KRS 164.140

The board of trustees of the university shall prescribe the method by which the alumni may, at their annual meeting or at a special meeting called for that purpose, nominate to the Governor three (3) persons from whom the alumni members shall be appointed. No alumnus shall be permitted to vote for the nomination of alumni trustees in the year in which he secures his degree. If the alumni fail to make nominations to the Governor for any year in which nominations are to be made, the Governor shall for that year appoint the alumni trustees from the entire alumni, a list of which shall be provided by the secretary of the alumni association.