KRS 224.20-510: Small Business Stationary Source Advisory Panel -- Membership --

Compensation.

(1) There is hereby established the Small Business Stationary Source Compliance

Advisory Panel, referred to hereafter as "the panel," to determine the overall

effectiveness of Kentucky's Small Business Stationary Source Technical and

Environmental Compliance Assistance Program. The panel shall be attached to the

Energy and Environment Cabinet for administrative purposes.

(2) The eleven (11) member panel shall be appointed as follows:

(a) Two (2) members, who are not owners, or representatives of owners, of small

business stationary sources, shall be selected by the Governor to represent the

general public;

(b) Two (2) members, who are owners, or representatives of owners, of small

business stationary sources, shall be selected by the Governor to represent

small business stationary sources;

(c) Two (2) members shall be selected by the secretary of the Energy and

Environment Cabinet to represent that agency;

(d) One (1) membe r shall be selected by the secretary of the Cabinet for

Economic Development; and

(e) Four (4) members who are owners, or representatives of owners of small

business stationary sources, shall be selected by the Kentucky General

Assembly as follows:

1. One (1) member selected by the minority leadership and one (1) member

selected by the majority leadership of the Senate, and

2. One (1) member selected by the minority leadership and one (1) member

selected by the majority leadership of the House of Representatives.

(3) Members who were appointed before July 15, 1998, shall continue in office until

October 30, 1998. The Governor shall then designate the members who have been

appointed in accordance with subsection (2) of this section to serve initial terms as

follows:

(a) Three (3) members shall serve in office for four (4) years;

(b) Three (3) members shall serve in office for three (3) years;

(c) Three (3) members shall serve in office for two (2) years; and

(d) Two (2) members shall serve in office for one (1) year.

When those initial terms expire, members shall serve in office for four (4) year

terms.

(4) Any 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 panel shall receive no compensation, but shall be reimbursed for

actual expenses incurred in accordance with Kentucky statutes and administrative

regulations while performing official duties.

(6) The panel shall select one (1) of its members as chair and another as vice chair.

(7) Staff services for the panel shall be performed, insofar as practicable, by personnel

of the cabinet.