224.01-205 Uses for environmental trust fund.
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The environmental trust fund may be used to support scientific, technical, or
environmental research needed to develop and guide environmental protection and
natural resource management policies. Research topics may include but shall not be
limited to air quality; water quality, including groundwater protection; water
resource management; environmental impacts of natural resource extractions,
including surface mining and oil and gas production; waste management, including
solid and hazardous waste; environmental impact of noise; soil conservation; and
forest resource management. Research activities may include collecting baseline
environmental data and studying environmental problems existing in or of concern
to the Commonwealth.
The environmental trust fund may be used to finance research and development
projects that promote the use of innovative solutions to environmental problems
existing in or of concern to the Commonwealth. Research and development projects
shall have cosponsors who will cooperate in the gathering and sharing of research
data. Cosponsors may include but shall not be limited to local governments,
universities, state agencies, nonprofit organizations, and private persons.
The environmental trust fund may be used to collect and disseminate information
derived from any activities conducted pursuant to KRS 224.01-200 to 224.01-220.
The environmental trust fund may be used to support educational and training
programs relating to the protection of the environment.
The board created in KRS 224.01-210 shall take into consideration state and federal
moneys available for projects prior to expending money in the environmental trust
fund.
The environmental trust fund shall not be used to support or finance the routine dayto-day activities and responsibilities of the Energy and Environment Cabinet.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 345, effective July 15, 2010. -- Created
1990 Ky. Acts ch. 129, sec. 2, effective July 13, 1990.
Formerly codified as KRS 224.2113.
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