{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-163.506","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 163.506","heading":"Commission  on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing -- Membership  -- Terms","body":"-- Compensation.\n(1) The Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing shall consist of:\n(a) Seven (7) members  appointed by the Governor as follows:\n1. One  (1) audiologist chosen from a list of three (3) names submitted\nby the Kentucky Speech and Hearing Association;\n2. Three (3) hard of hearing or deaf persons chosen from a list of six\n(6) names submitted by the Kentucky Association of the Deaf;\n3. One  (1) deaf or hard of hearing person chosen from a list of three\n(3) names  submitted by the Kentucky Chapter of the Alexander\nGraham  Bell Association for the Deaf, the initial appointment to be\nfor a one (1) year term;\n4. One  (1) hard of hearing or deaf person chosen from a list of three\n(3) names submitted by the Kentucky members  of Self Help for Hard\nof Hearing People, the initial appointment to be for a two (2) year\nterm; and\n5. One  (1) deaf, late-deafened, or hard of hearing person chosen from\na list of three (3) names  submitted by the American Association of\nRetired Persons, the initial appointment to be for a two (2) year term;\n(b) One  (1) representative of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services\nappointed by the secretary;\n(c) The secretary of the Education and Labor Cabinet or his designee;\n(d) The president of the Kentucky Association for the Deaf or his designee;\n(e) The president of the Kentucky Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf or his\ndesignee; and\n(f) Three (3) persons appointed by the Commission on the Deaf and Hard of\nHearing as constituted in subsections (1)(a) through (1)(e) of this section,\nappointed as follows:\n1. One  (1) parent of a hard of hearing or deaf child;\n2. One  (1) representative of a public or private organization providing\nconsistent services to the deaf and hard of hearing; and\n3. One  (1) member  at large.\n(2) All members  shall serve three (3) year terms except state officials or their\ndesignees who  shall serve during their terms of office. Of the members\nappointed pursuant to subsection (1)(a)2. through (1)(a)5. and subsection (1)(f)\nof this section, no more than three (3) of those members  shall have terms\nbeginning in the same year. Any person who is a member  of the commission\non July 13, 1990, shall serve until he resigns or until his term expires.\n(3) Each  member  of the commission shall be reimbursed for his necessary travel\nand other expenses actually incurred in the discharge of his duties.","path":["KRS Chapter 163"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=52391","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:13Z","sha256":"372e91889ca95429dec7cdb5e08d607ac31c8830753623a85d9fdd35cb023fcc","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-163.505","next":"us-ky/krs-163.510"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}