Title XXI, Agriculture and Animals

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.

As used in KRS 262.776 to 262.779: (1) "Project" means the acquisition by a watershed conservancy district of easements, rights-of-way, or land by purchase or condemnation in order to enable the district to construct and maintain flood control structures or institute other benefi…

A special assessment may be voted and bonds issued which shall be payable solely from the collection of such assessments, as provided in KRS 262.778 and 262.779.

judgment or injunction suit, time for -- Issuance of bonds -- Levy. (1) Upon determination by the board of directors of a watershed conservancy district that a watershed project is necessary, and upon approval of the plans for same by the board of supervisors, the board of direct…

The annual assessments shall be made by the board of directors at the same time and in the same manner as provided in KRS 262.765 for taxes generally and shall be collected as provided in KRS 262.770. The assessments shall constitute liens against the land benefited and shall att…

Determination -- Referendum. (1) Any one (1) or more owners of land may petition the board of supervisors to have their lands added to a watershed conservancy district. Such petition shall define the boundaries of the land desired to be annexed, the number of acres of land involv…

Determination. The owner or owners of lands which have not been, are not, and cannot be benefited by their inclusion in the watershed conservancy district may petition the board of supervisors to have such lands detached. The petition shall describe such lands and state the reaso…

(1) If the board of a watershed conservancy district fails to meet over the course of one (1) year or longer or if it fails to prepare and fund a budget as required by KRS 262.760(1), any soil and water conservation district or fiscal court in which any part of the watershed cons…

conservation district -- Proration, when -- Collection of revenue for maintenance. (1) Where a watershed conservancy district board has been discontinued as provided in KRS 262.789, any funds or assets of the district shall be transferred to the soil and water conservation distri…

district. If any supervising soil conservation district is discontinued, the fiscal court of the county or counties involved shall serve in the same supervising capacity over the watershed conservancy district as the board of supervisors.

- Procedure -- Periodic review -- Withdrawal from membership -- Public hearing on condemnation -- Definition of "feasible alternative location" -- Requirement to demonstrate lack of feasible alternative location in certain eminent domain actions -- Notification of membership to p…

As used in KRS 262.900 to 262.920, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) "Agricultural conservation easement" or "easement" means an interest in land, less than fee simple, which represents the right to restrict or prevent the development or improvement of the land …

(1) The General Assembly hereby finds and declares that it is a policy of the Commonwealth to retain agriculture and enhance the contribution that agriculture makes to its economy. A program to retain and enhance agriculture is in the economic best interests of the Commonwealth a…

(1) The Commonwealth is hereby authorized to acquire agricultural conservation easements or other property interests. The property interest acquired may be any less-than-fee-simple interest, including an easement, life estate, covenant, or other contractual right. Acquisition may…

Board of directors. (1) There is hereby created the Purchase of Agricultural Conservation Easement Corporation which shall oversee all issues involving purchases of agricultural conservation easements. The corporation shall be a de jure municipal corporation and political subdivi…

(1) The PACE board shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Implementing a Purchase of Agricultural Conservation Easement Program in the Commonwealth as provided by this section, including the development and promulgation of any administrative regulations required; (b) Maki…

(1) During the term of an easement, the restricted land shall be used solely for the production of crops, livestock and livestock products, and nursery and greenhouse products including the processing or retail marketing of these crops, livestock and livestock products, and nurse…

Other than as specified within this section, this section and administrative regulations promulgated under its provisions are not intended to impose any legal or other responsibility on the PACE board or in any way to affect any existing obligation of the landowner as owner of th…

A deed conveying an interest in the restricted land shall set forth the language of the assessment restrictions verbatim. Within thirty (30) days of a change in ownership of the restricted land, the prior owner shall notify the PACE board in writing of the name and address of the…

(1) If the PACE board finds what it believes is a violation of the terms of any easement by the property owner, it may take appropriate legal action. Except when an ongoing or imminent violation could irreversibly diminish or impair the agricultural productivity of the restricted…

(1) (a) A grantor may terminate an easement, in whole or in part, only by filing an action in the Franklin Circuit Court, and demonstrating by clear and convincing evidence that conditions on or surrounding the land subject to an agricultural conservation easement have changed so…

(1) (a) There is hereby created by this section a special fund in the State Treasury which shall be known as the "Agricultural Enhancement Fund." There shall be deposited in the fund: 1. Moneys received by the Commonwealth, from whatever source and by whatever means, as gifts for…

Any watershed conservancy district which violates KRS 262.763 shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $500.

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Board" means the Board of Agriculture. (2) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture. (3) "Animals" include all members of species equine, ovine, bovine, porcine, feline, canine, lapin and avian. (4) …

Except as provided in KRS 263.160 no person shall engage in the business of disposing of, or picking up, or collecting, or operating a loading platform in connection therewith, of the bodies or parts of bodies of dead or slaughtered animals, poultry, fish, scrap, offal, hides, bo…

Application for a license shall be made to the department on forms provided by it, which application shall set forth the name and address of the applicant, his place or proposed place of business and the particular method which he intends to employ in the disposition of dead bodi…

On receipt of an application an inspector of the department shall at once inspect the building and equipment which the applicant proposes to use to conduct such business and if the inspector finds that the building and equipment comply with the requirements of this chapter and wi…

On receipt of the report of the inspector finding the building and equipment meets the requirements of this chapter and upon the payment of the fee provided herein the department shall issue a license to the applicant to conduct such business at the place or places specified in t…

The department shall keep or cause to be kept a public record of all licenses applied for, issued or rejected.

The original license shall be renewed for each subsequent calendar year on the payment of the same fee specified in KRS 263.050 if the holder of the license continues to comply with this chapter and the regulations of the department.

Each place of business shall be provided with floors constructed of concrete or some other nonabsorbent material, adequate drainage, buildings adapted to carry on the business, adequate water supply and supplied with sufficient steam and steam hose or other equipment approved by …

The following requirements shall be observed in the disposal of the bodies of dead animals, poultry, fish or parts thereof, or offal and by-products of slaughtered animals: (1) All bodies or parts thereof and excrements therefrom shall be processed or disposed of within forty-eig…

The department may adopt, issue and enforce such regulations as in its judgment are necessary for the proper administration and enforcement of this chapter. Before the adoption of any regulations the department shall hold a public hearing and shall notify all license holders as t…

The department shall inspect each place or truck licensed under this chapter at least once each year or as often as it determines necessary and furnish a report of this inspection to the department and a copy to the license holder.

(1) Except as herein otherwise provided any person holding a license under this chapter may haul and transport the bodies or parts thereof of animals, poultry and fish that have died from a communicable disease in a covered vehicle, bed or tank which is so constructed that no dri…

The driver or owner of a vehicle used in conveying animals, poultry or fish or parts thereof, which the driver or owner has reason to believe died of a communicable disease, shall immediately after unloading the animals, poultry or fish or parts thereof cause the vehicle bed, tan…

No unrendered bodies or parts thereof of animals, poultry, fish or by-products thereof shall be sold or offered for sale to the public without a labeled wrapper or other identification and denatured in a manner acceptable to the department. Such label or identification shall plai…

Each loading platform shall be provided with floors constructed of concrete or some other nonabsorbent material, adequate drainage, and adequate water supply, steam or other facilities approved by the department to clean floors and trucks. Each loading platform and equipment ther…

This chapter does not apply to: (1) the premises of the rendering operations on the premises of an establishment operating under United States government inspection; (2) a slaughter house or meat processing plant holding a permit or license from the State Health Department that c…

Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be fined not less than ten dollars ($10), nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).