(A) The Eastern Kentucky Exposition Center Corporation is created and established as an independent, de jure municipal corporation and political subdivision of the Commonwealth that shall be a public body corporate and politic. The Corporation shall develop, operate, and manage the Eastern Kentucky Exposition Center funded by 2000 Ky. Acts Ch. 549, Part 11, Section F, Item 1(e) and Part II, Section S, Item 2(a)236. The Corporation shall be attached to the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet for administrative purposes.
(B) The corporation shall be a participating agency in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System. Its employees shall be considered state employees for the purpose of participating in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System and shall be entitled to the requirements and benefits provided to other system participants.
(Ord. 0-2011-019, passed 6-13-11)