KRS § 150.022 — KY Code / Title XII / Chapter 150 / Section 150.022
150.022 Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission -- Appointment processes and conditions -- Definition of "sportsman."
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150.022 Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission -- Appointment

processes and conditions -- Definition of "sportsman."

(1) The Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission shall consist of nine

(9) members, one (1) from each commission district, as set out by the commissioner

with the approval of the commission, and not more than five (5) of the same

political party.

(2) The Governor shall appoint the members of the commission subject to confirmation

by the Senate as described in subsection (3) of this section. Each of the members

shall be appointed for a term ending on December 31 of the fourth calendar year

following his or her appointment. A member whose reappointment is not confirmed

by the Senate while it is in session shall vacate his or her seat upon the date of sine

die adjournment of the session in which the confirmation was declined. Otherwise,

a member's term shall continue until his or her successor is duly appointed and

confirmed by the Senate, but no later than one (1) year following the expiration of

the member's term. If after one (1) year a successor has not been duly appointed and

confirmed by the Senate, the commissioner's seat for that district shall be vacant

until a successor is duly appointed and confirmed by the Senate. A member shall

serve no more than two (2) full terms, not including any partial term that a member

may additionally serve. A person who has been convicted of a felony offense, in

Kentucky or under the law of any other state, or any other law of the United States

shall not be eligible to serve on the commission.

(3) (a) Vacancies through the expiration of terms of the members of the commission

shall be filled by appointment by the Governor from a list of five (5) names

from each commission district, recommended and submitted by the sportsmen

of each respective district.

(b) When the term of a member expires, the commissioner shall call a meeting of

the sportsmen in that district not later than thirty (30) days prior to the

expiration of the member's term. Notice of the meeting shall be given by

publication pursuant to KRS Chapter 424.

(c) At the meeting, the sportsmen in attendance shall select and submit to the

Governor a list of five (5) residents and citizens of the district who have held

hunting and fishing licenses in Kentucky or another state for at least the

previous five (5) consecutive years, or who have been hunting and fishing in

the Commonwealth for the previous five (5) consecutive years while license-

exempt under KRS 150.170, and who are well informed on the subject of

wildlife conservation and restoration. Each sportsman may vote for one (1)

candidate only, and the list submitted to the Governor shall be made up of the

names of the five (5) candidates receiving the five (5) highest vote totals.

(d) The Governor shall appoint a successor to the member whose term has

expired no later than January 20 of the year following the year in which the

member's term expired.

(4) Upon appointment to the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission,

each commissioner shall execute a bond of one thousand dollars ($1,000) in favor

of the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, the premium on this bond to be

paid out of department funds.

(5) In the event of vacancies other than by expiration, the Governor shall fill the

vacancy for the unexpired part of the term from the names remaining on the list

previously submitted for the district from which the vacancy arose. An appointee

chosen under this subsection shall not serve on the commission until duly

confirmed by the Senate.

(6) Each member of the commission shall take the constitutional oath of office.

(7) The Governor shall remove any member of the commission for cause under

subsection (2) of this section and may remove a member of the commission for

nonfeasance, neglect of duty, or misconduct in office; but shall first deliver to the

member a copy of all charges in writing and afford to him or her an opportunity for

an administrative hearing to be conducted in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B.

(8) Each member of the commission shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual and

necessary traveling and other expenses incurred by him or her in the discharge of

his or her official duties and to be paid from the game and fish fund.

(9) A majority of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any

business, for the performance of any duty or for the exercise of any power vested in

the commission.

(10) The department shall have its principal office in Franklin County, and is authorized

to purchase all supplies, equipment, and printed forms and to issue any notices and

publications as the commissioner may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of

this chapter.

(11) The word "sportsman" as used in this section shall mean a resident hunter or

fisherman who has been licensed in Kentucky for each of the past two (2)

consecutive years.