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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 151 GEOLOGY AND WATER RESOURCES
151.650 Authority created -- Purposes -- Legislative findings.
Download pdfbe a public body corporate and politic and shall be referred to as the "authority" in
KRS 151.650 to 151.664. The authority shall develop the resources of the region
embracing the Tennessee county of Sumner and the Kentucky county of Simpson by
means of the construction and maintenance of a dam across the West Fork Drakes
Creek and the reservoir created by this dam. The water impounded within this
reservoir shall be utilized by the areas encompassing the authority to provide a
source of water for both recreation and economic development to be used in
industrial, commercial, agricultural, and residential activities. The authority may
develop this dam and reservoir for these stated purposes. (2) The General Assembly hereby finds that the need for the purposes for which this authority is created is evidenced by the effects which the recent droughts have had
and continue to have on this area. The General Assembly also finds that an adequate
supply of potable water is essential for the continued growth of this area. Effective: July 13, 1990
History: Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 381, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1990.
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