Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XVIII. Public Health § 224.18-710.Interstate Water Sanitation Board

(1) A three (3) member Interstate Water Sanitation Board is established. The members of the board shall serve as Kentucky's members of interstate water sanitation control commissions created by compacts to which Kentucky is a party, which compacts are composed of states forming a river basin, and which compacts require a three (3) member representation from each state. The Governor shall appoint one (1) of the board members, who shall be a resident and citizen of this state. The member shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years, and shall hold office until his successor is appointed and qualified, subject to removal at the pleasure of the Governor. The Lieutenant Governor and the secretary of the Energy and Environment Cabinet shall, ex officio, be the second and third members of the board. Except as otherwise provided by the respective compacts, an ex officio member may delegate to any deputy or other subordinate in his cabinet the power to be present and participate, including the right to vote, as his representative or substitute at any meeting, hearing or other proceeding of the commissions.

(2) The membership of the first Interstate Water Sanitation Board shall be composed of the membership of the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission existing on June 19, 1958, and the terms of the appointed members shall be effective from the date of their appointment to the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission.