174.205 Duties of Water Transportation Advisory Board. The Water Transportation Advisory Board shall: (1) Advise the Transportation Cabinet, the Cabinet for Economic Development, the Governor's Office, and the General Assembly on matters relating to water transportation; (2) Recommend action to enable the Commonwealth to make best use of its waterways and riverports for future economic growth; (3) Assist in defining the duties and functions of positions within state government responsible for water transportation; (4) Recommend criteria for setting priorities for funding riverport marketing initiatives under the riverport marketing assistance trust fund established in KRS 154.80-140; (5) Evaluate applications submitted by riverports for grants under the riverport marketing assistance trust fund and make recommendations to the granting authority on the disbursement of those funds; (6) Recommend criteria for setting priorities for funding riverport improvements under the riverport financial assistance trust fund established in KRS 174.210; and (7) Evaluate applications submitted by riverports for grants under the riverport financial assistance trust fund and make recommendations to the granting authority on the disbursement of those funds. Effective: July 15, 2010 History: Created 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 56, sec. 2, effective July 15, 2010.