KRS 56.480: Engineers, appointments -- Studies of land and building needs -- Cost

estimates.

The cabinet may appoint qualified licensed engineers and qualified graduate engineers

may be appointed for a period not to exceed one (1) year without obtaining a license, who

shall perform duties delegated to them from time to time by the secretary of the Finance

and Administration Cabinet. The cabinet shall prepare necessary plans and specifications,

shall investigate and make studies of the comparative need and demand fo r acquiring

lands, or for the construction or reconstruction or structural maintenance of buildings, or

the purchase, installation or construction of equipment, facilities or furnishings incidental

or pertaining thereto, and shall make the estimates of cos t required in connection with or

incidental to the development, purchase, acquisition or construction of the foregoing. The

engineering staff shall give technical assistance and perform other duties the secretary of

the Finance and Administration Cabinet r equires. Review of construction plans for

conformance with the Uniform State Building Code shall be conducted by the

Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction.