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77.085 Election of chairman and vice chairman -- Secretary-treasurer and air
pollution control officer -- Deputies, assistants, and other employees.
(1) In a county containing a city of the first or second class, the air pollution control
board shall, in July of each year, elect from its members 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 college, 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 control 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 the 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 secretary-treasurer and the air pollution control officer, and
the times at which they shall be appointed.
Effective: July 15, 1994
History: Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 420, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1994. -- Created
1952 Ky. Acts ch. 53, sec. 19, effective March 14, 1952.