224A.030 Creation of Kentucky Infrastructure Authority -- Membership.
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(1)There is hereby created the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority, which authority
shall be a body corporate and politic, constituting a public corporation and a
governmental agency and instrumentality of the state. The affairs of the authority
shall be managed and carried out by a board consisting of eleven
(11)members.
The secretaries of the Economic Development, Finance and Administration, and
Energy and Environment Cabinets; the executive director of the Public Service
Commission; and the commissioner of the Department for Local Government shall
serve as ex officio members of the authority. The secretaries, the executive director,
and the commissioner may designate alternates. The Governor shall additionally
appoint six
(6)at-large members. One
(1)member shall be selected from a list of
three
(3)nominees submitted by the Kentucky Association of Counties, two
members selected from a list of six
(6)nominees submitted by the Kentucky
League of Cities, one
(1)of whom shall represent a municipal utility that provides
water and wastewater service, one
(1)member selected from a list of three
nominees submitted by the Kentucky Rural Water Association, one
(1)member
representing for-profit private water companies, and one
(1)member selected from
a list of three
(3)nominees submitted by the Kentucky section of the American
Water Works Association. As the terms of the at-large members expire, the
Governor shall appoint successors for terms of four
(4)years and until their
successors are appointed. The members shall constitute the Kentucky Infrastructure
Authority, with power in that name to contract and be contracted with, sue and be
sued, have and use a corporate seal, and exercise, in addition to the powers and
functions specifically stated in this chapter, all of the usual powers of private
corporations to the extent that the powers are not inconsistent with specifically
enumerated powers of the authority. In the carrying out of its purposes and the
exercise by it of the powers conferred by this chapter, the authority is deemed and
declared to be performing essential governmental functions and public purposes of
the state.
(2)The members of the authority shall receive no compensation for their services in
their official capacity but shall be entitled to reimbursement for all reasonable
expenses necessarily incurred in connection with performance of their duties and
functions as authority members.
(3)Six
(6)members of the authority shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business, and in the absence of a quorum, one
(1)or more members may adjourn
from time to time until a quorum is convened. The members of the authority shall
choose from their ranks a chair and a vice chair. The authority shall elect a secretary
and a treasurer who shall not be members of the authority, each of whom shall serve
at the pleasure of the authority and shall receive compensation as may be
determined by the authority.
(a)The authority shall, for administrative purposes, be attached to the
Department for Local Government, which shall provide any office space
required by the authority.
(b)The secretary of the authority shall at all times maintain therein complete
records of all of the authority's actions and proceedings which shall constitute public records open to inspection at all reasonable times.