24RS HB 686

House Bill 686

Actions

Last Action	02/23/24: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Authority for Educational Television and declaring an emergency.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Bill Request Number	1747
Sponsor	DJ Johnson
Summary of Original Version	Amend KRS 168.040 to revise the membership requirements of the Kentucky Authority for Educational Television; require members appointed by the Governor be confirmed by the Senate; require the executive director of the authority to recommend a member of the arts community with at least five years experience in a profession pertaining to arts and culture to the Governor, and require Senate confirmation of the appointment; provide that the term of any member appointed by the Governor who has been employed with the executive branch of state government within one year of the appointment expire as of the effective date of the Act; require, as of the effective date of the Act, the term of any member to expire if he or she is one of three or more members representing the same Supreme Court district; require that new appointments or reappointments made by the Governor reflect equal representation of the two sexes, proportional representation of the two leading political parties based on voter registration, the minority racial composition of the Commonwealth, and be confirmed by the Senate; require that no appointment made by the Governor be an employee of the executive branch of state government within one year of his or her appointment, and that no more than two members represent the same Supreme Court district; amend KRS 168.050 to prescribe the term lengths for newly appointed members; amend KRS 168.060 and 168.070 to conform; EMERGENCY.
Index Headings of Original Version	Education, Elementary and Secondary - Kentucky Authority for Educational Television, membership Education, Elementary and Secondary - Kentucky Department of Education commissioner or designee, KET board, membership Education, Higher - Council on Postsecondary Education president or designee, KET board, addition Education, Higher - Council on Postsecondary Education, KET board, staff member, addition Effective Dates, Emergency - Kentucky Authority for Educational Television, membership General Assembly - Kentucky Authority for Educational Television, board members, confirmation Governor - Kentucky Authority for Educational Television, membership State Agencies - Council on Postsecondary Education president or designee, KET board, addition State Agencies - Council on Postsecondary Education, KET board, staff member, addition State Agencies - Kentucky Authority for Educational Television, executive director appointment, addition State Agencies - Kentucky Department of Education commissioner or designee, KET board, membership State Employees - Council on Postsecondary Education, KET board, staff member, addition Television and Radio - Kentucky Authority for Educational Television, membership Universities and Colleges - Council on Postsecondary Education president or designee, KET board, addition Universities and Colleges - Council on Postsecondary Education, KET board, staff member, addition Boards and Commissions - Kentucky Authority for Educational Television, executive director appointment, addition Boards and Commissions - Kentucky Authority for Educational Television, membership