KRS 174.205: Duties of Water Transportation Advisory Board.

The Water Transportation Advisory Board shall:

(1) Advise the Transportation Cabinet, the Cabinet for Economic Development, the

Governor's Office, and the General Assembly on matters relating to water

transportation;

(2) Recommend action to enable the Commonwealth to make best use of its waterways

and riverports for future economic growth;

(3) Assist in defining the duties and functions of positions within state government

responsible for water transportation;

(4) Recommend criteria for setting priorities for funding riverport marketing initiatives;

(5) Evaluate applications submitted by riverports for grants under the riverport

marketing assistance trust fund and make recommendations to the granting

authority on the disbursement of those funds;

(6) Recommend criteria for setting priorities for funding riverport improvements under

the riverport financial assistance trust fund established in KRS 174.210; and

(7) Evaluate applications submitted by riverports for grants under the riverport

financial assistance trust fund and make recommendations to the granting authority

on the disbursement of those funds.