The cabinet may appoint qualified licensed engineers and qualified graduate engineers may be appointed for a period not to exceed one (1) year without obtaining a license, who shall perform duties delegated to them from time to time by the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet. The cabinet shall prepare necessary plans and specifications, shall investigate and make studies of the comparative need and demand for acquiring lands, or for the construction or reconstruction or structural maintenance of buildings, or the purchase, installation or construction of equipment, facilities or furnishings incidental or pertaining thereto, and shall make the estimates of cost required in connection with or incidental to the development, purchase, acquisition or construction of the foregoing. The engineering staff shall give technical assistance and perform other duties the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet requires. Review of construction plans for conformance with the Uniform State Building Code shall be conducted by the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction.
Effective: July 15, 2010

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 56.480

  • Building: includes any structure or improvement upon real estate of a permanent nature and additionally includes any sites, structures, equipment, machinery, or devices for the purpose of establishing, developing, or furthering television or related services in aid of education or in aid of any other proper public functions, whether or not the same would otherwise be legally defined as buildings. See Kentucky Statutes 56.440
  • Cabinet: means the Finance and Administration Cabinet. See Kentucky Statutes 56.440
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 51, effective July 15, 2010. — Amended
1978 Ky. Acts ch. 117, sec. 61, effective February 28, 1980. — Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 117, sec. 61, effective February 28, 1980. — Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. II, sec. 9(2). — Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 255, sec. 61. — Amended 1956 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 7, Art. XVI. sec. 6. — Created 1949 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 10, sec. 1.