Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, March 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 67.680, 67.682, 381.697
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 67.682 mandates that
the Department for Local Government promulgate administrative regulations
governing county cemetery boards and creating and administering a Commonwealth
of Kentucky county cemetery fund. This administrative regulation establishes
the criteria for receipt of grants from the county cemetery fund.
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "Department" means the Department for
Local Government.
(2) "Division"
means the Division of Local Resources, Department for Local
Government.
(3) "Director" means
the Director of the Division of Local Resources, Department for Local
Government.
(4) "Eligible county"
means a county which has established a county cemetery board pursuant to KRS 67.680 and this administrative regulation.
(5) "KCPFB" means the Kentucky Cemetery
Preservation Fund Board.
Section
2. County Cemetery Board Appointments. The appointment term of
each county cemetery board member shall be four (4) years, except for initial
appointment terms. Initial appointment terms shall be as follows: two (2)
members appointed to a one (1) year term; two (2) members appointed to two (2)
year terms; and one (1) member appointed to a three (3) year term.
Section 3. Kentucky Cemetery Preservation
Fund Board.
(1) The Kentucky Cemetery
Preservation Fund Board is hereby created to administer the county cemetery
fund. KCPFB members shall be as follows:
(a)
Commissioner of the department or the commissioner's designee,
chairperson;
(b) Executive Director
of the Kentucky Heritage Council or the executive director's
designee;
(c) Executive Director of
the Kentucky Historical Society or the executive director's designee;
(d) Executive Director of the Kentucky
Association of Counties or the executive director's designee; and
(e) Chairperson of the Kentucky
African-American Heritage Commission or the chairperson's designee.
(2) The KCPFB shall meet at the
direction of the chairperson to review eligible projects. The determination of
projects to be funded and the project funding amount shall be at the discretion
of the KCPFB.
Section 4.
Grants. An eligible county may submit a Kentucky Cemetery Preservation Fund
Application Form to the Division for review by the KCPFB.
Section 5. Incorporation by Reference.
(1) "Kentucky Cemetery Preservation Fund
Application Form", 12/02, is incorporated by reference.
(2) This material may be inspected, copied,
or obtained, subject to applicable copyright law, at the offices of the
Department for Local Government, 1024 Capital Center Drive, Suite 340,
Frankfort, Kentucky 40601, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 67.682
