A community college or extension of a community college shall be maintained in each of the following locations: Ashland, Carrollton, Cumberland, Elizabethtown, Glasgow, Henderson, Hopkinsville, Fayette County, Madisonville, Owensboro, Paducah, Prestonsburg, Somerset, Blackey-Hazard, Jefferson County and Mason County. The headquarters of the administration of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System shall be maintained in Woodford County. Western Kentucky University may continue to operate a community college in Bowling Green. Additional extension centers may be established by the board of regents for the Kentucky Community and Technical College System with approval of the Council on Postsecondary Education. New community colleges shall require approval of the General Assembly.
KRS 164.591
Amended 2005, Ky. Acts ch. 29, sec. 6, effective6/20/2005. -- Amended 1997, (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 113, effective 5/30/1997. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 41, sec. 1, effective 7/15/1986. -- Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 17, sec. 1; and ch. 84, sec. 1. -- Created 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 6, sec. 7.