441.615 Kentucky Local Correctional Facilities Construction Authority --
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(1)There is created and established within the Finance and Administration Cabinet a
Kentucky Local Correctional Facilities Construction Authority, composed of ten
(10)members who shall be:
(a)The secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet, or his designee;
(b)The commissioner of the Department of Corrections, or his designee;
(c)The designee of the Kentucky Jailers Association;
(d)The designee of the Kentucky County Judges/Executive Association;
(e)The designee of the Kentucky Association of Counties;
(f)The designee of the Kentucky Magistrates and Commissioners Association;
(g)Two
(2)citizen members appointed by the Governor; and
(h)Two
(2)members of the General Assembly appointed by the Governor.
(2)The ex officio members shall serve for the term of their respective office. The
legislative members of the authority shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.
(3)Citizen members shall begin their terms on August 1, 1982, and shall be appointed
for a term of four
(4)years; however, in making initial appointments, the Governor
shall appoint one
(1)member for a term of two
(2)years, and one
(1)member for a
term of three
(3)years.
(4)Vacancies occurring in the term of any member shall be filled in the same manner
as the original appointment.
(5)The ten
(10)members of this authority and their successors are a body corporate
and politic constituting a public corporation and governmental agency and
instrumentality of the Commonwealth, with perpetual succession and with power in
that name to contract and be contracted with, to acquire and convey property, to sue
and be sued, to have and use a corporate seal, and to exercise all of the usual
powers of corporations not inconsistent with specifically enumerated powers.
(6)The members of the authority shall receive no compensation for their services, but
shall be entitled to reimbursement for all reasonable expenses necessary and
incidental to the performance of their duties and function as members of this
authority.
(7)The chairman of the authority shall be the secretary of finance. The members of the
authority shall elect a vice chairman and secretary from their membership.
(8)The secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet shall designate an
employee of his cabinet to serve as treasurer of the authority. The treasurer shall
give bond to the authority for a faithful accounting for all funds coming into his
custody, in the amount the authority may prescribe, drawn upon a surety company
qualified to do business in the Commonwealth, the premium to be paid by the
Commonwealth.
(9)The authority shall establish and maintain an office and the secretary of the
authority shall maintain there complete records of the authority's actions and
proceedings, as public records open to inspection. The Finance and Administration
Cabinet shall provide the funds, staff assistants, facilities, and materials required by the authority in the conduct of its duties and functions. The secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet may require the Department of Corrections to share in the expenses incurred by the Finance and Administration Cabinet in maintaining and operating offices of the authority.