{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-136.658","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 136.658","heading":"Local Distribution Fund Oversight Committee -- Creation and duties.","body":"(1) The Local Distribution Fund Oversight Committee is hereby created and\nadministratively attached to and staffed by the department. The oversight committee\nshall consist of nine (9) members appointed by the Governor and shall be\nrepresentative of local gove rnment and state government officials. The Governor\nshall receive recommendations for four (4) members each from the Kentucky\nAssociation of Counties and the Kentucky League of Cities from which the\nGovernor shall select two (2) members each. The Governor shall receive\nrecommendations for two (2) members each from the Kentucky School Board\nAssociation, the Kentucky Superintendents Association, and the Kentucky School\nAdministrators Association from which the Governor shall select one (1) member\neach. One (1) member shall be appointed by the Governor to represent the interests\nof special districts other than school districts. The remaining member shall be the\ncommissioner of the Department for Local Government, who shall serve as\nchairperson of the oversight committee. The members shall serve for a term of three\n(3) years. Five (5) members of the oversight committee shall constitute a quorum. A\nmember may be removed for cause in accordance with procedures established by\nthe oversight committee and shall serve without salary but shall be reimbursed for\nexpenses in the same manner as state employees. Any vacancy occurring on the\noversight committee shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired term.\n(2) The duties of the oversight committee shall be:\n(a) To m onitor the department's implementation and distribution of funds from\nthe gross revenues and excise tax fund and the state baseline and local growth\nfund and to report its findings to the commissioner of the department; and\n(b) To act as a finder of fact for the commissioner of the department in disputes in\nand between political subdivisions, school districts, special districts, and\nsheriff departments, and between political subdivisions, school districts,\nspecial districts, and sheriff departments, and the  department regarding the\nimplementation and distribution of funds from the gross revenues and excise\ntax fund and the state baseline and local growth fund.\n(3) The department shall provide the oversight committee with an annual report\nreflecting the amounts distributed to each participating political subdivision, school\ndistrict, special district, or sheriff department.\n(4) Any political subdivision, school district, special district, or sheriff department may\nfile a complaint and request a hearing with th e oversight committee on a form\nprescribed by the committee. The oversight committee shall give notice to any\npolitical subdivision, school district, special district, or sheriff department that may\nbe affected by the complaint. Any political subdivision, school district, special\ndistrict, or sheriff department intending to respond to the complaint shall do so in\nwriting within thirty (30) days of notice of the complaint.\n(5) In conducting its business:\n(a) The oversight committee shall give due notice of t he times and places of its\nhearings;\n(b) The parties shall be entitled to be heard, to present evidence, and to examine\nand cross-examine witnesses;\n(c) The oversight committee shall act by majority vote;\n(d) The oversight committee shall adopt and publish  rules of procedure and\npractice regarding its hearings; and\n(e) The oversight committee shall make written findings and recommendations to\nthe commissioner of the department.\n(6) The commissioner of the department shall review the findings and\nrecommendations of the oversight committee and issue a final ruling within sixty\n(60) days of receipt of the recommendations.\n(7) The parties in the dispute shall have the rights and duties to appeal any final ruling\nto the Board of Tax Appeals under KRS 49.220.\n(8) Nothing contained in this section shall prevent at any time a written compromise of\nany matter or matters in dispute, if otherwise lawful, by the parties to the hearing\nprocess.","path":["KRS Chapter 136"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=51508","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:50:28Z","sha256":"8cee0a712140d2725cf3e90cc6ee0ec6a2bdce0a61d57dd4aa554a6d0e68896d","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-136.656","next":"us-ky/krs-136.660"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}