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;

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 174.205


(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; (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: June 29, 2023
History: Amended 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 75, sec. 36, effective June 29, 2023. — Created
2010 Ky. Acts ch. 56, sec. 2, effective July 15, 2010.
Legislative Research Commission Note (6/29/2023). Subsection (5) of this statute contains a reference to the riverport marketing assistance trust fund, which was established in 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 56, sec. 3, and codified in KRS § 154.80-140. Although KRS § 154.80-140 was repealed by 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 75, sec. 39, subsection (5) of this statute was not amended to conform to the repeal.