AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Authority for Educational Television and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 168.040 to revise the membership requirements of the Kentucky Authority for Educational Television; require members appointed by the Governor be confirmed by the Senate; require the executive director of the authority to recommend a member of the arts community with at least five years experience in a profession pertaining to arts and culture to the Governor, and require Senate confirmation of the appointment; provide that the term of any member appointed by the Governor who has been employed with the executive branch of state government within one year of the appointment expire as of the effective date of the Act; require, as of the effective date of the Act, the term of any member to expire if he or she is one of three or more members representing the same Supreme Court district; require that new appointments or reappointments made by the Governor reflect equal representation of the two sexes, proportional representation of the two leading political parties based on voter registration, the minority racial composition of the Commonwealth, and be confirmed by the Senate; require that no appointment made by the Governor be an employee of the executive branch of state government within one year of his or her appointment, and that no more than two members represent the same Supreme Court district; amend KRS 168.050 to prescribe the term lengths for newly appointed members; amend KRS 168.060 and 168.070 to conform; EMERGENCY.