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141.450 Public policy.

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141.450 Public policy. The General Assembly declares that it is the public policy of the Commonwealth of <br>Kentucky to set aside and preserve, for the benefit of present and future generations, <br>certain areas of unusual natural significance as laboratories for scientific research, as <br>reservoirs of natural materials not all of the uses of which are now known, as habitats for <br>plant and animal species and biotic communities, as living museums of the native <br>landscape where people may observe nature's web of life and our natural heritage, as <br>places of historic and natural interest and scenic beauty, and as reminders of the vital <br>human dependence upon fresh air, clean water, and unspoiled natural areas. KRS 141.455 <br>to 141.475 are enacted to provide a means by which the protection of nongame species <br>and the acquisition of land or interests in land and the protection, maintenance, and use of <br>the land, may be financed in part through a voluntary check-off designation on state <br>income tax return forms. Effective: July 15, 1980 <br>History: Created 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 121, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1980.