# KRS § 224A.030: 224A.030 Creation of Kentucky Infrastructure Authority -- Membership > Kentucky · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVIII_C224A_S224A.030 ## Section - **Citation:** KRS § 224A.030 - **Heading:** 224A.030 Creation of Kentucky Infrastructure Authority -- Membership - **Jurisdiction:** Kentucky - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 224A / Section 224A.030 ## Text 224A.030 Creation of Kentucky Infrastructure Authority -- Membership. (1) There is hereby created the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority, which authority shall be a body corporate and politic, constituting a public corporation and a governmental agency and instrumentality of the state. The affairs of the authority shall be managed and carried out by a board consisting of eleven (11) members. The secretaries of the Economic Development, Finance and Administration, and Energy and Environment Cabinets; the executive director of the Public Service Commission; and the commissioner of the Department for Local Government shall serve as ex officio members of the authority. The secretaries, the executive director, and the commissioner may designate alternates. The Governor shall additionally appoint six (6) at-large members. One (1) member shall be selected from a list of three (3) nominees submitted by the Kentucky Association of Counties, two (2) members selected from a list of six (6) nominees submitted by the Kentucky League of Cities, one (1) of whom shall represent a municipal utility that provides water and wastewater service, one (1) member selected from a list of three (3) nominees submitted by the Kentucky Rural Water Association, one (1) member representing for-profit private water companies, and one (1) member selected from a list of three (3) nominees submitted by the Kentucky section of the American Water Works Association. As the terms of the at-large members expire, the Governor shall appoint successors for terms of four (4) years and until their successors are appointed. The members shall constitute the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority, with power in that name to contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, have and use a corporate seal, and exercise, in addition to the powers and functions specifically stated in this chapter, all of the usual powers of private corporations to the extent that the powers are not inconsistent with specifically enumerated powers of the authority. In the carrying out of its purposes and the exercise by it of the powers conferred by this chapter, the authority is deemed and declared to be performing essential governmental functions and public purposes of the state. (2) The members of the authority shall receive no compensation for their services in their official capacity but shall be entitled to reimbursement for all reasonable expenses necessarily incurred in connection with performance of their duties and functions as authority members. (3) Six (6) members of the authority shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and in the absence of a quorum, one (1) or more members may adjourn from time to time until a quorum is convened. The members of the authority shall choose from their ranks a chair and a vice chair. The authority shall elect a secretary and a treasurer who shall not be members of the authority, each of whom shall serve at the pleasure of the authority and shall receive compensation as may be determined by the authority. (4) (a) The authority shall, for administrative purposes, be attached to the Department for Local Government, which shall provide any office space required by the authority. (b) The secretary of the authority shall at all times maintain therein complete records of all of the authority's actions and proceedings which shall constitute public records open to inspection at all reasonable times. ## Nearby sections - [KRS § 224A.011 224A.011 Definitions for chapter](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVIII_C224A_S224A.011.md) - [KRS § 224A.013 224A.013 Remediation of property as qualified infrastructure project](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVIII_C224A_S224A.013.md) - [KRS § 224A.020 224A.020 Legislative finding as to infrastructure projects](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVIII_C224A_S224A.020.md) - [KRS § 224A.030 224A.030 Creation of Kentucky Infrastructure Authority -- Membership](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVIII_C224A_S224A.030.md) - [KRS § 224A.035 224A.035 Purpose and status of Kentucky Infrastructure Authority](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVIII_C224A_S224A.035.md) - [KRS § 224A.040 224A.040 Construction or acquisition of infrastructure projects or improvement of public drinking water and wastewater systems](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVIII_C224A_S224A.040.md) - [KRS § 224A.050 224A.050 Use of funds](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVIII_C224A_S224A.050.md) - [KRS § 224A.060 224A.060 Authority is taxing district -- Power to levy taxes](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVIII_C224A_S224A.060.md) - [KRS § 224A.070 224A.070 Powers](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVIII_C224A_S224A.070.md) - [KRS § 224A.080 224A.080 Correlative powers of other governmental agencies](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVIII_C224A_S224A.080.md) - [KRS § 224A.085 224A.085 Interim financing](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVIII_C224A_S224A.085.md) - [KRS § 224A.090 224A.090 Payment of study expenses from revenue bond proceeds](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVIII_C224A_S224A.090.md) - [KRS § 224A.100 224A.100 Assistance agreements -- Contents -- Review by legislative committee](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVIII_C224A_S224A.100.md) - [KRS § 224A.110 224A.110 Deposit of moneys -- Use of revenues](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVIII_C224A_S224A.110.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVIII_C224A_S224A.030. 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