# KRS § 439.320: 439.320 Parole board -- Members' qualifications, terms, compensation -- Chairperson -- Administrative regulations -- Quorum > Kentucky · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.320 ## Section - **Citation:** KRS § 439.320 - **Heading:** 439.320 Parole board -- Members' qualifications, terms, compensation -- Chairperson -- Administrative regulations -- Quorum - **Jurisdiction:** Kentucky - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** KY Code / Title XL / Chapter 439 / Section 439.320 ## Text 439.320 Parole board -- Members' qualifications, terms, compensation -- Chairperson -- Administrative regulations -- Quorum. (1) (a) The Governor shall appoint a Parole Board consisting of nine (9) full-time members to be confirmed by the Senate in accordance with KRS 11.160. (b) The Governor shall make each appointment from a list of three (3) names given to him or her by the Kentucky State Corrections Commission. (c) Each member appointed to the board shall have had at least five (5) years of actual experience in the field of penology, correction work, law enforcement, sociology, law, education, social work, medicine, or a combination thereof, or have served at least five (5) years previously on the Parole Board. (d) No more than six (6) board members shall be of the same political party. (e) The board shall be attached to the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet for administrative purposes only. The Department of Corrections shall provide any clerical, stenographic, administrative, and expert staff assistance the board deems necessary to carry out its duties. (2) The Governor shall designate one (1) member as chairperson of the board. The member designated as chairperson shall serve in that capacity at the pleasure of the Governor or until his or her term expires. (3) (a) The members of the board shall give full time to the duties of their office and shall receive necessary traveling expenses and a salary to be determined pursuant to KRS 64.640(2), except the chairperson of the board shall receive additional compensation of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per year for his or her services. (b) The members of the board shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor, but for no more than four (4) years without reappointment. Their successors shall be appointed thereafter as provided in this section. A vacancy occurring before expiration of the term of office shall be similarly filled for the unexpired term. (4) The organization of the board shall be determined by the chairperson and shall be consistent with administrative regulations promulgated pursuant to KRS 439.340. For policy and procedural matters, five (5) members shall constitute a quorum. (5) Parole and final parole revocation hearings may be done by panels of the board, subject to the following requirements: (a) A panel shall consist of not less than three (3) and not more than six (6) members; and (b) All members of the panel shall agree on a decision or the matter shall be referred to the full board. (6) The Governor may not remove any member of the board except for disability, inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office. Before removal, he or she shall give the member a written copy of the charges against him or her and shall fix the time when he or she can be heard in his or her defense, which shall not be less than ten (10) days thereafter. Upon removal, the Governor shall file in the office of the Secretary of State a complete statement of all charges made against the member and the findings thereupon with a record of the proceedings. ## Nearby sections - [KRS § 439.177 439.177 Parole privileges for certain misdemeanants -- Duties of sentencing judge](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.177.md) - [KRS § 439.179 439.179 Release of misdemeanants -- Purposes for which permitted -- Earnings of prisoner, records, and disposition -- Authority of District Judge and jailer](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.179.md) - [KRS § 439.250 439.250 Definitions for KRS 439.250 to 439.560](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.250.md) - [KRS § 439.265 439.265 Shock probation in felony conviction -- Procedure -- Exclusions -- Comprehensive sex offender presentence evaluation -- Exercise of authority](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.265.md) - [KRS § 439.267 439.267 Shock probation in misdemeanor convictions -- Procedure -- Exercise of authority -- Availability for sexual offenders](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.267.md) - [KRS § 439.268 439.268 Probation program credits](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.268.md) - [KRS § 439.310 439.310 Administration of probation and parole laws](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.310.md) - [KRS § 439.315 439.315 Payment of fee by released person -- Amount -- Waiver of payment -- Applicable to persons released by county containing a city of the first class or urban-county government](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.315.md) - [KRS § 439.320 439.320 Parole board -- Members' qualifications, terms, compensation -- Chairperson -- Administrative regulations -- Quorum](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.320.md) - [KRS § 439.330 439.330 Duties of board](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.330.md) - [KRS § 439.331 439.331 Risk and needs assessment of criminal risk factors of parole-eligible inmates](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.331.md) - [KRS § 439.335 439.335 Scientific means of personality analysis to be used to establish level, intensity, terms, and conditions of supervision](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.335.md) - [KRS § 439.340 439.340 Parole of prisoners confined in adult penal or correctional institutions, halfway houses, and reentry centers -- Notice of prisoner's parole to be given to certain law enforcement officers, and to victims or their next of kin](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.340.md) - [KRS § 439.341 439.341 Probable cause revocation hearings of probation, parole, and postincarceration supervision violators](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.341.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.320. 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