KRS 12.028: Governor and elected state executive officers to submit proposals for change

to General Assembly -- Reorganization plans -- Legislative monitoring --

Lapsed funds.

(1) Recognizing the necessity for grouping related functions of organizational units and

administrative bodies in order to promote greater economy, efficiency and improved

administration, the Governor, the Kentucky Economic Development Partnership as

created in KRS 154.10 -010, and other elected state executive officers may propose

to the General Assembly, for its approval, changes in the state government

organizational structure which may include the creation, alteration or abolition of

any organizational unit or administrative body and the transfer of functions,

personnel, funds, equipment, facilities, and records from one (1) organizational unit

or administrative body to another.

(2) Any reorganization proposed under subsection (1) of this section shall be set forth

in a reorganization plan which shall be filed with the Legislative Resea rch

Commission. The plan shall include:

(a) An explanation of each proposed change, including the need for the change;

(b) An estimate of any reduction or increase in expenditures, itemized as far as

practicable, which the promulgating officer expects will result from the

reorganization;

(c) A description of any improvements in the management, delivery of state

services, and efficiency of state government operations which the

promulgating officer expects will be realized as a result of the reorganization;

and

(d) Specification of the effects of the reorganization on the budget and personnel

of each affected organizational unit or administrative body, including but not

limited to the amount of funds and the number of employees that will be

transferred from one (1) organizational unit or administrative body to another,

any reductions in the state workforce resulting from the reorganization, and

the methods to be utilized to achieve such reductions.

(3) The Legislative Research Commission or the Legislative Over sight and

Investigations Committee may monitor the implementation of any reorganization

plan to determine the extent to which the anticipated improvements in economy,

efficiency, or administration have been realized as a result of the reorganization and

shall report its findings to the General Assembly.

(4) Funds transferred due to reorganization shall be maintained in separately designated

accounts. Any excess funds resulting from a reorganization shall lapse to the

general fund surplus account.