247.090 State Fair Board -- Membership -- Vacancies -- State Fair Board not
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subject to reorganization under KRS Chapter 12.
(1)The State Fair Board shall be composed of sixteen
(16)voting members and
five
(5)ex officio, nonvoting members, as follows:
(a)The Governor or his or her designee;
(b)The Commissioner of Agriculture or his or her designee;
(c)The President of the Senate or his or her designee, who shall serve as an
ex officio, nonvoting member for the duration of his or her service as
President of the Senate;
(d)The Speaker of the House of Representatives or his or her designee, who
shall serve as an ex officio, nonvoting member for the duration of his or
her service as Speaker of the House of Representatives;
(e)The secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet or his or her
designee, who shall serve as an ex officio, nonvoting member for the
duration of his or her service as secretary of the cabinet. The secretary
shall provide additional financial expertise to the Kentucky State Fair
Board, with no resulting personnel impact, fiscal impact, nor expense to
Kentucky state government;
(f)The dean of the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and
Environment or his or her designee;
(g)Four
(4)members appointed by the Governor from the state at large with
due consideration to geographical distribution throughout the state;
(h)Three
(3)members appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture from
the state at large who are involved with, or experienced in, agriculture or
agriculture-related businesses;
(i)One
(1)member appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture from a list
of six
(6)nominees that are representative of all segments of animal
agriculture provided by trade organizations and commodity groups that
may include but not be limited to the Kentucky Cattlemen's Association,
Kentucky Dairy Development Council, Kentucky Livestock Improvement
Association, Kentucky Pork Producers Association, Kentucky Poultry
Federation, and Kentucky Sheep and Goat Development Office;
(j)One
(1)member appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture from a list
of six
(6)nominees that are representative of all segments of crop or plant
production provided by trade organizations or commodity groups that may
include but not be limited to Kentucky Corn Growers Association,
Kentucky Grape and Wine Council, Kentucky Horticulture Council,
Kentucky Small Grain Growers Association, and Kentucky Soybean
Association;
(k)One
(1)member appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture from a list
of six
(6)nominees submitted by the governing body of the American
Saddlebred Horse Association;
(l)One
(1)member appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture from a list
of six
(6)nominees provided by the Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation;
(m)One
(1)member appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture from a list
of six
(6)nominees provided by the Kentucky Association of Fairs and
Horse Shows;
(n)One
(1)member appointed by the Governor from a list of six
nominees provided by the Louisville Convention and Visitors Bureau
representing the hospitality and tourism industry;
(o)The state president of the Kentucky FFA Association, who shall serve as
an ex officio, nonvoting member for the duration of his or her term as
student leader of the association; and
(p)The state president of the Kentucky 4-H Organization, who shall serve as
an ex officio, nonvoting member for the duration of his or her term as
student leader of the organization.
(2)The terms of the members of the board appointed by the Commissioner of
Agriculture or the Governor, respectively, shall be staggered terms and shall be
subject to confirmation as provided in KRS 11.160(2). Members of the board
shall be appointed to a term of four
(4)years and shall serve until their
successors are duly appointed and qualified. Members of the board shall be
appointed to no more than three
(3)terms that began on or after March 29,
2021. Terms that began prior to March 29, 2021, shall not count toward the
term limits established by this subsection. As the terms of each group of
members expire, the Commissioner of Agriculture or the Governor, as the case
may be, shall appoint successors for terms of four
(4)years and until their
successors are appointed and qualify. The initial appointments of the members
designated in subsection (1)(g) and
(h)of this section shall be for staggered
terms, as follows:
(a)Pursuant to subsection (1)(g) of this section, the Governor shall appoint
one
(1)at-large member in 2022, one
(1)at-large member in 2023, and
two
(2)at-large members in 2024 to replace or reappoint current
members whose terms expire in each of these years;
(b)Pursuant to subsection 1(h) of this section, the Commissioner of
Agriculture shall appoint one
(1)at-large member in 2021, one
(1)at-large
member in 2022, and one
(1)at-large member in 2023 to replace or
reappoint current members whose terms expire in each of these years;
(c)On March 29, 2021, and pursuant to subsection (1)(h) of this section, the
Commissioner of Agriculture shall appoint one
(1)at-large member to
serve a one
(1)year term in order to establish the number of voting
members as required by this section; and
(d)Those members whose terms expire in 2021 shall be appointed by the
Commissioner of Agriculture.
It is the intention of the General Assembly that the political affiliation of the
appointed members shall be as evenly divided as possible between the two
political parties polling the largest number of votes in the state at general
elections.
(3)In case of a vacancy among the appointed members of the board, the
unexpired term shall be filled pursuant to the requirements and procedures for
original appointments.
(4)The State Fair Board shall not be subject to reorganization under KRS Chapter 12.