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150.660 Establishment of pay lakes, authority of commissioner concerning -- Stocking requirement -- Permits -- Revocation of license.

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150.660 Establishment of pay lakes, authority of commissioner concerning -- Stocking requirement -- Permits -- Revocation of license. (1) Any person may establish a pay lake subject to the approval of the commissioner of the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, who shall have the authority to <br>approve or reject the establishment of pay lakes and issue to the owners or lessees <br>of lakes a license for their operation. All pay lakes shall be stocked at least twice per <br>calendar year with not less than five hundred (500) pounds of adult fish per surface <br>acre of water. (2) When a pay lake is licensed by the department, the commissioner shall issue to the licensee, consecutively numbered permits to be issued, without cost, to pay lake <br>patrons. The permits shall only be valid for fishing any licensed pay lake within the <br>state and shall be valid for one (1) year beginning January 1. (3) No person, except those exempted elsewhere in this chapter, shall fish in a licensed pay lake without possessing a valid special pay lake permit or a valid statewide <br>fishing license. No owner or operator of a licensed pay lake shall allow any patron <br>to fish who is not properly licensed or permitted. (4) Any pay lake licensee that fails to comply with the laws or regulations governing the operation of a pay lake may have his operator's license revoked by the <br>commissioner. Effective: July 14, 1992 <br>History: Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 353, sec. 9, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 365, sec. 16, effective July 15, 1988. -- Created 1956 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 93, sec. 2, effective May 18, 1956.