(1) In accordance with any request duly made by an authorized official or agency of the United States, any information compiled or otherwise available to the department pursuant to KRS § 235.250 shall be transmitted to said official or agency of the United States.
(2) The commissioner shall enter into an agreement with the United States Coast Guard to accept Coast Guard inspections of vessels for the purpose of determining if the vessel‘s marine sanitation device is the proper kind for the water body where the vessel is kept or operated and that it is properly operating. The commissioner may enter into agreements with any other professional or qualified group, organization, or individual to accept certified inspections of vessels for the purpose of determining if the vessel’s marine sanitation device is the proper kind for the water body where the vessel is kept or operated and that it is properly operating.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 235.270

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of the Department of Fish and
    Wildlife Resources. See Kentucky Statutes 235.010
  • Department: means the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. See Kentucky Statutes 235.010
  • Marine sanitation device: means equipment that is identified by the United States Coast Guard as meeting the standards of the United States Environmental Protection Agency or that is approved by the Energy and Environment Cabinet, to eliminate the discharge of untreated sewage from vessels into the waters of the Commonwealth and is a device that receives, treats, retains, or discharges sewage. See Kentucky Statutes 235.010
  • Vessel: means every description of watercraft, other than a seaplane on the water. See Kentucky Statutes 235.010

Effective: July 15, 1998
History: Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 23, sec. 8, effective July 15, 1998; and ch. 71, sec. 9, effective July 15, 1998. — Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 292, sec. 19. — Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 68, Art. VIII, sec. 29, effective March 17, 1960.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/98). This section was amended by 1998
Ky. Acts chs. 23 and 71 which do not appear to be in conflict and have been codified together.