KRS 77.085: Election of chairman and vice chairman -- Secretary-treasurer and air

pollution control officer -- Deputies, assistants, and other employees.

(1) An air pollution control board operating under KRS 77.070 shall, in July of each

year, elect from its me mbers a chairman and a vice chairman who shall be of

different political party affiliation. The board shall employ a competent secretary -

treasurer and an air pollution control officer, neither of whom shall be a member of

the board. The secretary -treasurer and the air pollution control officer shall devote

their entire time and attention exclusively to the services of the board.

(2) The air pollution control officer shall be an engineer by profession and shall be a

graduate of a recognized university or col lege, shall be thoroughly familiar with the

theory and practice of the prevention and control of air pollution, and shall meet the

qualifications for a nonelective peace officer stated in KRS 61.300.

(3) The secretary-treasurer and the air pollution contro l officer may be removed by the

board, for cause, after hearing by it and after at least ten (10) days notice in writing

shall have been given to the secretary -treasurer or the air pollution control officer,

as the case may be, which notice shall embrace t he charges preferred against the

person. At the hearing the person may be represented by counsel. The finding of the

board shall be final.

(4) The board may provide for assistants, deputies, clerks, attaches, and other persons

to be employed by the secreta ry-treasurer and the air pollution control officer, and

the times at which they shall be appointed.