Here's 6 statewide Boards and 5
interstate boards Kentucky's Lieutenant Governors are supposed to
attend per Kentucky's Constitution:
1- Vice Chairman of State Property and
Buildings Commission (SPBC). SPBC issues majorly expensive revenue
bonds to provide financing for capital construction projects and
financing programs approved by the General Assembly.
2- Vice Chairman of Kentucky Turnpike
Authority (KTA). The KTA's purpose is to construct, acquire, finance
and operate major Kentucky road systems for the benefit of the
traveling public. Tolls! William Justus Goebel wouldn't have heard
this bullshit over 100 years ago. I won't stand for it today. We
can build these roads in other ways. I'm 100% against toll roads.
3- Member of Kentucky Council for
Agriculture. Big council about Kentucky's agriculture and Kentucky
agricultural matters. The Council for Agriculture is chaired by
Commissioner of Agriculture, who is now James Comer, and will soon to
be, hopefully, Jamie Marie Logsdon? Spann.
4- Appoint 1 Member to the Public
Officials Compensation Commission (POCC).
Appoint one (1) member of the Public Officials' Compensation
Commission as provided in KRS 64.742. This board probably has to do
with how much public officials get paid. Would choose 1 morally and
ethically exceptional person by a merit-based application process.
5- Member of the Kentucky Housing
Corporation Board (KHCB). Kentucky Housing Corporation (KHC), the
Kentucky state housing agency, was created by the 1972 Kentucky
General Assembly to provide affordable housing opportunities. KHC
is a self-supporting, public corporation.
6- Member of Kentucky Mining Advising
Council. Kentucky Mining Advisory Council for the Interstate Mining
Compact as provided by KRS 350.310 350.310 Mining Council -- Members
-- Terms. (1) The "Mining Council," hereinafter called "the
council," is hereby established in the office of the Governor.
The council shall be the advisory body referred to in Article V(a) of
the Interstate Mining Compact. No member of the council shall receive
any compensation on account of his service thereon, but any such
member shall be entitled to reimbursement for expenses actually
incurred by him in connection with his possible service as the
Governor's alternate on the Interstate Mining Commission. (2) The
council shall be composed of eight (8) members: one (1) of whom shall
be the Lieutenant Governor; three (3) of whom shall be
representatives of mining industries; two (2) of whom shall be
representatives of nongovernmental conservation interests; the
commissioner for environmental protection and the secretary of the
Energy and Environment Cabinet. (3) The members of the council
representing mining industries and nongovernmental conservation
interests shall be appointed by the Governor. The term of office of
such members shall be for four (4) years concurrent with that of the
Governor or until their successor has been qualified. Effective:July
15, 2010http://www.lrc.ky.gov/statutes/statute.aspx?id=32837
Interstate Boards
1- Southern Growth Policies Board The
Southern Growth Policies Board as prescribed by KRS 147.585; The
Southern Growth Policies Board is a think tank established in 1971 to
support southern states economic development efforts and to improve
the lives of all southerners. The Future of the South Reports have
explored, globalization, entrepreneurship, leadership, innovation and
in 2009, energy. The Southern Technology Council is part of Southern
Growth. The Southern Growth Policies Agreement is an interstate
compact among Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
http://ballotpedia.org/Southern_Growth_Policies_Agreement
2- Breaks Interstate Park Commission
The Breaks Interstate Park Commission as provided in KRS 148.225
Breaks Interstate Park is a bi-state state park located in
southeastern Kentucky and southwestern Virginia in the Jefferson
National Forest at the northeastern terminus of Pine Mountain. It is
administered by the states of Virginia and Kentucky and is one of
several interstate parks in the United States. The Breaks, also
referred as the "Grand Canyon of the South," is the deepest
gorge east of the Mississippi River,[4] through which the Russell
Fork river and Clinchfield Railroad (now the CSX Transportation
Kingsport Subdivision) run. It is accessed viaVirginia State Route
80, between Haysi, Virginia and Elkhorn City, Kentucky, and passes
through the community of Breaks, Virginia east of the park. American
frontiersman Daniel Boone is credited with being the first person of
European descent to discover the Breaks, which he first saw in 1767.
Breaks Interstate Park is located about 5 miles (8 km) east of
Elkhorn City, Kentucky (Pike County). The park covers 4,500 acres
(1,800 ha). The park's main feature, Breaks Canyon, is five miles
long and ranges from 830 to 1,600 feet (250 to 490 m) deep. The
canyon was formed by the Russell Fork river through millions of years
of erosion.
3- Falls of the Ohio Interstate Park
Commission The Falls of the Ohio Interstate Park Commission
pursuant to KRS 148.242 148.241 Compact for Falls of the Ohio
Interstate Park. The Falls of the Ohio Interstate Park Compact is
hereby enacted into law and entered into by this state with the state
of Indiana, in the form substantially as follows: FALLS OF THE OHIO
INTERSTATE PARK COMPACT ARTICLE I. The State of Indiana and the
Commonwealth of Kentucky agree to create, develop and operate an
interstate park to be known as Falls of the Ohio Interstate Park,
which shall be located along the Ohio River at the Falls of the Ohio
and on adjacent areas in Clark and Floyd Counties, Indiana, and
Jefferson County, Kentucky.
4- Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
Development Board The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development
Authority pursuant to KRS 182.305 http://tenntom.org/
The Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway (popularly known as the Tenn-Tom)
is a 234-mile (377-kilometer) man-made waterway that extends from the
Tennessee River to the junction of the Black Warrior-Tombigbee River
system near Demopolis, Alabama, United States. The
Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway links commercial navigation from the
nation’s midsection to the Gulf of Mexico. The major features of
the waterway are 10 locks and dams, a 175-foot (53 m) deep cut
between the Tombigbee River watershed and the Tennessee River
watershed, and 234 miles (377 km) of navigation channels. The ten
locks are 9 by 110 by 600 feet (2.7 × 33.5 × 182.9 m) the same
dimension as the locks on the Mississippi. Under construction for
twelve years by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the
Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway was completed in December 1984 at a
total cost of nearly $2 billion. The Tenn-Tom encompasses 17 public
ports and terminals, 110,000 acres (450 km2) of land, and another
88,000 acres (360 km2) managed by state conservation agencies for
wildlife habitat preservation and recreational use. Although
supported by southern Congressmen, the Tenn-Tom Waterway was widely
criticized at its creation as an example of exorbitant "pork
barrel" spending. However, in succeeding years it has become an
example of government investment in infrastructure yielding economic
benefits over time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee%E2%80%93Tombigbee_Waterway
The Waterway was completed in 1984 and dedicated on June 1, 1985. The
Waterway is the largest water resource project ever built in the U.S.
and is an engineering marvel.
https://www.facebook.com/tennesseetombigbeewaterwaydevelopmentauthority/info?tab=page_info
182.300 Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Compact. The
Governor on behalf of the Commonwealth is authorized to execute a
compact, in substantially the following form, with the other states
that are parties to the compact; and the General Assembly, with the
provision contained in KRS 182.310, signifies in advance its approval
and ratification of the compact, which is as follows: ARTICLE I The
purpose of this compact is to promote the development of a navigable
waterway connecting the Tennessee and Tombigbee Rivers by way of the
east fork of the Tombigbee River and Mackeys and Yellow Creeks so as
to provide a nine (9) foot navigable channel from the junction of the
Tombigbee and Warrior Rivers at Demopolis in the State of Alabama to
the junction of Yellow Creek with the Tennessee River at Pickwick
Pool in the State of Mississippi, and to establish a joint interstate
authority to assist in these efforts.
5- Interstate Water Sanitation Control
The Interstate Water Sanitation Control Commissions as prescribed by
KRS 224.18-710; and 224.18-710 Interstate Water Sanitation Board. (1)
A three (3) member Interstate Water Sanitation Board is established.
The members of the board shall serve as Kentucky's members of
interstate water sanitation control commissions created by
compacts to which Kentucky is a party, which compacts are
composed of states forming a river basin, and which compacts
require a three (3) member representation from each state. The
Governor shall appoint one (1) of the board members, who shall be
a resident and citizen of this state. The member shall be appointed
for a term of four (4) years, and shall hold office until his
successor is appointed and qualified, subject to removal at the
pleasure of the Governor. The Lieutenant Governor and the secretary
of the Energy and Environment Cabinet shall, ex officio, be the
second and third members of the board.
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NOTES
Vice Chairman of State Property &
Buildings Commission, meaning I'm only entitled to power
bequested upon me by the Chair... so I don't set the agenda, and I am
probably a voting member.
- The State Property and Buildings Commission is reconstituted as of October 1, 1976, with the powers herein provided. Effective:June 25, 2009
the Governor, who shall be chairman
thereof, the Lieutenant Governor who shall be vice chairman of the
commission, the Attorney General, the secretary of the Cabinet for
Economic Development, the executive director of the Office of the
Controller, the state budget director, and the secretary of the
Finance and Administration Cabinet, or their alternates as authorized
in subsection (5) of this section.
Press Release Date:
Tuesday, August 13,
2013
Contact Information:
Pamela Trautner
(502) 564-4240
pamela.trautner@ky.gov
(502) 564-4240
pamela.trautner@ky.gov
State Property and Buildings
Commission
1 p.m., Aug. 14, 2013
Room 182, Capitol Annex, Frankfort
1 p.m., Aug. 14, 2013
Room 182, Capitol Annex, Frankfort
1. Call to Order
A. Quorum
B. Notification of Press
A. Quorum
B. Notification of Press
2. Approval of minutes from July 12,
2013
3. Kentucky Economic Development
Finance Authority (KEDFA) Bond Grant
A Resolution of the State Property and Buildings Commission of the Commonwealth of Kentucky approving the application of the Secretary of the Cabinet for Economic Development to identify and specify certain Economic Development projects to be financed from the proceeds of Economic Development Revenue Bonds to be issued by the Commission to make a grant to the Boyle County Fiscal Court for the benefit of Corning Incorporated (Corning) for $500,000. (Resolution 2013-20)
A Resolution of the State Property and Buildings Commission of the Commonwealth of Kentucky approving the application of the Secretary of the Cabinet for Economic Development to identify and specify certain Economic Development projects to be financed from the proceeds of Economic Development Revenue Bonds to be issued by the Commission to make a grant to the Boyle County Fiscal Court for the benefit of Corning Incorporated (Corning) for $500,000. (Resolution 2013-20)
4. Kentucky Economic Development
Finance Authority (KEDFA) Bond Grant
A Resolution of the State Property and
Buildings Commission of the Commonwealth of Kentucky approving the
application of the Secretary of the Cabinet for Economic Development
to identify and specify certain Economic Development projects to be
financed from the proceeds of Economic Development Revenue Bonds to
be issued by the Commission to make a grant to the City of Russell
Springs for the benefit of Dr. Schneider Automotive Systems, Inc.
(Dr. Schneider) for $500,000. (Resolution 2013-21)
5. Morehead State University General
Receipts Bonds, 2013 Series A
Resolution of the State Property and
Buildings Commission of the Commonwealth of Kentucky approving the
issuance of Morehead State University General Receipts Bonds, 2013
Series A.
(Resolution 2013-22)
(Resolution 2013-22)
6. Kentucky Housing Corporations (Centre Meadows Project)
A Resolution of the State Property and
Buildings Commission of the Commonwealth of Kentucky approving the
issuance by the Kentucky Housing Corporation of its Tax-Exempt
Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds in one or more series in an
aggregate principal amount not to exceed $16,000,000. (Resolution
2013-23)
7. Other Business
8. Adjournment
Issue revenue bonds to provide
financing for capital construction projects and financing programs
approved by the General Assembly.
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The Kentucky Turnpike was a
thirty-nine mile highway between Elizabethtown and the Watterson
Expressway. Ground was broken on the turnpike on July 25, 1954 and it
opened to traffic on August 1, 1956. The turnpike was financed with
bonds, and the bonds were repaid through tolls. Tolls were lifted on
June 30, 1975—nineteen years ahead of schedule. In 1975, the
turnpike became part of Interstate 65 which already connected to the
northern and southern termini of the highway
Kentucky Turnpike
Authority
Governor
(Chairman)
Lieutenant Governor
Secretary of Finance and Administration Cabinet
Secretary of Cabinet for Economic Development
Secretary of the Transportation Cabinet
Attorney General
State Highway Engineer
Lieutenant Governor
Secretary of Finance and Administration Cabinet
Secretary of Cabinet for Economic Development
Secretary of the Transportation Cabinet
Attorney General
State Highway Engineer
To construct, acquire,
finance and operate road systems for the benefit of the traveling
public.
http://finance.ky.gov/services/ofm/Pages/TurnpikeAuthority.aspx
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Kentucky
Council of Agriculture
247.417 Members of council
-- Officers -- Compensation -- Meetings -- Quorum. (1) The membership
of the council shall consist of the Lieutenant Governor, the
Commissioner of Agriculture, the secretary of the Cabinet for
Economic Development, and eighteen (18) citizen members, a majority
of whom shall be full-time farmers, appointed by the Commissioner of
Agriculture. Two (2) members shall be appointed from each Supreme
Court district and four (4) from the state at large. All members
shall serve at the Commissioner's will during his incumbency, and
until each member's successor is appointed. (2) The Commissioner of
Agriculture shall serve as chairman of the council. The council may
elect by majority vote a vice chairman and such officers of the
council as may be deemed necessary. (3) Citizen members of the
council shall receive a compensation of fifty dollars ($50) per day
for each day of attendance at meetings of the council, and shall be
reimbursed by the Commissioner's Office for necessary and actual
expenses in accordance with the provisions of KRS Chapters 44 and 45.
(4) The council shall meet at the call of the chairman, but not less
often than four (4) times during each calendar year. A majority of
the members appointed to the council shall constitute a quorum.
Effective: July 14, 1992 History: Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 235, sec.
7, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 404, sec.
36, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 396, sec.
52, effective July 15, 1982; and ch. 447, sec. 18, effective April
12, 1982. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 154, sec. 29, effective June
17, 1978. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 299, sec. 52. -- Amended 1972
Ky. Acts ch. 53, sec. 3. -- Created 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 87, sec. 4(3).
Contact us by email
Warren.Beeler@ky.gov
2013 Chairman
Dr. Tony Brannon
Murray State University,
Hutson School of Agriculture
Dr. Tony Brannon
Murray State University,
Hutson School of Agriculture
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Turnpike Authority; to build
superhighways, Interstates, Intercities, like THE Kentucky Turnpike,
which took 21 years of tolls to pay off. Tolls! William Justus Goebel
wouldn't have heard this bullshit over 100 years ago. I won't
stand for it today. We can build these roads in other ways. I'm 100%
against toll roads. Toll roads are the devil... and it's double
taxation without representation, folks will be backed up for miles,
there's already traffic jams, if anything, we need bigger and wider
roads, and maybe a big parking lot for all the cars, and have
superfast mass transit in the cities. Just spit ball'n ideas here.
175.450 General powers of
authority as to turnpike projects. The authority is hereby authorized
and empowered: (1) To construct, reconstruct, maintain, repair,
operate, and regulate turnpike projects at such locations within the
Commonwealth as may be determined by the authority and the department
and provided for in an agreement or agreements; (2) To acquire sites
abutting on any turnpike project, as a part of such project, and to
construct or contract for the construction of buildings and
appurtenances for service stations, garages, restaurants and other
services and to lease the same to parties other than the department
for any of such purposes (or, if leases to such parties cannot be
made on acceptable terms, to operate or to lease to the department
any or all of the same) in such manner and under such terms as may be
provided in an agreement; (3) To issue turnpike revenue bonds of the
authority payable solely from the tolls, revenues, rentals and other
funds pledged for their payment, for the purpose of paying all or any
part of the cost of any one or more turnpike projects, and to refund
any of its bonds; (4) To fix and revise from time to time and charge
and collect tolls for transit over each turnpike project constructed
by it, except to the extent that such powers are surrendered to the
department pursuant to a lease; (5) To combine for financing purposes
any two (2) or more turnpike projects; (6) To lease as lessor any
turnpike project or projects to the department as lessee, pursuant to
the terms and provisions of a lease; (7) To establish and enforce
rules and regulations for the use of any turnpike project, except
during any period when such powers are provided to be exercised by
the department pursuant to a lease; (8) Without reference to KRS
Chapter 56, to acquire and hold in the name of the authority real and
personal property in the exercise of its powers and the performance
of its functions and duties under this chapter, and to dispose of the
same, with the approval of the department; (9) To designate the
locations and establish, limit and control such points of ingress to
and egress from each turnpike project as the authority and the
department may determine to be necessary or desirable to insure the
proper operation and maintenance of such project, and to prohibit
entrance to such project from any point or points not so designated;
(10) To make and enter into such contracts and agreements with the
department and other parties as may be necessary or incidental to the
performance of its duties and the execution of its powers under this
chapter; (11) To employ consulting engineers, attorneys, accountants,
construction and financial experts, superintendents, managers, and
such other employees and agents as may be necessary in the judgment
of the authority, and to fix their compensation; (12) To receive and
accept from the Commonwealth, the department, and any federal agency,
grants for or in aid of the construction of any turnpike project, and
to receive and accept aid or contributions from any source of either
money, property, labor or other things of value, to be held, used and
applied only for the purposes for which such grants and contributions
may be made; (13) To expend any funds provided under the authority of
this chapter in advertising the facilities and services of a turnpike
project or projects to the traveling public; and (14) To do all acts
and things necessary or convenient to carry out the powers expressly
granted in this chapter. Effective:March 25, 1960 History: Created
1960 Ky. Acts ch. 173, sec. 5, effective March 25, 1960
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appoint one (1) member
of the Public Officials' Compensation Commission as provided in KRS
64.742
64.742 Public Officials
Compensation Commission. There is established a commission to be
known as the Public Officials Compensation Commission consisting of
five (5) members as follows: one (1) shall be appointed by the
Governor, one (1) shall be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor, one
(1) shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, one (1) shall be appointed by the President of the
Senate, and one (1) shall be appointed by the Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court. All appointments shall be for terms not to exceed four
(4) years, except that the initial terms shall be for a period of
three (3) years. No member shall be eligible for election or
appointment to public office for the duration of his appointive term.
Effective:July 15, 1994 History: Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 486, sec.
22, effective July 15, 1994. -- Created 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 83, sec. 2,
effective March 29, 1976.
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http://www.lrc.ky.gov/lrcpubs/rm465.pdf
To serve as a member of the Board of the Kentucky Housing
Corporation in accordance with KRS 198A.030;
198A.030 Kentucky Housing
Corporation established -- Board of directors -- Officers of
corporation and duties. (1) There is hereby created and established
an independent, de jure municipal corporation and political
subdivision of the Commonwealth which shall be a public body
corporate and politic to be known as the Kentucky Housing
Corporation. (2) The Kentucky Housing Corporation is created and
established as a de jure municipal corporation and political
subdivision of the Commonwealth to perform essential governmental and
public functions and purposes in improving and otherwise promoting
the health and general welfare of the people by the production of
residential housing in Kentucky. (3) The corporation shall be
governed by a board of directors, consisting of fifteen (15) members,
five (5) of whom shall be the Lieutenant Governor, the secretary of
the Finance and Administration Cabinet, the commissioner of the
Department for Local Government, the Attorney General, and the
secretary of the Cabinet for Economic Development, or their duly
appointed designees, as public directors, and ten (10) private
directors who shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to
confirmation by the Senate as provided by KRS 11.160, as follows:
(a) One (1) private director representing the interests of
financial lending institutions located within the Commonwealth; (b)
One (1) private director representing the interests of the
manufactured housing industry within the Commonwealth; (c) One (1)
private director representing the interests of real estate
practitioners licensed by the Kentucky Real Estate Commission; (d)
One (1) private director representing the interests of the homeless
population within the Commonwealth; (e) One (1) private director
representing the interests of local government; (f) One (1) private
director representing the interests of the home construction industry
in the Commonwealth; (g) One (1) private director representing the
interests of consumers in the Commonwealth; (h) One (1) private
director representing the interests of the Kentucky State Building
Trades Council; (i) One (1) director representing the interests of
nonprofit housing organizations located within the Commonwealth; and
(j) One (1) director having significant professional experience in
auditing, financial accounting, municipal bond financing, or
investment banking. (4) Private directors appointed by the Governor
may include previous members of the board, and members may be
reappointed for successive terms. All appointments shall be for four
(4) years, and the appointees shall serve until a qualified successor
is appointed. (5) In case of a vacancy, the Governor may appoint a
person for the vacancy to hold office during the remainder of the
term. A vacancy shall be filled in accordance with the requirement
and procedures for appointments. (6) The Governor may remove any
private director whom he may appoint in case of incompetency,
neglect of duty, gross immorality, or malfeasance in office, and he
may declare his office vacant and may appoint a person for the
vacancy as provided in this section. (7) The Governor shall designate
a director of the corporation to serve as chairman. The term of the
chairman shall extend to the earlier of either the date of expiration
of his then current term as a director of the corporation or a date
six (6) months after the expiration of the then current term of the
Governor designating the chairman. (8) The board of directors shall
annually elect one (1) of its members as vice chairman. The board of
directors shall also elect or appoint, and prescribe the duties of,
other officers the board of directors deems necessary or advisable,
including an executive director and a secretary, and the board of
directors shall fix the compensation of the officers. (9) The
executive director shall administer, manage, and direct the affairs
and business of the corporation, subject to the policies, control,
and direction of the board of directors of the corporation. The
secretary of the corporation shall keep a record of the proceedings
of the corporation and shall be custodian of all books, documents,
and papers filed with the corporation, the minute book or journal of
the corporation, and its official seal. The secretary shall have
authority to cause copies to be made of all minutes and other records
and documents of the corporation and to give certificates under the
official seal of the corporation to the effect that copies are true
copies, and all persons dealing with the corporation may rely upon
the certificates. (10) A majority of the board of directors of the
corporation shall constitute a quorum for the purposes of conducting
its business and exercising its powers and for all other purposes. A
majority shall be determined by excluding any existing vacancies from
the total number of directors. (11) Action shall be taken by the
corporation upon a vote of a majority of the directors present at a
meeting at which a quorum shall exist called upon three (3) days'
written notice to each director or upon the concurrence of at least
eight (8) directors. (12) Each private director shall be entitled to
a fee of one hundred dollars ($100) for attendance at each meeting of
the board of directors or duly called committee meeting of the board.
Effective:July 15, 2010 History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 117, sec.
82, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 12, sec.
46, effective June 25, 2009. -- Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 47, sec.
86, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec.
620, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 69, sec.
69, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 289, sec.
1, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 339, sec. 3,
effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 182, sec. 2,
effective July 15, 1982; and ch. 396, sec. 49, effective July 15,
1982. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 141, sec. 6, effective July 15,
1980; and ch. 295, sec. 46, effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1978
Ky. Acts ch. 154, sec. 16, effective June 17, 1978; ch. 155, sec.
121, effective June 17, 1978; ch. 220, sec. 3, effective June 17,
1980; and ch. 384, sec. 571, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1976
Ky. Acts ch. 200, sec. 13; and ch. 210, sec. 6. -- Amended 1974 Ky.
Acts ch. 257, sec. 7;
1084 KY-7, West Liberty, KY 41472
Kentucky Housing Corporation (KHC), the
Kentucky state housing agency, was created by the 1972 Kentucky
General Assembly to provide affordable housing opportunities. KHC
is a self-supporting, public corporation.
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The Southern Growth
Policies Board as prescribed by KRS 147.585;
147.585 Lieutenant Governor
to be member of board. One (1) of the two (2) members of the
Southern Growth Policies Board appointed by the Governor pursuant to
paragraph 2(c) of Article II of the compact set forth in KRS 147.580
shall be the Lieutenant Governor. Effective:July 15, 1980 History:
Created 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 141, sec. 9, effective July 15, 1980.
100 Capitola Dr # 100,
Durham, NC 27713
(919) 941-5145
(919) 941-5145
The Southern Growth Policies Board is a
think tank established in 1971 to support southern states economic
development efforts and to improve the lives of all southerners. The
Future of the South Reports have explored, globalization,
entrepreneurship, leadership, innovation and in 2009, energy. The
Southern Technology Council is part of Southern Growth.
The Southern Growth Policies Agreement
is an interstate compact among Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
http://ballotpedia.org/Southern_Growth_Policies_Agreement
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The Breaks
Interstate Park Commission as provided in KRS 148.225
148.225 Lieutenant Governor
to be member of board. One (1) of the four (4) members of the Breaks
Interstate Park Commission appointed by the Governor pursuant to
Article II of the compact set forth in KRS 148.220 shall be the
Lieutenant Governor. Effective:July 15, 1994. History: Amended 1994
Ky. Acts ch. 22, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1994. -- Created 1980 Ky.
Acts ch. 141, sec. 10, effective July 15, 1980. Legislative Research
Commission Note (8/16/95). The Commonwealth of Virginia approved
changes in the Breaks Interstate Park Compact that were substantially
the same as those adopted in 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 22. See Virginia Acts
of Assembly, 1994 Session, Chapter 622 (approved April 10, 1994,
effective upon approval of same amendments by the Commonwealth of
Kentucky). Thus, pursuant to 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 22, sec. 3, the 1994
amendment of this statute became effective July 15, 1994, the normal
effective date for legislation enacted during the 1994 Regular
Session of the Kentucky General Assembly.
Breaks Interstate Park is a bi-state state park located in
southeastern Kentucky and southwestern Virginia in the Jefferson
National Forest at the northeastern terminus of Pine Mountain. It is
administered by the states of Virginia[2] and Kentucky[3] and is one
of several interstate parks in the United States.
The
Breaks, also referred as the "Grand Canyon of the South,"
is the deepest gorge east of the Mississippi River,[4] through which
the Russell Fork river and Clinchfield Railroad (now the CSX
Transportation Kingsport Subdivision) run. It is accessed viaVirginia
State Route 80, between Haysi, Virginia and Elkhorn City, Kentucky,
and passes through the community of Breaks, Virginia east of the
park.
American frontiersman Daniel Boone is
credited with being the first person of European descent to discover
the Breaks, which he first saw in 1767
Breaks Interstate Park is located about
5 miles (8 km) east of Elkhorn City, Kentucky (Pike County). The park
covers 4,500 acres (1,800 ha). The park's main feature, Breaks
Canyon, is five miles long and ranges from 830 to 1,600 feet (250 to
490 m) deep. The canyon was formed by the Russell Fork river through
millions of years of erosion.
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The Falls
of the Ohio Interstate Park Commission pursuant to KRS 148.242
148.241 Compact for Falls
of the Ohio Interstate Park. The Falls of the Ohio Interstate Park
Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into by this state
with the state of Indiana, in the form substantially as follows:
FALLS OF THE OHIO INTERSTATE PARK COMPACT ARTICLE I. The State of
Indiana and the Commonwealth of Kentucky agree to create, develop and
operate an interstate park to be known as Falls of the Ohio
Interstate Park, which shall be located along the Ohio River at the
Falls of the Ohio and on adjacent areas in Clark and Floyd Counties,
Indiana, and Jefferson County, Kentucky. Said park shall be of such
area and of such character as may be determined by the commission
created by this compact. ARTICLE II. There is hereby created The
Falls of the Ohio Interstate Park Commission, which shall be a body
corporate with the powers and duties set forth herein and such
additional powers as may be conferred upon it by subsequent action of
the appropriate authorities of Indiana and Kentucky. The commission
shall consist of three commissioners from each of the two states,
each of whom shall be a citizen of the state he shall represent.
Members of the commission shall be appointed by the Governor.
Vacancies shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired term. The
term of one of the first commissioners appointed shall be for two
years, the term of another for three years, and the term of the third
for four years. Their successors shall be appointed for terms of four
years each. Each commissioner shall hold office until his successor
is appointed and qualified. An officer or employee of the state, a
political subdivision or the United States government may be
appointed a commissioner under this compact. ARTICLE III. The
commission created herein shall be a joint corporate instrumentality
of both the State of Indiana and the Commonwealth of Kentucky for the
purpose of effecting the objects of this compact, and shall be deemed
to be performing governmental functions of the two states in the
performance of its duties hereunder. The commission shall have power
to sue and be sued, to contract and be contracted with, to use a
common seal and to make and adopt suitable bylaws, rules and
regulations. The commission shall have the authority to acquire by
gift, purchase or otherwise real estate and other property, and to
dispose of such real estate and other property. Each state agrees
that it will exercise the right of eminent domain to acquire property
located within each state required by the commission to effectuate
the purposes of this compact. ARTICLE IV. The commission shall select
from among its members a chairman and a vice chairman, and may select
from among its members a secretary and treasurer or may designate
other persons to fill these positions. It may appoint, and at its
pleasure remove or discharge, such officers and legal, clerical,
expert and other assistants and employees as may be required to carry
the provisions of this compact into effect, and shall fix and
determine their duties, qualifications and compensation. It may
establish and maintain one or more offices for the transaction of its
business, and may meet at any time or place. A majority of the
commissioners present shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
of business. The commissioners shall serve without compensation, but
shall be paid their expenses incurred in and incident to the
performance of their duties. They shall take the oath of office
required of officers of their respective states. ARTICLE V. Each
state agrees that the officers and departments of each will be
authorized to do all things falling within their respective
jurisdictions necessary or incidental to the carrying out of the
compact in every particular. The commission shall be entitled to the
services of any state officer or agency in the same manner as any
other department or agency of this state. The commission shall keep
accurate records, showing in full its receipts and disbursements, and
said records shall be open at any reasonable time to the inspection
of such representative of the two states as may be duly constituted
for that purpose. The commission shall submit annually and at other
times as required such reports as may be required by the laws of each
state or by the Governor thereof. ARTICLE VI. The cost of acquiring
land and other property required in the development and operation of
the Falls of the Ohio Interstate Park and constructing, maintaining
and operating improvements and facilities therein and equipping same
may be defrayed by funds received from appropriations, gifts, the use
of money received as fees or charges for the use of said park and
facilities, or by the issuance of revenue bonds, or by a combination
of such sources of funds. The commission may charge for admission to
said park, or make other charges deemed appropriate by it and shall
have the use of funds so received for park purposes. The commission
is authorized to issue revenue bonds, which shall not be obligations
of either state, pursuant to procedures which shall be in substantial
compliance with the provisions of laws of either or both states
governing the issuance of revenue bonds by governmental agencies.
ARTICLE VII. All money, securities and other property, real and
personal, received by way of gift or otherwise or revenue received
from its operations may be retained by the commission and used for
the development, maintenance and operation of the park or for other
park purposes. The commission shall not pledge the credit of either
state except by and with the authority of the General Assembly
thereof. ARTICLE VIII. This compact may be amended from time to time
by the concurrent action of the two states parties hereto. The
compact approved herein shall become effective upon ratification and
approval of the compact by the General Assembly of the State of
Indiana and upon approval of this compact by the Congress of the
United States. History: Created 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 8, sec. 1.
http://www.lrc.ky.gov/statutes/statute.aspx?id=1733
148.242 Lieutenant Governor
to be member of board. One (1) of the three (3) members of the
Falls of the Ohio Interstate Park Commission appointed by the
Governor pursuant to Article II of the compact set forth in KRS
148.241 shall be the Lieutenant Governor. Effective:July 15, 1980
History: Created 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 141, sec. 10, effective July 15,
1980 http://www.lrc.ky.gov/Statutes/statute.aspx?id=1734
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The
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority pursuant to KRS
182.305
The Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway (popularly known as the Tenn-Tom)
is a 234-mile (377-kilometer) man-made waterway that extends from the
Tennessee River to the junction of the Black Warrior-Tombigbee River
system near Demopolis, Alabama, United States. The
Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway links commercial navigation from the
nation’s midsection to the Gulf of Mexico. The major features of
the waterway are 10 locks and dams, a 175-foot (53 m) deep cut
between the Tombigbee River watershed and the Tennessee River
watershed, and 234 miles (377 km) of navigation channels.[1] The ten
locks are 9 by 110 by 600 feet (2.7 × 33.5 × 182.9 m) the same
dimension as the locks on the Mississippi.[2][3] Under construction
for twelve years by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the
Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway was completed in December 1984 at a
total cost of nearly $2 billion.[4] The Tenn-Tom encompasses 17
public ports and terminals, 110,000 acres (450 km2) of land, and
another 88,000 acres (360 km2) managed by state conservation agencies
for wildlife habitat preservation and recreational use. Although
supported by southern Congressmen, the Tenn-Tom Waterway was widely
criticized at its creation as an example of exorbitant "pork
barrel" spending. However, in succeeding years it has become an
example of government investment in infrastructure yielding economic
benefits over time.
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The Waterway was completed in 1984 and
dedicated on June 1, 1985. The Waterway is the largest water resource
project ever built in the U.S. and is an engineering marvel.
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182.300 Tennessee-Tombigbee
Waterway Development Compact. The Governor on behalf of the
Commonwealth is authorized to execute a compact, in substantially the
following form, with the other states that are parties to the
compact; and the General Assembly, with the provision contained in
KRS 182.310, signifies in advance its approval and ratification of
the compact, which is as follows: ARTICLE I The purpose of this
compact is to promote the development of a navigable waterway
connecting the Tennessee and Tombigbee Rivers by way of the east fork
of the Tombigbee River and Mackeys and Yellow Creeks so as to provide
a nine (9) foot navigable channel from the junction of the Tombigbee
and Warrior Rivers at Demopolis in the State of Alabama to the
junction of Yellow Creek with the Tennessee River at Pickwick Pool in
the State of Mississippi, and to establish a joint interstate
authority to assist in these efforts. ARTICLE II This compact shall
become effective immediately as to the states ratifying it whenever
the States of Alabama and Mississippi have ratified it and Congress
has given consent thereto. Any state not mentioned in this article
which is contiguous with any member state may become a party to this
compact, subject to approval by the legislature of each of the member
states. ARTICLE III The states which are parties to this compact
(hereinafter referred to as "party states") do hereby
establish and create a joint agency which shall be known as the
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority (hereinafter
referred to as the "authority"). The membership of which
authority shall consist of the Governor of each party state and five
(5) other citizens of each party state, to be appointed by the
Governor thereof. Each appointive member of the authority shall be a
citizen of that state who is interested in the promotion and
development of waterways and water transportation. The appointive
members of the authority shall serve for terms of four (4) years
each. Vacancies on the authority shall be filled by appointment by
the Governor for the unexpired portion of the term. The members of
the authority shall not be compensated, but each shall be entitled to
actual expenses incurred in attending meetings, or incurred otherwise
in the performance of his duties as a member of the authority. The
members of the authority shall hold regular quarterly meetings and
such special meetings as its business may require. They shall choose
annually a chairman and vice chairman from among their members, and
the chairmanship shall rotate each year among the party states in
order of their acceptance of this compact. The secretary of the
authority (hereinafter provided for) shall notify each member in
writing of all meetings of the authority in such a manner and under
such rules and regulations as the authority may prescribe. The
authority shall adopt rules and regulations for the transaction of
its business; and the secretary shall keep a record of all its
business, and shall furnish a copy thereof to each member of the
authority. It shall be the duty of the authority, in general, to
promote, encourage, and coordinate the efforts of the party states to
secure the development of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. Toward
this end, the authority shall have power to hold hearings; to conduct
studies and surveys of all problems, benefits, and other matters
associated with the development of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway,
and to make reports thereon; to acquire, by gift or otherwise, and
hold and dispose of such money and property as may be provided for
the proper performance of their function; to cooperate with other
public or private groups, whether local, state, regional, or
national, having an interest in waterways development; to formulate
and execute plans and policies for emphasizing the purpose of this
compact before the Congress of the United States and other
appropriate officers and agencies of the United States; and to
exercise such other powers as may be appropriate to enable it to
accomplish its functions and duties in connection with the
development of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway and to carry out the
purposes of this compact. ARTICLE IV The authority shall appoint a
secretary, who shall be a person familiar with the nature,
procedures, and significance of inland waterways development and the
informational, educational, and publicity methods of stimulating
general interest in such developments, and who shall be the compact
administrator. His term of office shall be at the pleasure of the
authority and he shall receive such compensation as the authority
shall prescribe. He shall maintain custody of the authority's books,
records, and papers, which he shall keep at the office of the
authority, and he shall perform all functions and duties, and
exercise all powers and authorities, that may be delegated to him by
the authority. ARTICLE V Each party state agrees that, when
authorized by its legislature, it will from time to time make
available and pay over to the authority such funds as may be required
for the establishment and operation of the authority. The
contribution of each party state shall be in the proportion that its
population bears to the total population of the states which are
parties hereto, as shown by the most recent official report of the
United States Bureau of the Census, or upon such other basis as may
be agreed upon. ARTICLE VI Nothing in this compact shall be construed
so as to conflict with any existing statute, or to limit the powers
of any party state, or to repeal or prevent legislation, or to
authorize or permit curtailment or diminution of any other waterway
project, or to affect any existing or future cooperative arrangement
or relationship between any federal agency and a party state. ARTICLE
VII This compact shall continue in force and remain binding upon each
party state until the legislature or Governor of each or either state
takes action to withdraw therefrom; provided that such withdrawal
shall not become effective until six (6) months after the date of the
action taken by the legislature or Governor. Notice of such action
shall be given to the other party state or states by the Secretary of
State of the party state which takes such action. History: Created
1962 Ky. Acts ch. 265, sec. 1.
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Strong opposition from key members of the Congress from other regions
of the nation and from the railroad industry prevented any further
development of the waterway until 1968 when President Johnson
first budgeted funds to start the project’s engineering and design.
It is said that President Kennedy had agreed to endorse the Tenn-Tom
and had scheduled a meeting with the waterway’s congressional
leaders to formally announce his support for its construction but the
meeting never occurred because of his tragic and untimely death. As
part of his “Southern Strategy” for reelection, President Nixon
included $1 million in the Corps of Engineers’ 1971 budget to start
construction of the Tenn-Tom. On May 25, 1971, the President
traveled to Mobile, Alabama, to participate with then Governor George
Wallace and other elected officials from five states to symbolically
start construction of the long awaited Tennessee -Tombigbee. However,
the actual start of construction was delayed until December 1972
because of a lawsuit filed against the waterway by a small group of
environmentalists. The federal courts eventually ruled in favor of
the project. A second lawsuit was filed by L&N Railroad (now CSX)
and the Environmental Defense Fund of New York in November 1976
to stop construction of the waterway. The plaintiffs alleged that the
Corps had violated the National Environmental Policy Act in designing
and building the project and had abused its discretionary authorities
in altering the project. This litigation lasted for some 7 years but
the federal courts again ruled in favor of the project. Immediately
after assuming office, President Jimmy Carter announced plans to
terminate funding for 19 water resource projects and to study
terminating 13 more, including the Tenn-Tom. Over 6500 waterway
supporters attended a public hearing held in Columbus, Mississippi on
March 29, 1977 as part of Carter’s review of the waterway.
This overwhelming outpouring of public support for the project led to
the President withdrawing his opposition. Later the Carter
Administration selected the Tennessee-Tombigbee as a national
demonstration program of how large public works projects can
favorably impact rural America. During its long history, no President
has ever opposed the Tenn-Tom.
After
12 years of construction at a total cost of nearly $2 billion, the
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway was completed on December 12, 1984.
The last plug of earth was removed from the waterway channel at
Amory, Mississippi, allowing the long awaited mixing of the waters of
the Tombigbee with that of the Tennessee River. The Tenn-Tom
officially opened to commerce on January 10, 1985 when the
Towboat,Eddie Waxler, transporting nearly 2.7 million gallons of
petroleum products, made its maiden voyage on the waterway. A lottery
was held to select the first commercial tow to transit the waterway.
The dedication of
the completion of the waterway was held on June 1, 1985. Record
hot temperatures did not deter some 100,000 people, including many
Members of Congress, Governors, and other elected officials, from
attending ceremonies in Columbus, Mississippi and Mobile, Alabama
that day. During the previous week, numerous other celebrations were
held throughout the four-state waterway corridor from as far away as
Paducah, Ky and Gunterville, AL. One newspaper reporter observed that
such public exuberance that had been displayed at the Tenn-Tom events
had not occurred in this region since those celebrations held at the
end of World War II.
- The Interstate Water Sanitation Control Commissions as prescribed by KRS 224.18-710; and
224.18-710 Interstate Water
Sanitation Board. (1) A three (3) member Interstate Water Sanitation
Board is established. The members of the board shall serve as
Kentucky's members of interstate water sanitation control commissions
created by compacts to which Kentucky is a party, which compacts are
composed of states forming a river basin, and which compacts require
a three (3) member representation from each state. The Governor shall
appoint one (1) of the board members, who shall be a resident and
citizen of this state. The member shall be appointed for a term of
four (4) years, and shall hold office until his successor is
appointed and qualified, subject to removal at the pleasure of the
Governor. The Lieutenant Governor and the secretary of the Energy and
Environment Cabinet shall, ex officio, be the second and third
members of the board. Except as otherwise provided by the respective
compacts, an ex officio member may delegate to any deputy or other
subordinate in his cabinet the power to be present and participate,
including the right to vote, as his representative or substitute at
any meeting, hearing or other proceeding of the commissions. (2) The
membership of the first Interstate Water Sanitation Board shall be
composed of the membership of the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation
Commission existing on June 19, 1958, and the terms of the appointed
members shall be effective from the date of their appointment to the
Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission. Effective:July 15,
2010 History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 361, effective July
15, 2010. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 141, sec. 12, effective July
15, 1980. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. III, secs. 1 and
13(2), effective June 21, 1974. -- Amended 1972 (1st Extra. Sess.)
Ky. Acts ch. 3, sec. 47, effective January 1, 1973. -- Amended 1958
Ky. Acts ch. 44, sec. 2, effective June 19, 1958. -- Recodified 1942
Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat.
sec. 4286b-2. Formerly codified as KRS 224.205, and also previously
codified as KRS 220.560
http://www.lrc.ky.gov/Statutes/statute.aspx?id=10343
224.18-715 Powers of
commissions -- Duties of state agencies. The interstate water
sanitation control commissions created by compacts to which Kentucky
is a party, which compacts are composed of states forming a river
basin, shall have all the powers provided for in the respective
compacts, and all the powers necessary or incidental to the carrying
out of the compacts in every particular. All officers of this state
shall do all things falling within their respective provinces and
jurisdictions necessary or incidental to the carrying out of the
compacts in every particular, it being the policy of this state to
perform and carry out the compacts and to accomplish the purposes
thereof. All officers, departments, cabinets and persons of and in
the state government or administration of this state shall at
convenient times and upon request of the respective commissions
furnish the commissions with information and data possessed by them
and aid the commissions by loan of personnel or other means lying
within their legal powers respectively. The courts of general
jurisdiction of this state shall have the jurisdiction specified
in the enforcement articles of the compacts, and the Attorney General
or any other law-enforcing officer of this state shall have the power
to institute any action for the enforcement of the orders of the
commissions. Any powers granted to the commissions by this section
shall be regarded as in aid of and supplemental to and not as a
limitation upon any of the powers vested in the commissions by other
laws of this state or by the laws of any of the states party to
any of the compacts, or by Congress, or by the terms of the compacts.
Effective:June 19, 1958 History: Amended by implication 1958 Ky. Acts
ch. 44, sec. 3, effective June 19, 1958. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts
ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs.
4286b-3, 4286b-4. Formerly codified as KRS 224.210, and also
previously codified as 220.570.
- The Kentucky Mining Advisory Council for the Interstate Mining Compact as provided by KRS 350.310
350.310 Mining Council --
Members -- Terms. (1) The "Mining Council," hereinafter
called "the council," is hereby established in the office
of the Governor. The council shall be the advisory body referred to
in Article V(a) of the Interstate Mining Compact. No member of the
council shall receive any compensation on account of his service
thereon, but any such member shall be entitled to reimbursement for
expenses actually incurred by him in connection with his possible
service as the Governor's alternate on the Interstate Mining
Commission. (2) The council shall be composed of eight (8) members:
one (1) of whom shall be the Lieutenant Governor; three (3) of whom
shall be representatives of mining industries; two (2) of whom shall
be representatives of nongovernmental conservation interests; the
commissioner for environmental protection and the secretary of the
Energy and Environment Cabinet. (3) The members of the council
representing mining industries and nongovernmental conservation
interests shall be appointed by the Governor. The term of office of
such members shall be for four (4) years concurrent with that of the
Governor or until their successor has been qualified. Effective:July
15, 2010 History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 1886, effective
July 15, 2010. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 141, sec. 13, effective
July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. III, sec. 13(7).
-- Amended 1972 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 3, sec. 79. --
Created 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 4, sec. 30.
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