164.625 Regulations, authority, and duty of director of extension -- Extension

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council, membership, bylaws.

(1)The director of extension is hereby authorized to promulgate regulations relating to

the establishment of and continuation of extension councils. Said regulations may

apply to a specific county.

(2)An extension council shall be established for each extension district. Each extension

council shall be organized under regulations approved by the director of extension

and shall be comprised of not less than fifteen

(15)citizens nor more than forty

citizens of the county in which the extension district is located, subject to the

provisions of subsection

(2)of KRS 164.635. All members of the extension council

shall be appointed by the county groups and organizations of the county whose

major interest is in agriculture and home economics such as farm bureaus,

homemaker councils, 4-H Club councils and various commodity groups but is not

necessarily limited to those mentioned. In event of question the eligibility of a group

to appoint to the extension council shall be determined by the director of extension.

The number of members of each extension council shall be determined by the size

of the county, the diversity of agricultural interests of the county, and other like

factors and shall be according to regulations mentioned in subsection

(1)of this

section. Each extension council shall adopt a set of bylaws providing for its

operation and terms of membership according to the same regulations.

(3)All regulations issued under the provisions of this section shall be filed in

accordance with KRS Chapter 13A. Immediately after filing, the director of

extension shall cause the text of every regulation to be published pursuant to KRS

Chapter 424. The director of extension shall also mail two

(2)copies of every

regulation to the county clerk of the county in which the regulation is applicable,

one

(1)copy of which shall be posted on the courthouse door or bulletin board.

Additional distribution may be made at the discretion of the director of extension.