KRS 212.390: Vacancies -- Resignations.

(1) Any vacancy on the board occurring by reason of death, resignation,

disqualification, removal, or otherwise, of any appointive member shall be filled in

the same manner as the original appointment for the balance of the term of the

member whose place is so vacated. The appointing authority is hereby given the

exclusive power and authority to determine and declare when a vacancy exists.

(2) Except in a county containing a consolidated local government, if said county

judge/executive and said mayor fail withi n said thirty (30) day period to make an

appointment to fill any one (1) or more of the five (5) original positions of

membership on said board, then and in that event the appointment to fill any such

original position shall be made by the majority vote of a board to be composed of

the county judge/executive of such county, the mayor of such city, and the president

of the board of tuberculosis hospital in such county and city. Thereafter, in the event

said county judge/executive and said mayor fail to make an appointment to fill any

vacancy on said board within thirty (30) days after such vacancy, for any reason,

occurs, the board itself shall have the power and is hereby authorized to make the

appointment to fill such vacancy. In a county containing a conso lidated local

government, the mayor shall fill a vacancy to the board no later than thirty (30) days

after the occurrence of the vacancy. In the event the mayor fails to make the

appointment within the thirty (30) days, the appointment shall be made by the

remaining members of the board.

(3) If the board has advance knowledge that a vacancy on the board will for any reason

occur, the board shall, in advance of the occurrence of such vacancy (thirty (30)

days in advance if possible) report in writing to the appointing authority the facts

pertaining to such approaching vacancy. In any case where the board does not have

advance knowledge of a pending vacancy, said board upon the occurrence of such

vacancy shall forthwith in writing report such vacancy to the ap pointing authority.

After said vacancy or vacancies have been so reported the procedure for filling such

vacancy or vacancies shall be the same as the general procedure hereinabove set

forth.

(4) Resignation by a member of the board shall be in writing add ressed and submitted

to the appointing authority and a copy thereof furnished to the chairman of the

board.