198A.030 Kentucky Housing Corporation established -- Board of directors --
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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
members, five
(5)of whom shall be the Commissioner of Agriculture, 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 or she may appoint in
case of incompetency, neglect of duty, gross immorality, or malfeasance in office,
and the Governor may declare the office vacant and may appoint a person for the
vacancy as provided in this section.
(7)The Governor shall designate a private 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 or her then current term as a private 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
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.