KRS 56.8163: Built-to-suit selection committee.

(1) A built -to-suit selection committee is hereby created in the Finance and

Administration Cabinet.

(2) The selection committee shall participate in every instance of the cabinet acquiring

space through built-to-suit.

(3) The initial selection committee shall consist of the following eight (8) members:

(a) One (1) merit employee of the Finance and Administration Cabinet, appointed

by the secretary of the cabinet, shall serve a one (1) year term.

(b) One (1) merit employee of the Finance and Administration Cabinet, appointed

by the secretary of the cabinet, shall serve a two (2) year term.

(c) One (1) merit employee of the Finance and Administration Cabinet, appointed

by the secretary of the cabinet, shall serve a three (3) year term.

(d) Except as provided for in subsection (4) of this section, two (2) merit

employees of the agency seeking the space, appointed by the head of that

agency, shall serve for the duration of the built -to-suit process involving their

agency.

(e) One (1) merit employee of the Auditor of Public Accounts, appointed by the

Auditor, shall serve as a nonvoting member of the committee for a four (4)

year term.

(f) One (1) private citizen, appointed by the secretary of the cabinet, shall serve a

one (1) year term.

(g) One (1) private citizen, appointed by the secretary of the cabinet, shall serve a

two (2) year term.

(4) If the agency seeking the space does not operate under a merit system, the head of

the agency shall appoint two (2) agency employees to the selection committee who

shall serve for the duration of the built-to-suit process involving their agency.

(5) All selection committee members shall have experience which qualifies them to

serve on the committee.

(6) (a) This paragraph shall apply to selection committee members other than thos e

appointed by the head of the agency seeking the space. After the initial terms

established in subsection (3) of this section have expired, all subsequent terms

shall last four (4) years, except that a person appointed to fill a vacancy prior

to the expiration of a term shall be appointed for the remainder of the term. A

selection committee member may succeed himself. He shall serve until his

successor is appointed and qualified. A successor or replacement, in the case

of a vacancy during an unexpired term, shall be appointed in the same manner

as the initial appointee.

(b) A selection committee member appointed by the head of the agency seeking

the space shall serve for the duration of the built -to-suit process involving his

agency, except that a person appointed to fill a vacancy prior to the expiration

of the process shall be appointed for the remainder of the process. In the case

of a vacancy during an unexpired term, a replacement shall be appointed in

the same manner as the initial appointee.