KRS 171.782: Kentucky Military Heritage Commission -- Membership -- Request for

designation of sites and objects -- Administrative regulations -- Funding --

Employees.

(1) The Kentucky Military Heritage Commission is hereby established as an

independent agency of the Commonwealth of Kentucky which is attached to the

Kentucky Heritage Council for administrative and support purposes. The Heritage

Council may request and receive additional administrative aid and support from the

Kentucky Historical Society, the Departmen t of Military Affairs, the Commission

on Military Affairs, and the Department of Veterans' Affairs.

(2) The Kentucky Military Heritage Commission shall consist of the adjutant general,

the executive director of the Kentucky Historical Society, the state hi storic

preservation officer, the executive director of the commission on Military Affairs,

and the commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs or their designees,

whose names shall be provided in writing.

(3) The commission shall receive requests f or designation of a geographic site as a

military heritage site and for designation of an object as a military heritage object in

accordance with KRS 171.780 to 171.788 and the administrative regulations

promulgated thereunder.

(4) The commission shall pro mulgate administrative regulations necessary to carry out

KRS 171.780 to 171.788 and to protect military heritage sites and military heritage

objects.

(5) The commission may seek funding from any source, public or private, and may

expend funds for the oper ation of the commission and for the protection of military

heritage sites and military heritage objects.

(6) The commission may employ such persons as it deems necessary, consistent with

available funding, to carry out the duties of the commission.