The purpose of KRS § 149.610 to KRS § 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.