KRS 171.420: State Libraries, Archives, and Records Commission.

(1) The State Libraries, Archives, and Records Commission is hereby created and

shall be a seventeen (17) member body constituted as follows:

(a) The state librarian or his or her designee, who shall be the chairperson of

the commission;

(b) The secretary of the Education and Labor Cabinet or his or her designee,

who shall serve as vice chairperson;

(c) The Auditor of Public Accounts or his or her designee;

(d) The state law librarian or his or her designee;

(e) The director of the Legislative Research Commission or his or her

designee;

(f) The Attorney General or his or her designee;

(g) The executive director of the Kentucky Military Heritage Commission or a

designee of the commission;

(h) The executive director of the Commonwealth Office of Technology or his

or her designee;

(i) The president of the Kentucky Association of School Librarians or his or

her designee;

(j) The executive director of the Kentucky Historical Society or his or her

designee;

(k) The executive director of the Kentucky Library Association or his or her

designee;

(l) The president of the Council on Postsecondary Education or his or her

designee;

(m) Four (4) citizens at large appointed by the Governor, including one (1)

member representing library users with disabilities, one (1) member

representing disadvantaged persons, and two (2) members representing

library users; and

(n) One (1) member, who shall not be an elected official, appointed by the

Governor from a list of three (3) persons, with one (1) name submitted by

each of the presidents of the Kentucky League of Cities, the Kentucky

Association of Counties, and the Kentucky Association of School

Administrators.

(2) Vacancies for appointed members shall be filled by the Governor in the same

manner as initial appointments are made. All appointed members shall serve

for a term of three (3) years, except when making the appointments under

subsection (3) of this section, two (2) shall be for a term of three (3) years, two

(2) for two (2) years, and one (1) for one (1) year.

(3) On July 14, 2018, all terms of gubernatorial appointees made prior to July 14,

2018, shall expire, and the Governor shall appoint five (5) members to the

commission in accordance with paragraphs (m) and (n) of subsection (1) of this

section.

(4) The commission shall be the state advisory council on libraries and shall

advise the Department for Libraries and Archives on matters relating to federal

and state library development issues, archives and records management,

federal and state funding, public library standards, and other federal and state

library service issues. The commission shall have the authority to review and

approve schedules for retention and destruction of records submitted by state

and local agencies. In all cases, the commission shall determine questions

which relate to destruction of public records, and their decision shall be binding

on the parties concerned and final, except that the commission may reconsider

or modify its actions upon the agreement of a simple majority of the

membership present and voting.