KRS 45A.860: Certification of circumstances that may or may not constitute violation of

statutes -- Retention and inspection of logs and evaluation sheets.

(1) After a winning underwriter or bond counsel contract has been awarded by the

secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet pursuant to KRS. 45A.853 and

45A.857, the executive director shall supply the name of the firm to each member

of the selection committee. The executive director shall also send a letter to each

firm which responded to the request f or proposals, informing the firm of the name

of the underwriter or bond counsel which has been awarded the contract.

(2) The secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet, executive director, head

of the relevant bond issuing agency, and each voting member of the selection

committee shall sign separate certificates, devised by the office, which shall certify

that, to the best of his knowledge, he is either aware or unaware of circumstances

which may constitute a willful violation of KRS 45A.840 to 45A .879 which has

arisen in the procurement process.

(3) Any employee of the Auditor of Public Accounts, who was appointed to serve as a

nonvoting member of the selection committee and who attended any committee

proceeding, shall participate in the preparation of a report for filing with the Capital

Projects and Bond Oversight Committee certifying that the applicable procedural

provisions of KRS 45A.840 to 45A.879 were, or were not, met. Before filing the

report, the employee or employees who participated in its preparation shall sign it.

(4) The Finance and Administration Cabinet shall retain the logs created pursuant to

KRS 45A.853(7)(c)4. and the completed selection evaluation sheets required by

KRS 45A.853(7)(c)5. The Finance and Administration Cabinet shal l permit the

public to inspect these documents. Each evaluation sheet and each log shall be

signed by the person who completed it. The cabinet shall permit the public to

inspect these documents and shall not black out the signature of the person who

signed the evaluation sheet or the log.