146.115 Kentucky soil erosion and water quality cost-share fund -- Uses -- Administrative regulations.
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<![CDATA[ Page 1 of 1 146.115 Kentucky soil erosion and water quality cost-share fund -- Uses -- Administrative regulations. (1) There is established the "Kentucky Soil Erosion and Water Quality Cost-Share Fund" to be administered by the Soil and Water Conservation Commission. Moneys <br>from the fund shall be used for cost-share programs to provide financial assistance <br>for implementation of best management practices for the following purposes: <br>(a) Providing cleaner water through the reduction in sediment loading of Kentucky streams, rivers, and lakes; (b) Reducing the loss of topsoil vital to the sustained production of food and fiber; and (c) Preventing surface water and groundwater pollution. (2) The commission is empowered to promulgate administrative regulations establishing practices eligible for cost-sharing funds, prioritizing applications, and <br>prescribing amounts and limits of cost sharing. Practices eligible for cost-sharing <br>funds shall include agricultural and silvicultural practices. Local conservation <br>districts shall determine the eligibility of persons to receive the funds allocated to <br>the districts by the commission. Priority for funding within each local conservation <br>district shall be given to animal waste management systems, where animal waste <br>has been identified as a water pollution problem, and to members of an agricultural <br>district. (3) Any person engaged in agricultural or silvicultural production may be considered for funding under this section if the person has had prepared a soil and water <br>conservation plan with the local conservation district, has had prepared a forest <br>management or forest stewardship plan, or has had prepared a groundwater <br>protection plan and agrees to maintain best management practices for a period of <br>time specified by the commission. (4) Up to five percent (5%) of any total annual appropriation may be used for administrative costs of the local conservation districts and the commission. Effective: July 15, 1994 <br>History: Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 241, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1994; and ch. 390, sec. 34, effective July 15, 1994. Formerly codified as KRS 146.121, renumbered effective January 1, 1995. <br>Legislative Research Commission Note (1/11/95). 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 390, sec. 34, originally codified as KRS 146.121, is identical to this statute and has been merged <br>into this statute. ]]>