KRS 40.450: Powers and duties of Department of Military Affairs -- Administration of

veterans' program trust fund by Department of Veterans' Affairs.

The Department of Military Affairs, Commonwealth of Kentucky, shall administer the

provisions of KRS 40.410 to 40.560 and shall:

(1) Prepare and make available forms on which applications for the bonus shall be

made;

(2) Employ such additional personnel as may be required for orderly and expeditious

administration;

(3) Promulgate all administrative regulations require d for the effective administration

of KRS 40.410 to 40.560, except as it relates to the veterans' program trust fund

established in KRS 40.460(2), which shall be administered by the Kentucky

Department of Veterans' Affairs. The Kentucky Department of Veter ans' Affairs

shall have authority to promulgate administrative regulations for the administration

of the veterans' program trust fund;

(4) Report annually to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission within

sixty (60) days after the end of each fiscal year during its administration of KRS

40.410 to 40.560; and

(5) Report to the Governor and to the Legislative Research Commission not later than

the thirtieth day prior to the beginning of the 1990 Regular Session of the General

Assembly, and each t hirty (30) days thereafter until adjournment of the 1990

Regular Session of the General Assembly, concerning the following:

(a) The number of claims which have been submitted;

(b) The number of claims which have been approved for payment;

(c) The number of claims which are subject to further review; and

(d) An accounting for the funds which have been spent in the administration of

KRS 40.410 to 40.560.