KRS 12.240: Agreements with agencies of other states -- Approval -- Limit on

expenditures.

(1) The Governor is charged with the conduct of the relations of the Commonwealth

with other states and governments. He is empowered to approve agreements

between department s or agencies of the Commonwealth, and departments or

agencies of other states and governments, for the accomplishment of purposes

which are authorized by law to be accomplished in this state by the department or

agency entering into the agreement.

(2) No agreement authorized by this section shall involve the expenditure of more than

$12,000 in any one (1) year by any one (1) department or agency, except in the case

of repairs to interstate bridges. Any such expenditure shall be made from funds

already budg eted to the department or agency. Nothing in this section shall be

construed to limit rights and powers conferred on any department or agency by

existing statutes, or by statutes enacted during the 1950 session of the General

Assembly.