KRS 151.613: Authority membership -- Qualifications -- Terms -- Compensation --

Officers.

(1) Members of a Stream Restoration and Mitigation Authority established under KRS

151.610 to 151.615 shall reside or have a real property interest in the given

watershed and shall serve as ex officio members of the 2020 water management

planning councils established under KRS 151.601(1) that lie within a given

watershed.

(2) Each authority shall be composed of the following members appointed by the

Governor:

(a) If there is a sewer utility or utilities serving all or a portion of the HUC 10

watershed, one (1) representative of these utilities;

(b) If there is a water utility or utilities serving all or a portion of the HUC 10

watershed, one (1) representative of these utilities;

(c) Two (2) representatives of conservation organizations, with one (1) selected

from a local watershed organization, if possible;

(d) Three (3) representatives of business or industries with facilities or operations

located within the watershed, select ed to provide representation from

development, manufacturing, and extractive industry sectors, if possible;

(e) Two (2) representatives from the local governments whose jurisdictional

boundaries include all or a portion of the watershed, with one (1) repre senting

the largest incorporated municipality in the watershed if any, and the other

representing county government; or in the absence of an incorporated

municipality whose jurisdictional boundaries include all or a portion of the

watershed, two (2) representatives of county government;

(f) One (1) representative of the Soil and Water Conservation District in which

the watershed is located;

(g) One (1) representative of an organization representing aquatic recreation

interests;

(h) One (1) representative of the agricultural land use sector; and

(i) One (1) representative of a nonprofit organization managing grants affecting

all or any portion of the watershed, in order to support local efforts by schools,

local governments, nonprofit organizations, and volun teers to accomplish the

goals of improving water quality, addressing solid waste problems, and

promoting environmental awareness and education.

(3) Members shall serve four (4) year terms, except the first members of the authority

shall serve for terms of years as follows:

(a) Four (4) members shall serve for a term of four (4) years;

(b) Four (4) members shall serve for a term of three (3) years; and

(c) The remaining members shall serve for a term of two (2) years.

(4) Members of the authority may be reappointed. A vacancy in an unexpired term shall

be filled for the unexpired portion of the term in the same manner as the original

appointment to that term.

(5) Members of the authority shall serve without pay but may be r eimbursed by the

authority, as fiscal resources allow, for reasonable expenses incurred to carry out

their work.

(6) Each authority shall elect officers to serve annual terms, adopt bylaws, and establish

an annual budget and, when appropriate, may establis h advisory committees and

policies it deems necessary for the authority's operation.

(7) The authority may remove any member at the member's request or due to poor

attendance at meetings.

(8) Any organization meeting the following conditions may become a S tream

Restoration and Mitigation Authority for the purposes of KRS 151.610 to 151.615:

(a) The organization was created as an instrumentality of one (1) or more local

governments pursuant to KRS Chapter 65 or 273 for the purposes of planning

and implementing stream restoration and water quality enhancement projects

on a watershed basis;

(b) The organization was established prior to January 1, 2008;

(c) The organization has adopted a resolution by majority vote to become a

Stream Restoration and Mitigation A uthority, and has informed the water

service coordinator or coordinators in the watershed; and

(d) The membership of the organization's governing body has been expanded to

include representatives as identified under subsection (2) of this section. The

terms of office for existing members of Stream Restoration and Mitigation

Authorities established under this subsection shall continue in the same

manner until the date that the term expires. New members shall be appointed

in the manner prescribed under subsec tions (2), (3), and (4) of this section,

except that newly appointed members shall serve four (4) year terms.