12.252 Public Protection Cabinet -- Organizational structure -- Appointment of cabinet secretary. (Effective July 1, 2025) (1) There is established within the Public Protection Cabinet a Department of Financial Institutions, a Department of Insurance, a Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction, a Department of Professional Licensing, and a Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Each department shall be headed by a commissioner appointed by the Governor as required by KRS 12.040 an d, where appropriate, by KRS 241.015 and 304.2 -020. Commissioners shall be directly responsible to the secretary and shall perform the functions, powers, and duties provided by law and prescribed by the secretary. (2) The secretary of the Public Protection Cabinet shall be appointed by the Governor in accordance with KRS 12.255. The Office of the Secretary shall contain the following entities: (a) The Office of Communications and Public Outreach, which shall be headed by an executive director appointed by t he secretary with the approval of the Governor in accordance with KRS 12.050; (b) The Office of Legal Services, which shall be headed by an executive director appointed by the secretary ppointed by t he secretary with the approval of the Governor in accordance with KRS 12.050; (b) The Office of Legal Services, which shall be headed by an executive director appointed by the secretary with the approval of the Governor in accordance with KRS 12.050 and 12 .210; (c) The Office of Administrative Hearings, which shall be headed by an executive director appointed by the secretary with the approval of the Governor in accordance with KRS 12.050 and 12.210; and (d) The Office of Administrative Services, which shal l be headed by an executive director appointed by the secretary with the approval of the Governor in accordance with KRS 12.050. (3) There is established within the Public Protection Cabinet the Office of Claims and Appeals pursuant to KRS 49.010. (4) Ther e is established within the Public Protection Cabinet the Kentucky Boxing and Wrestling Commission, which shall be headed by an executive director appointed by the secretary with the approval of the Governor as required by KRS 12.050. The executive directo r shall be directly responsible to the secretary and shall perform the functions, powers, and duties provided by law and prescribed by the secretary. as required by KRS 12.050. The executive directo r shall be directly responsible to the secretary and shall perform the functions, powers, and duties provided by law and prescribed by the secretary. Effective: July 1, 2025 History: Amended 2024 Ky. Acts ch. 171, sec. 33, effective July 1, 2024; and ch. 171, sec. 34, effective July 1, 2025. -- Amended 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 185, sec. 6, effective June 29, 2021. -- Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 31, sec. 2, effective July 14, 2018; and ch. 176, sec. 2, effective July 14, 2018. -- Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 70, sec. 21, effective June 29, 2017; ch. 74, sec. 53, effective June 29, 2017; and ch. 178, sec. 8, effective April 11, 2017. -- Created 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 6, effective July 15, 2010. Legislative Research Commission Note (7/1/2025). This statute was amended by 2024 Ky. Acts chs. 6 and 171. Where these Acts are not in conflict, they have been codified together. Where a conflict exists, Acts ch. 171, which was last enacted by the General A ssembly, prevails under KRS 446.250.
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