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164.6017 Council's powers and duties to carry out the purposes of KRS 164.6019 to 164.6041 and related statutes. (1) The Council on Postsecondary Education shall have all the powers and authority, not explicitly prohibited by statute, necessary and convenient to carry out and <br>effectuate the purposes of KRS 164.6019 to 164.6041, including but not limited to: <br>(a) Entering into contracts or agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties, functions, and responsibilities; and (b) Soliciting, borrowing, accepting, receiving, and expending funds from any public or private source, including but not limited to general fund <br>appropriations of the Commonwealth, grants, or contributions of money, <br>property, labor, or other things of value to be used to carry out the programs' <br>operations, functions, and responsibilities; and (c) Notwithstanding the provisions in paragraph (a) of this subsection, the commissioner of the Department of Commercialization and Innovation shall <br>approve the contracts issued by the Council on Postsecondary Education <br>regarding the structure of programs and funding levels in those programs <br>administered by a science and technology organization and created in KRS <br>154.12-320, 164.6021, 164.6029, and 164.6037. (2) The council may expend money in the funds created in KRS 164.6019, 164.6027, and 164.6035 for reasonable administrative expenses directly incurred in carrying <br>out the requirements of KRS 164.6019 to 164.6041. It is the intent of the General <br>Assembly that the funds created in KRS 164.6019, 164.6027, and 164.6035 be used, <br>to the fullest extent possible, to directly fund project costs. It is also the intent of the <br>General Assembly that the first priority of expenditures of any excess revenues <br>generated from the funds created in KRS 164.6019, 164.6027, and 164.6035 is to <br>replenish general fund appropriations for those same purposes. (3) The council shall contract with a science and technology organization to administer the programs created in KRS 164.6021, 164.6029, and 164.6037. The council shall <br>approve the application criteria, the process for submission of an application, and <br>the structure and type of outside expertise or peer review used in the application <br>review process in the programs created in KRS 164.6021, 164.6029, and 164.6037. (4) No member of the council or the science and technology organization or other administering entity, or their employees or outside experts or their immediate family <br>members, shall directly or indirectly financially benefit in any award, contract, or <br>agreement under the programs. (5) The council shall submit an annual report prior to October 15 to the Kentucky Innovation Commission, the Governor, and the General Assembly detailing its work <br>related to the programs created in KRS 164.6021, 164.6029, and 164.6037. The <br>annual report shall be coordinated with the monitoring report by the Department of <br>Commercialization and Innovation indicating progress made through investments, <br>and shall include but not be limited to reporting on the progress made in achieving <br>each program's purposes, qualitative and quantitative information concerning the <br>applications received, projects approved and undertaken, companies served, and funding amounts invested in each project or program, as appropriate, and findings <br>and recommendations to increase each program's effectiveness in achieving its <br>purposes. (6) All records related to the administration of the programs created in KRS 164.6021, 164.6029, and 164.6037 shall be deemed property of the council and shall be <br>deemed open records and subject to public inspection under KRS 61.870 to 61.884. <br>Any research that involves or is a patent, trade secret, or other legally protectable <br>interest shall be exempt from inspection until such time as the intellectual property <br>rights have been fully protected. Effective: July 12, 2006 <br>History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 210, sec. 11, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 181, sec. 15, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 2002 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 230, sec. 32, effective July 15, 2002. -- Created 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 522, sec. 4, <br>effective July 14, 2000.

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164.6017 Council's powers and duties to carry out the purposes of KRS 164.6019 to 164.6041 and related statutes. (1) The Council on Postsecondary Education shall have all the powers and authority, not explicitly prohibited by statute, necessary and convenient to carry out and <br>effectuate the purposes of KRS 164.6019 to 164.6041, including but not limited to: <br>(a) Entering into contracts or agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties, functions, and responsibilities; and (b) Soliciting, borrowing, accepting, receiving, and expending funds from any public or private source, including but not limited to general fund <br>appropriations of the Commonwealth, grants, or contributions of money, <br>property, labor, or other things of value to be used to carry out the programs' <br>operations, functions, and responsibilities; and (c) Notwithstanding the provisions in paragraph (a) of this subsection, the commissioner of the Department of Commercialization and Innovation shall <br>approve the contracts issued by the Council on Postsecondary Education <br>regarding the structure of programs and funding levels in those programs <br>administered by a science and technology organization and created in KRS <br>154.12-320, 164.6021, 164.6029, and 164.6037. (2) The council may expend money in the funds created in KRS 164.6019, 164.6027, and 164.6035 for reasonable administrative expenses directly incurred in carrying <br>out the requirements of KRS 164.6019 to 164.6041. It is the intent of the General <br>Assembly that the funds created in KRS 164.6019, 164.6027, and 164.6035 be used, <br>to the fullest extent possible, to directly fund project costs. It is also the intent of the <br>General Assembly that the first priority of expenditures of any excess revenues <br>generated from the funds created in KRS 164.6019, 164.6027, and 164.6035 is to <br>replenish general fund appropriations for those same purposes. (3) The council shall contract with a science and technology organization to administer the programs created in KRS 164.6021, 164.6029, and 164.6037. The council shall <br>approve the application criteria, the process for submission of an application, and <br>the structure and type of outside expertise or peer review used in the application <br>review process in the programs created in KRS 164.6021, 164.6029, and 164.6037. (4) No member of the council or the science and technology organization or other administering entity, or their employees or outside experts or their immediate family <br>members, shall directly or indirectly financially benefit in any award, contract, or <br>agreement under the programs. (5) The council shall submit an annual report prior to October 15 to the Kentucky Innovation Commission, the Governor, and the General Assembly detailing its work <br>related to the programs created in KRS 164.6021, 164.6029, and 164.6037. The <br>annual report shall be coordinated with the monitoring report by the Department of <br>Commercialization and Innovation indicating progress made through investments, <br>and shall include but not be limited to reporting on the progress made in achieving <br>each program's purposes, qualitative and quantitative information concerning the <br>applications received, projects approved and undertaken, companies served, and funding amounts invested in each project or program, as appropriate, and findings <br>and recommendations to increase each program's effectiveness in achieving its <br>purposes. (6) All records related to the administration of the programs created in KRS 164.6021, 164.6029, and 164.6037 shall be deemed property of the council and shall be <br>deemed open records and subject to public inspection under KRS 61.870 to 61.884. <br>Any research that involves or is a patent, trade secret, or other legally protectable <br>interest shall be exempt from inspection until such time as the intellectual property <br>rights have been fully protected. Effective: July 12, 2006 <br>History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 210, sec. 11, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 181, sec. 15, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 2002 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 230, sec. 32, effective July 15, 2002. -- Created 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 522, sec. 4, <br>effective July 14, 2000.

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164.6017 Council's powers and duties to carry out the purposes of KRS 164.6019 to 164.6041 and related statutes. (1) The Council on Postsecondary Education shall have all the powers and authority, not explicitly prohibited by statute, necessary and convenient to carry out and <br>effectuate the purposes of KRS 164.6019 to 164.6041, including but not limited to: <br>(a) Entering into contracts or agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties, functions, and responsibilities; and (b) Soliciting, borrowing, accepting, receiving, and expending funds from any public or private source, including but not limited to general fund <br>appropriations of the Commonwealth, grants, or contributions of money, <br>property, labor, or other things of value to be used to carry out the programs' <br>operations, functions, and responsibilities; and (c) Notwithstanding the provisions in paragraph (a) of this subsection, the commissioner of the Department of Commercialization and Innovation shall <br>approve the contracts issued by the Council on Postsecondary Education <br>regarding the structure of programs and funding levels in those programs <br>administered by a science and technology organization and created in KRS <br>154.12-320, 164.6021, 164.6029, and 164.6037. (2) The council may expend money in the funds created in KRS 164.6019, 164.6027, and 164.6035 for reasonable administrative expenses directly incurred in carrying <br>out the requirements of KRS 164.6019 to 164.6041. It is the intent of the General <br>Assembly that the funds created in KRS 164.6019, 164.6027, and 164.6035 be used, <br>to the fullest extent possible, to directly fund project costs. It is also the intent of the <br>General Assembly that the first priority of expenditures of any excess revenues <br>generated from the funds created in KRS 164.6019, 164.6027, and 164.6035 is to <br>replenish general fund appropriations for those same purposes. (3) The council shall contract with a science and technology organization to administer the programs created in KRS 164.6021, 164.6029, and 164.6037. The council shall <br>approve the application criteria, the process for submission of an application, and <br>the structure and type of outside expertise or peer review used in the application <br>review process in the programs created in KRS 164.6021, 164.6029, and 164.6037. (4) No member of the council or the science and technology organization or other administering entity, or their employees or outside experts or their immediate family <br>members, shall directly or indirectly financially benefit in any award, contract, or <br>agreement under the programs. (5) The council shall submit an annual report prior to October 15 to the Kentucky Innovation Commission, the Governor, and the General Assembly detailing its work <br>related to the programs created in KRS 164.6021, 164.6029, and 164.6037. The <br>annual report shall be coordinated with the monitoring report by the Department of <br>Commercialization and Innovation indicating progress made through investments, <br>and shall include but not be limited to reporting on the progress made in achieving <br>each program's purposes, qualitative and quantitative information concerning the <br>applications received, projects approved and undertaken, companies served, and funding amounts invested in each project or program, as appropriate, and findings <br>and recommendations to increase each program's effectiveness in achieving its <br>purposes. (6) All records related to the administration of the programs created in KRS 164.6021, 164.6029, and 164.6037 shall be deemed property of the council and shall be <br>deemed open records and subject to public inspection under KRS 61.870 to 61.884. <br>Any research that involves or is a patent, trade secret, or other legally protectable <br>interest shall be exempt from inspection until such time as the intellectual property <br>rights have been fully protected. Effective: July 12, 2006 <br>History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 210, sec. 11, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 181, sec. 15, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 2002 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 230, sec. 32, effective July 15, 2002. -- Created 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 522, sec. 4, <br>effective July 14, 2000.