2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .610   Purpose of KRS 149.610 to 149.680.

149.610 Purpose of KRS 149.610 to 149.680. The purpose of KRS 149.610 to 149.680 is to place in the Environmental and Public Protection 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, 1982 History: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. Legislative Research Commission Note (6/20/2005). 2005 Ky. Acts chs. 11, 85, 95, 97, 98, 99, 123, and 181 instruct the Reviser of Statutes to correct statutory references to agencies and officers whose names have been changed in 2005 legislation confirming the reorganization of the executive branch. Such a correction has been made in this section.