149.010 Division of Forestry created -- Powers -- Rules and regulations. - Kentucky Statutes

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149.010 Division of Forestry created -- Powers -- Rules and regulations. (1) There is hereby created and there shall be maintained within the Department for Natural Resources in the Energy and Environment Cabinet a Division of Forestry to
supervise all forestry property and advance forest interests of the state through
development of such property and interests. It shall initiate such projects as will
promote public appreciation of forest protection and of reforestation; encourage tree
planting in general and on the public highways in particular; grow, collect and
distribute seedlings; form and foster junior forestry clubs; cooperate with local civic
organizations in the care of trees and planting of more trees; provide for organized
forest fire protection; cooperate with the federal government, state departments and
landowners in the perpetuation of forests, the promotion of tree growth and the
redemption of wasteland for agricultural purposes; and encourage an interest in
forestry by correspondence, press, pamphlets, reports, moving pictures and
organizations. (2) The director of the Division of Forestry with the approval of the secretary for energy and environment shall adopt and enforce such rules and regulations as may be
necessary to carry out the functions assigned the cabinet by law. Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 141, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 142, sec. 17, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1974, Ky. Acts
ch. 74, Art. III, sec. 13(3). -- Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 23, sec. 40. -- Recodified
1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2007h-
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