(1) The Kentucky Tobacco Research and Development Center is hereby created.
(2) The Kentucky Tobacco Research and Development Center is to be overseen by the Kentucky Tobacco Research Board and shall undertake not only research into tobacco but also other research having related or complementary interests, including but not limited to commercialization potential of tobacco and plant research, plant natural products research and research into development of new crops based on tobacco and other plants.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 248.580

  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

(3) The Kentucky Tobacco Research and Development Center may share its physical facility with other research operations having these and similar interests, subject to approval of the Kentucky Tobacco Research Board.
(4) State funds appropriated by the General Assembly under KRS § 248.510 to KRS § 248.570 shall be used solely for research conducted by, or operations of, the Kentucky Tobacco Research and Development Center and the Kentucky Tobacco Research Board.
Effective: July 15, 2002
History: Created 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 98, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2002.