KRS 248.580: Kentucky Tobacco Research and Development Center -- Use of certain

state funds.

(1) The Kentucky Tobacco Research and Development Center is hereby created.

(2) The Kentucky Tobacco Research and Development Center is to be overseen by the

Kentucky Toba cco Research Board and shall undertake not only research into

tobacco but also other research having related or complementary interests, including

but not limited to commercialization potential of tobacco and plant research, plant

natural products research and research into development of new crops based on

tobacco and other plants.

(3) The Kentucky Tobacco Research and Development Center may share its physical

facility with other research operations having these and similar interests, subject to

approval of the Kentucky Tobacco Research Board.

(4) State funds appropriated by the General Assembly under KRS 248.510 to 248.570

shall be used solely for research conducted by, or operations of, the Kentucky

Tobacco Research and Development Center and the Kentucky Tobacco Research

Board.