148.561 Appalachian/Kentucky Artisans Gateway Center Authority. The Appalachian/Kentucky Artisans Gateway Center Authority is created and established as an independent, de jure municipal corporation and political subdivision of the Commonwealth that shall be a public body corporate and politic. The authority shall develop, operate, and manage the Appalachian/Kentucky Artisans Gateway Center funded by 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 615, Part X, under the reference "Artisans Center--Berea." The authority shall be attached to the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet for administrative purposes. Effective: June 25, 2009 History: Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 16, sec. 20, effective June 25, 2009. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 95, sec. 19, effective June 20, 2005. -- Created 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 22, sec. 2, effective July 14, 2000.