149.610 Purpose of KRS 149.610 to 149.680. - Kentucky Statutes

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149.610 Purpose of KRS 149.610 to 149.680. The purpose of KRS 149.610 to 149.680 is to place in the Energy and Environment
Cabinet, the authority and responsibility to control infestations or infections by insects or
disease, which are hereby declared to be a public nuisance, in order to protect and
preserve forest resources, enhance the growth and maintenance of forests, promote
stability of forest-using industries, aid in fire control by reducing the menace created by
dying and dead trees, conserve forest cover on watersheds, and protect recreational,
wildlife and other values of the forests of the Commonwealth. Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 167, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 142, sec. 11, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts
ch. 74, Art. III, sec. 13(3). -- Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 95, sec. 1, effective June 16,
1960.