154.10.050 Secretary as chief executive officer -- Duties and responsibilities. - Kentucky Statutes

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154.10-050 Secretary as chief executive officer -- Duties and responsibilities. (1) The secretary shall be the chief executive officer of the Cabinet for Economic Development and shall possess the professional qualifications appropriate for that
office as determined by the board. (2) The board shall set the salary of the secretary, which shall be exempt from state employee salary limitations as set forth in KRS 64.640. (3) The secretary shall be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the cabinet and shall report and submit on an annual basis implementation plans to the board as
provided in KRS 154.10-060; submit the strategic plan for economic development
to the board in accordance with the provisions of KRS 154.10-120 and 154.10-125;
submit program evaluation reports to the board in accordance with the provisions of
KRS 154.10-140; carry out policy and program directives of the board; coordinate
programs of the cabinet with all other agencies of state government having
economic development responsibilities; hire all other personnel of the cabinet
consistent with state law; and carry out all other duties and responsibilities assigned
by state law. (4) The secretary shall prepare and submit the proposed budget of the cabinet to the chairman who shall present it to the board for final approval. Upon approval, the
board shall submit the proposed budget to the Governor's Office for Policy and
Management. (5) The secretary shall be reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of all assigned duties and responsibilities. (6) The secretary shall, in carrying out the duties and responsibilities of the office and in administering the programs in KRS 154.12-216 to 154.12-278, give highest
priority consideration in marketing, targeting, and recruiting new businesses, in
expanding existing businesses, and in recommending state economic development
loans, grants, and incentive programs administered by the authority, to Kentucky
counties which have had an average countywide rate of unemployment of fifteen
percent (15%) or greater in the most recent twelve (12) consecutive months for
which unemployment figures are available, on the basis of the final unemployment
figures calculated by the Office of Employment and Training within the Department
of Workforce Investment within the Education and Workforce Development
Cabinet. Effective: June 25, 2009
History: Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 11, sec. 31, effective June 25, 2009. -- Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 62, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 2002 Ky. Acts
ch. 65, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2002. -- Created 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 105, sec. 7,
effective July 14, 1992.