KRS 441.615: Kentucky Local Correctional Facilities Construction Authority --

Membership -- Corporate character -- Officers -- Staff -- Records.

(1) There is created and established within the Finance and Administration Cabinet a

Kentucky Local Correctional F acilities Construction Authority, composed of ten

(10) members who shall be:

(a) The secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet, or his designee;

(b) The commissioner of the Department of Corrections, or his designee;

(c) The designee of the Kentucky Jailers Association;

(d) The designee of the Kentucky County Judges/Executive Association;

(e) The designee of the Kentucky Association of Counties;

(f) The designee of the Kentucky Magistrates and Commissioners Association;

(g) Two (2) citizen members appointed by the Governor; and

(h) Two (2) members of the General Assembly appointed by the Governor.

(2) The ex officio members shall serve for the term of their respective office. The

legislative members of the authority shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.

(3) Citizen members shall begin their terms on August 1, 1982, and shall be appointed

for a term of four (4) years; however, in making initial appointments, the Governor

shall appoint one (1) member for a term of two (2) years, and one (1) member for a

term of three (3) years.

(4) Vacancies occurring in the term of any member shall be filled in the same manner

as the original appointment.

(5) The ten (10) members of this authority and their successors are a body corporate

and politic constituting a public corpo ration and governmental agency and

instrumentality of the Commonwealth, with perpetual succession and with power in

that name to contract and be contracted with, to acquire and convey property, to sue

and be sued, to have and use a corporate seal, and to e xercise all of the usual

powers of corporations not inconsistent with specifically enumerated powers.

(6) The members of the authority shall receive no compensation for their services, but

shall be entitled to reimbursement for all reasonable expenses nece ssary and

incidental to the performance of their duties and function as members of this

authority.

(7) The chairman of the authority shall be the secretary of finance. The members of the

authority shall elect a vice chairman and secretary from their membership.

(8) The secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet shall designate an

employee of his cabinet to serve as treasurer of the authority. The treasurer shall

give bond to the authority for a faithful accounting for all funds coming into his

custody, in the amount the authority may prescribe, drawn upon a surety company

qualified to do business in the Commonwealth, the premium to be paid by the

Commonwealth.

(9) The authority shall establish and maintain an office and the secretary of the

authority shall maintain there complete records of the authority's actions and

proceedings, as public records open to inspection. The Finance and Administration

Cabinet shall provide the funds, staff assistants, facilities, and materials required by

the authority in the conduct of its duties and functions. The secretary of the Finance

and Administration Cabinet may require the Department of Corrections to share in

the expenses incurred by the Finance and Administration Cabinet in maintaining

and operating offices of the authority.