15.910 Members of board -- Terms -- Chairperson -- Expenses -- Voting.
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(1)The state board shall be composed of the following fifteen
(15)members:
(a)1. The secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or
designee;
2. The secretary of the Education and Labor Cabinet or designee;
3. The secretary of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet or designee;
4. The commissioner of the Department of Kentucky State Police or
designee; and
5. The Attorney General or designee;
(b)Eight
(8)public members from each of the following organizations:
1. The executive director of the Kentucky Youth Advocates or
designee;
2. The executive director of the Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky or
designee;
3. The state director of the Kentucky Court Appointed Special
Advocates Network, Inc. or designee;
4. The executive director of the Children's Advocacy Centers of
Kentucky or designee;
5. The president of the Children's Alliance or designee;
6. The executive director of the Kentucky Chapter of the American
Academy of Pediatrics or designee;
7. The executive director of the Kentucky Association of Regional
Programs or designee; and
8. The director of the Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts or
designee; and
(c)Two
(2)nonvoting liaisons who are members of the General Assembly,
one
(1)of whom shall be a member of the House of Representatives
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and one
(1)of
whom shall be a member of the Senate appointed by the President of the
Senate.
(2)The Attorney General shall serve as chairperson or designate a chairperson of
the state board in which case the chairperson shall serve in that position at the
pleasure of the Attorney General. The state board may elect other officers and
committees as it considers appropriate.
(3)There shall be no per diem compensation; however, the schedule for
reimbursement of expenses for the public members of the state board shall be
the same as for state employees. The reimbursement, executive director and
staff salaries, and all actual and necessary operating expenses of the state
board shall be paid from the trust fund, pursuant to an authorization as
provided in KRS 15.935.
(4)A majority of the entire membership of the state board, excluding nonvoting
liaison members, shall constitute a quorum, and all actions of the state board
shall be by vote of a majority of its entire membership, excluding nonvoting
liaison members.