If the plan for reclamation in any district relates in part to the drainage of the lands and in part to the prevention of overflowing of lands within the district from any stream or body of water coming from without the district, any stream, drain, cut or depression, or any fill, levee or embankment may be used as part of the reclamation system by changing it in any way, if the efficiency thereof to the owner is not impaired.
Effective: October 1, 1942

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 268.620

  • Drain: includes any ditch, canal, sewer, channel, watercourse, conduit, stream, creek, river, pond, lake, bayou, sluice, or excavation used for the drainage or reclamation of wet or swampy land. See Kentucky Statutes 268.010
  • Owner: means any person owning a freehold estate in any property in the district or affected by it according to the report of the board of viewers, and shall not include trustees or mortgagees. See Kentucky Statutes 268.010

History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky.
Stat. sec. 2380b-50.

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