56.8163 Built-to-suit selection committee. (1) A built-to-suit selection committee is hereby created in the Finance and Administration Cabinet. (2) The selection committee shall participate in every instance of the cabinet acquiring space through built-to-suit. (3) The initial selection committee shall consist of the following eight (8) members: (a) One (1) merit employee of the Finance and Administration Cabinet, appointed by the secretary of the cabinet, shall serve a one (1) year term. (b) One (1) merit employee of the Finance and Administration Cabinet, appointed by the secretary of the cabinet, shall serve a two (2) year term. (c) One (1) merit employee of the Finance and Administration Cabinet, appointed by the secretary of the cabinet, shall serve a three (3) year term. (d) Except as provided for in subsection (4) of this section, two (2) merit employees of the agency seeking the space, appointed by the head of that agency, shall serve for the duration of the built-to-suit process involving their agency. (e) One (1) merit employee of the Auditor of Public Accounts, appointed by the Auditor, shall serve as a nonvoting member of the committee for a four (4) year term. (f) One (1) private citizen, appointed by the secretary of the cabinet, shall serve a one (1) year term. (g) One (1) private citizen, appointed by the secretary of the cabinet, shall serve a two (2) year term. (4) If the agency seeking the space does not operate under a merit system, the head of the agency shall appoint two (2) agency employees to the selection committee who shall serve for the duration of the built-to-suit process involving their agency. (5) All selection committee members shall have experience which qualifies them to serve on the committee. (6) (a) This paragraph shall apply to selection committee members other than those appointed by the head of the agency seeking the space. After the initial terms established in subsection (3) of this section have expired, all subsequent terms shall last four (4) years, except that a person appointed to fill a vacancy prior to the expiration of a term shall be appointed for the remainder of the term. A selection committee member may succeed himself. He shall serve until his successor is appointed and qualified. A successor or replacement, in the case of a vacancy during an unexpired term, shall be appointed in the same manner as the initial appointee. (b) A selection committee member appointed by the head of the agency seeking the space shall serve for the duration of the built-to-suit process involving his agency, except that a person appointed to fill a vacancy prior to the expiration of the process shall be appointed for the remainder of the process. In the case of a vacancy during an unexpired term, a replacement shall be appointed in the same manner as the initial appointee. Effective: July 14, 1992 History: Created 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 54, sec. 2, effective July 14, 1992.