Title XXI, Agriculture and Animals

(1) The board may provide by ordinance that any landowner or occupier who sustains damages from any violation of land-use regulations by another landowner or occupier may recover damages from the other landowner or occupier for the violation. (2) The supervisors may go upon lands…

(1) Where a board finds that any of the provisions of land-use regulations are not being observed on particular lands, and that the nonobservance tends to increase erosion on those lands and is interfering with the prevention or control of erosion on other lands within the distri…

The court may dismiss the petition filed under KRS 262.430, or it may require the defendant to perform the work, operations or avoidances, and may provide that upon the failure of the defendant to initiate performance within the time specified in the order of the court and to pro…

The court shall retain jurisdiction of the case until after the work required by the court under KRS 262.440 has been completed. Upon completion of the work pursuant to the order of the court the board may file a petition with the court, a copy of which shall be served upon the d…

(1) A board that has adopted land-use regulations shall provide by ordinance for the establishment of a board of adjustment consisting of three (3) members, each to be appointed for a term of three (3) years, except that the members first appointed shall be appointed for terms of…

The members of the board of adjustment shall receive compensation for their services at the rate of five dollars ($5) per day for time spent on the work of the board of adjustment, in addition to expenses necessarily incurred in the discharge of their duties. The district board s…

(1) The board of adjustment shall adopt regulations to govern its procedures. The regulations shall be in accordance with this chapter and with any ordinance adopted pursuant to KRS 262.460. (2) The board of adjustment shall select a chairman from among its members, and may, from…

Any landowner or occupier may file a petition with the board of adjustment alleging that there are great practical difficulties or unnecessary hardship in the way of his carrying out upon his lands the strict letter of the land-use regulations and praying the board of adjustment …

The board of adjustment shall fix a time for the hearing of the petition and cause due notice of the hearing to be given. The board of the district and the commission may appear and be heard at the hearing. Any owner or occupier of lands lying within the district who objects to t…

If, upon the facts presented at the hearing, under KRS 262.500, the board of adjustment determines that there are great practical difficulties or unnecessary hardship in the way of applying the strict letter of any of the land-use regulations upon the lands of the petitioner, it …

Any petitioner who has been aggrieved by an order of the board of adjustment granting or denying, in whole or in part, the relief sought, or the board of the district or any intervening party may obtain a review of the order of the board of adjustment in the Circuit Court for the…

(1) A petition for consolidating two (2) or more districts shall contain a unanimous resolution by each board of supervisors and filed with the commission requesting the mutual consolidation of these districts. The petition shall contain, as a minimum, the proposed name of the co…

At any time after five (5) years from the organization of a district, twenty-five percent (25%) of the owners of land lying within the boundaries of the district may file a petition with the commission praying that the existence of the district be discontinued. The commission may…

informalities. (1) Within sixty (60) days after a petition for discontinuance of a district has been received by the commission it shall give due notice of the holding of a referendum, supervise the referendum and issue appropriate regulations governing the conduct of the referen…

(1) The commission shall publish the result of the referendum and shall determine whether the continued operation of the district within the defined boundaries is administratively practicable and feasible. If the commission determines that the continued operation of the district …

discontinuance. Upon receipt from the commission of a certification that the commission has determined that the continued operation of the district is not administratively practicable and feasible, the board shall forthwith proceed to terminate the affairs of the district. The bo…

Upon issuance of a certificate of dissolution under KRS 262.560, all ordinances and regulations theretofore adopted and in force within those districts shall be of no further force and effect. All contracts theretofore entered into, to which the district is a party, shall remain …

The commission shall not entertain petitions for the discontinuance of any district, conduct referendums upon petitions nor make determinations pursuant to such petitions in accordance with this chapter more often than once in five (5) years.

Agencies of this state which have jurisdiction over or are charged with the administration of, any state-owned lands, and of any governmental subdivision of the state which has jurisdiction over, or is charged with the administration of, any publicly-owned lands, lying within the…

The boards of any two (2) or more districts may cooperate with one another in the exercise of any or all powers conferred in this chapter.

Conservation Commission -- Joint acquisition. (1) (a) Heavy or specialized equipment purchased or made available in accordance with KRS 262.330 and 262.610 to 262.660 shall be used for the purposes of conserving soil resources, the prevention and control of soil erosion, and the …

The Division of Conservation shall retain title to each piece of heavy or specialized equipment or any infrastructure purchased and made available to any soil and water conservation district pursuant to KRS 262.610 until such time as the soil and water conservation districts full…

(1) Each soil and water conservation district which receives, leases, rents, or uses the heavy or specialized equipment referred to in KRS 262.610 shall maintain its public records to show for each piece of equipment: (a) The hours same has worked on each job in each district; (b…

The amount paid by any district to the division for amortization of a loan or for payment on a lease shall be made monthly. This amount shall be credited to a revolving fund and the costs of any new equipment or infrastructure shall be charged to the same account. Neither the app…

Any two (2) or more soil and water conservation districts may combine with each other for the purpose of obtaining and using the specialized equipment or infrastructure referred to in KRS 262.610, upon the terms and conditions set forth in KRS 262.610 to 262.660.

regulations. (1) The commission, with the approval of the commissioner of the Department for Natural Resources, is hereby authorized to promulgate such other rules and regulations or methods of accounting as may be necessary or expedient to give effect to the purposes expressed i…

Subdistricts of a soil conservation district may be formed in a watershed area, as provided in KRS 262.700 to 262.795, to be known as watershed conservancy districts, for the purpose of developing and executing plans and programs relating to any phase of conservation of water, wa…

The land area embraced in such districts must be contiguous and must lie within a well defined watershed. The area shall not include lands located within the boundary of any incorporated city or town or lands not included within a soil and water conservation district, unless such…

If it appears that contiguous territory within an established district would be better served by the organization of a separate district, a petition for withdrawal and formation of a new district may be filed with the board of supervisors by twenty-five (25) or more landowners, o…

When twenty-five (25) or more landowners within a proposed watershed conservancy district, or, if less than fifty (50) landowners are involved, a majority of the landowners in such proposed district, desire to form a watershed conservancy district, they shall file a petition with…

district -- Filing petition -- Board of supervisors. If the proposed watershed conservancy district lies in more than one soil conservation district, the petition may be presented to the board of supervisors of any one of such districts and the supervisors of all such districts s…

budget. (1) Within thirty (30) days after such petition has been filed with the board of supervisors, it shall cause due notice to be given as provided in KRS 262.010(4) of the hearing upon the practicability and feasibility of creating such subdistrict. All interested parties sh…

After the board of supervisors has made and recorded a determination that there is need, in the interest of the public health, safety and welfare, for creation of the proposed watershed conservancy district, it shall consider the question whether the operation of a district withi…

The question to be voted on shall be submitted in the following form: "For the creation of ........ Watershed Conservancy District" "Against the creation of ........ Watershed Conservancy District" The voters shall be instructed to vote "yes" on one or the other of the propositio…

The votes shall be counted by the election officers at the close of the polls and report of the results, along with the votes which have been cast, delivered to the polling superintendent, who shall certify the results to the board of supervisors. If a majority of the votes cast …

of treasurer -- Nomination petitions -- Qualification of members -- Removal of directors -- Immunity for official acts. (1) Within thirty (30) days after a watershed conservancy district is created, nominating petitions may be filed with the board of supervisors for the election …

(1) Within thirty (30) days of the effective date of any vacancy on a board of directors of a watershed conservancy district, the board of the soil and water conservation district where the vacancy occurs shall publish a notice of the vacancy in a newspaper of general circulation…

Subject to the approval of the board of supervisors, the board of directors of a watershed conservancy district shall have power to: (1) Levy an annual tax on the real property within the district within the limitations provided in KRS 262.760 for administration, construction, op…

Election -- Assessment. (1) Upon determination by the board of directors of a watershed conservancy district that the improvement, continuing operation, or maintenance of a watershed project is necessary, the board of directors may adopt a resolution which shall set out: (a) A li…

(1) Bonds authorized by KRS 262.745 shall not be issued until proposed by order or resolution of the board of directors, specifying the purpose for which the funds are to be used and the proposed undertaking, the amount of bonds to be issued, the rate of interest they are to bear…

Members of the board of directors shall receive no salaries, but such members may be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenditures incurred in the performance of their duties, or may be paid a per diem for attending meetings, as approved by the board of supervisors.

(1) Within the first quarter of each calendar year, the board of directors of a watershed conservancy district shall prepare an itemized budget of the funds needed for administration, construction, operation, and maintenance of works of improvement. After approval of such budget …

65A.010 to 65A.090 -- Exception. (1) Notwithstanding KRS 65A.030, an audit of the accounts of each watershed conservancy district shall take place once every four (4) years unless the watershed conservancy district receives or expends one million dollars ($1,000,000) or more in a…

(1) The board of directors of a watershed conservancy district shall prepare and furnish to the property valuation administrator by January 1 each year a list of the landowners in each county involved showing the real property subject to assessment, and the property valuation adm…

(1) The sheriff shall collect the taxes due the district at the same time and in the same manner in which he collects the state and county ad valorem tax and shall in like manner report to the county judge/executive, and make his annual and final settlement with the fiscal court …

Tax funds collected shall be transferred to and held by the treasurer of the watershed conservancy district for the specific purpose for which they have been collected. All expenditures of such funds shall be made by the board of directors upon order of the board.