KRS 248.510: Tobacco research board membership -- Compensation -- Meetings --

Quorum.

(1) The Kentucky Tobacco Research Board is hereby created. The board shall be

composed of thirteen (13) voting members and one (1) nonvoting member as

follows:

(a) Ten (10) permanent members who shall be the following officeholders or

shall be designated by the following organizations: the Kentucky Farm Bureau

Federation; the Kentucky Innovations Commission; the commissioner of the

Kentucky Department of Agriculture; the dean of the University of Kentucky

College of Agriculture; the Burley Growers Cooperati ve Association; the

Council for Burley Tobacco; the Dark Fired Tobacco Association; the

Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation; the chairman of the Senate

Committee on Agriculture; and the chairman of the House Committee on

Agriculture and Small Busin ess. Each officeholder and organization shall

designate an alternate who is authorized to serve when the member cannot be

present at a meeting.

(b) Three (3) members at large, at least one (1) of whom is a tobacco farmer in

Kentucky and at least one (1) of whom has research and development

experience in the public or private sector, who shall be appointed by the

Governor with the advice and consent of the Legislative Research

Commission.

(c) One (1) nonvoting member from the University of Kentucky, who shall be the

University of Kentucky Vice President for Research, or the Vice President's

designee. The nonvoting member of the board may be counted in determining

a quorum, but the nonvoting member shall not vote on matters before the

board.

(2) No member of t he board shall receive any salary, fee, or other remuneration for his

services as a member of the board but each member shall be reimbursed for his

ordinary travel expenses, including meals and lodging, incurred in the performance

of his duties incident to implementation of the provisions of KRS 248.510 to

248.570.

(3) The term of the ten (10) members designated in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of

this section shall not change but they shall be permanent members in terms of the

organizations and offices n amed. At -large members and the tobacco industry

member shall serve two (2) year terms.

(4) The board shall elect, by a majority vote of the thirteen (13) voting members, a

chairman and a vice chair. The chairman shall be the presiding officer of the board,

shall preside at all meetings, and coordinate the functions and activities of the

board. The chairman shall be elected or reelected annually and shall be a permanent

member or an at -large member of the board. The vice chair shall conduct meetings

in the a bsence of the chairman. The board shall have such other organization as

deemed necessary and approved by the board.

(5) Meetings of the board shall be held at least quarterly but may be held more

frequently as deemed necessary subject to call by the chairm an or by request of a

majority of the board members. Board meetings shall concern, among other things,

policy matters relating to research projects and programs, research progress reports,

authorization of projects and financial plans, and such other matte rs as necessary to

carry out the intent of KRS 248.510 to 248.570.

(6) Seven (7) members of the board shall constitute a quorum for doing business. Each

member shall have one (1) vote and a majority vote of the members present shall

control on all questions.