatives to be appointed
by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and one (1) of whom shall be a
member of the Senate to be appointed by the President of the Senate. The
commissioner of the Department of Kentucky State Police, or the commissioner's
designee, and the executive director of the Office of Homeland Security, or the
executive director's designee, also shall be voting members of the board. Any
vacancy on the board shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
The commissioner of the Department of Kentucky State Police and the executive
director of the Office of Homeland Security shall serve by virtue of their offices.
The other nonlegislative members shall be appointed by the Governor for a term of
four (4) years and until their successors are appointed and qualified, except that of
the first appointments, one (1) shall be for a term of one (1) year, one (1) shall be
for a term of two (2) years, one (1) for a term of three (3) years, and two (2) shall be
for a term of four (4) years. Any member missing three (3) consecutive meetings
may be removed by a majority vote of the remaining voting members.
The board shall elect a chair from among its voting members to preside over
meetings of the board, which shall be conducted at least four (4) times each year.
The board shall be subject to the provisions of the Kentucky Open Meetings Act,
KRS 61.805 to 61.850. The board shall establish a regular meeting schedule for
each calendar year. The board shall hold at least two (2) meetings per calendar year
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in congressional districts other than the one in which Frankfort is located, and shall
rotate its traveling meeting locations among the congressional districts before
holding another traveling meeting in the same congressional district. A majority of
the voting members appointed to the board shall constitute a quorum.
In addition to the administrator appointed by the board under KRS 65.7625, the
Kentucky Office of Homeland Security shall provide staff services and carry out
administrative duties and functions as directed by the board. The board shall be
attached to the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security for administrative purposes
only and shall operate as an independent entity within state government.
The board members shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed in
accordance with KRS 45.101 for expenses incurred in connection with their official
duties as members of the board.
All administrative costs and expenses incurred in the operation of the board,
including payments under subsection (5) of this section, shall be paid from that
portion of the CMRS fund that is authorized under KRS 65.7631(2) to be used by
the board for administrative purposes.
Effective: July 15, 2016
History: Amended 2016 Ky. Acts ch. 111, sec. 5, effective July 15, 2016. -- Amended
2014 Ky. Acts ch. 92, sec. 31, effective January 1, 2015. -- Amended 2007 Ky. Acts
ch. 85, sec. 140, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 193, sec. 13,
effective July 12, 2006; and ch. 219, sec. 2, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended
2005 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 93, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts
ch. 506, sec. 18, effective July 14, 2000; and ch. 536, sec. 18, effective July 14,
2000. -- Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 535, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1998.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/12/2006). 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 193, sec. 14,
instructs the Reviser of Statutes to correct statutory references to agencies,
subagencies, and officers whose names have been changed in 2006 legislation
confirming the reorganization of the executive branch. Such a correction has been
made in this section.
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