KRS 42.655: Geographic information clearinghouse -- Availability to state agencies --

Administrative regulations.

(1) The geographic information clearinghouse maintained by the Division of

Geographic Information Systems shall be the sole database of geogr aphic

information maintained by state agencies. The Division of Geographic Information

Systems shall make the clearinghouse available to all state agencies.

(2) The division shall make all reasonable efforts to collect and present geographic

information in a manner that meets the needs of all state agencies.

(3) Pursuant to the procedures described in KRS 12.090, any head of a state agency

may request modifications to the methods of geographic information collection and

presentation utilized by the Division of Geographic Information Systems to meet

the needs of the state agency.

(4) State agencies shall, whenever possible, request and use nonlicensed geographic

information in order to allow the Division of Geographic Information Systems to

effectively discha rge its statutory responsibility to maintain an accurate and

complete central statewide geographic information clearinghouse for official state

use.

(5) State agencies shall, whenever possible, consolidate their requests for the collection,

purchase, or cr eation of geographic information into multiagency projects to

minimize redundancy within the clearinghouse and to lower overall costs.

(6) The Division of Geographic Information Systems may promulgate necessary

administrative regulations for the furtherance of this section.