150.660 Establishment of pay lakes, authority of commissioner concerning -- Stocking requirement -- Permits -- Revocation of license. - Kentucky Statutes

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150.660 Establishment of pay lakes, authority of commissioner concerning -- Stocking requirement -- Permits -- Revocation of license. (1) Any person may establish a pay lake subject to the approval of the commissioner of the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, who shall have the authority to
approve or reject the establishment of pay lakes and issue to the owners or lessees
of lakes a license for their operation. All pay lakes shall be stocked at least twice per
calendar year with not less than five hundred (500) pounds of adult fish per surface
acre of water. (2) When a pay lake is licensed by the department, the commissioner shall issue to the licensee, consecutively numbered permits to be issued, without cost, to pay lake
patrons. The permits shall only be valid for fishing any licensed pay lake within the
state and shall be valid for one (1) year beginning January 1. (3) No person, except those exempted elsewhere in this chapter, shall fish in a licensed pay lake without possessing a valid special pay lake permit or a valid statewide
fishing license. No owner or operator of a licensed pay lake shall allow any patron
to fish who is not properly licensed or permitted. (4) Any pay lake licensee that fails to comply with the laws or regulations governing the operation of a pay lake may have his operator's license revoked by the
commissioner. Effective: July 14, 1992
History: Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 353, sec. 9, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 365, sec. 16, effective July 15, 1988. -- Created 1956 Ky. Acts
ch. 93, sec. 2, effective May 18, 1956.