171.812 Underground Railroad initiative

The commission shall coordinate Kentucky's Underground Railroad initiative in accordance with KRS 171.805. The commission's duties as they relate to this initiative shall include but not be limited to the following: (1) Undertake a comprehensive statewide inventory of historic sites related to the Underground Railroad, and implement a master plan for site protection and development; (2) Encourage and assist the state preservation officer within the Kentucky Heritage Council to nominate significant historical sites of the Kentucky Underground Railroad to the national and state registers of historic places; (3) Develop and operate, in conjunction with the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet, a program of public information, education, and promotion of the history of the Underground Railroad in Kentucky, to include but not be limited to implementing and maintaining a Web site connected to the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet; (4) Coordinate with local, state, and federal authorities in project planning that may affect Underground Railroad sites in Kentucky and neighboring states; (5) Present to the secretary of the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet an annual report and plan for future action; and (6) Pursue public and private funds to carry out the duties set forth in this section

Effective:June 29, 2017 History: Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 80, sec. 15, effective June 29, 2017. -- Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 16, sec. 49, effective June 25, 2009. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 95, sec. 37, effective June 20, 2005. -- Created 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 11, sec. 2, effective June 24, 2003

Legislative Research Commission Note (6/20/2005). 2005 Ky. Acts chs. 11, 85, 95, 97, 98, 99, 123, and 181 instruct the Reviser of Statutes to correct statutory references to agencies and officers whose names have been changed in 2005 legislation confirming the reorganization of the executive branch. Such a correction has been made in this section