149.180 Collection of costs of firefighting from person responsible for fire -- Disposition. - Kentucky Statutes

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149.180 Collection of costs of firefighting from person responsible for fire -- Disposition. Whenever possible, the secretary for energy and environment shall collect the costs of
firefighting done and approved as provided in KRS 149.160, from the person responsible
for the origin of the fire by his negligence or intent. The recovered costs shall be
deposited in a special fund in the Energy and Environment Cabinet. The recovered costs
shall be repaid to the county in which the costs were incurred, if such county has fully
paid its annual assessment to the statewide system as provided for in KRS 149.540 for the
year in which the fire suppression costs were incurred. If a county is not eligible to
receive the recovered costs, the money shall be used by the Division of Forestry to
improve fire protection services. The funds so repaid to the county shall be placed in the
county forest fire protection fund provided for in KRS 149.590. Any money in the Energy
and Environment Cabinet's, or its predecessor's, special fund upon July 15, 1998, that
were not repaid to a county for having failed to fully pay its annual assessment, shall be
used by the Division of Forestry to improve fire protection services. In the event the
suppression cost is not collected, the Commonwealth's attorney of the county in which the
fire occurred shall institute and prosecute the necessary proceedings. Costs recovered
under this section shall be ordered to be paid directly to the Energy and Environment
Cabinet. The court shall not direct that the costs be paid through the circuit clerk. Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 155, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 183, sec. 11, effective August 1, 2002. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts
ch. 169, sec. 5, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 142, sec. 5,
effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. III, sec. 13(3). --
Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 23, sec. 42. -- Amended 1948 Ky. Acts ch. 202, sec. 12.
-- Created 1946 Ky. Acts ch. 204, sec. 5.