When it will be conducive to the public health, convenience or welfare, or when it will be of public benefit or utility, the county judge/executive of any county may establish and aid in the construction of any levee along a river or watercourse within the county in the manner and subject to the provisions of subsection (1) of KRS § 266.100, KRS § 266.120, subsection (1) of KRS § 266.150, and KRS § 266.990, with the following exceptions:
(1) In KRS § 266.120 persons rendering aid in the repair or protection of the levee shall be paid at the rate of one dollar ($1) per day.
(2) In KRS § 266.150 the tax collected shall be paid over to the board of levee commissioners.
Effective: July 13, 1984
History: Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 100, sec. 27, effective July 13, 1984. — Amended
1978 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 396, effective June 17, 1978. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 938a-1 to 938a-
9, 938a-13.