KRS 439.330: Duties of board.

(1) The board shall:

(a) Study the case histories of persons eligible for parole, and deliberate on that

record;

(b) Conduct reviews and hearings on the desirability of granting parole;

(c) Impose upon the parolee or conditional releasee such conditions as it sees fit;

(d) Order the granting of parole upon a two -thirds (2/3) vote of the membership

of the full board, or pursuant to KRS 439.320(5);

(e) Issue warrants for persons charged with violations of parole and

postincarceration supervision and conduct hearings on such charges, subject

to the provisions of KRS 439.341, 532.043, and 532.400;

(f) Determine the period of supervision for parolees, which period may be subject

to extension or reduction after recommendation of the cabinet is received and

considered; and

(g) Grant final discharge to parolees.

(2) The board shall adopt an official seal of which the courts shall take judicial notice.

(3) The orders of the board shall not be reviewable except as to compliance with the

terms of KRS 439.250 to 439.560.

(4) The board shall keep a record of its acts, an electronic record of its meetings, a

written record of the votes of individual members, and the reasons for denying

parole to inmates. These records shall be public records in accordance with KRS

61.870 to 61.884. The board shall notify each institution of its decisions relating to

the persons who are or have been confined in that institution, and shall submit to the

Governor a report with statistical and other data of its work at the close of each

fiscal year.