2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 147A - PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT 147A.028 Public purpose -- Local government parks and recreational facilities fund established -- Distribution of funds by commissioner.
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147A.028 Public purpose -- Local government parks and recreational facilities
fund established -- Distribution of funds by commissioner.
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In enacting a parks establishment aid law, it is the intention of the General
Assembly to supplement local efforts to establish park and recreational
facilities. The inadequacy of present facilities and the high cost of acquisition
and establishment of park recreational facilities are hereby declared to be
matters of public interest and concern and vital to the promotion of the health,
welfare, and industrial development of the inhabitants of the Commonwealth.
The commissioner of the Department for Local Government shall cause to be
established in the Treasury a special fund to be known as the local government
parks and recreational facilities fund, to be administered by the commissioner.
The fund shall be comprised of grants, contributions, appropriations, and
intergovernmental transfers. Moneys in the fund shall not lapse at the end of
the fiscal year.
The commissioner may, when he determines that a proposed local government
plan for a park or other recreational facility would serve the public interest, use
moneys from the local government parks and recreational facilities fund to aid
local governmental units in their acquisition and establishment of local parks
and recreational facilities, provided that local governmental units must provide
matching funds for the project. The Department for Local Government may
grant an amount up to five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for any one (1)
project, which amount shall not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the cost of the
entire project. For the purposes of this section, local governmental units shall
mean county governments, urban-county government, and governments of
cities of any class. Title to parks and recreational facilities acquired by the use
of funds authorized by this section shall vest in the local governmental unit
which proposed the project and provided the matching funds.
In September of each year, the commissioner shall determine the amount of
funds available for distribution by December 31 of that same year. The
commissioner may prescribe standards for determining the amounts to be
granted for local projects and any administrative regulations as may be
necessary to implement the provisions of this section. Funds granted by the
Department for Local Government shall be spent by the local governing
authorities only for the acquisition and establishment of parks and recreational
facilities or major improvements or additions to existing parks and shall not be
used for operating or maintenance expenses.
Effective:July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 117, sec. 9, effective July 15, 2010. -Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 47, sec. 70, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 69, sec. 56, effective July 15, 1998; and ch. 597, sec. 3,
effective July 15, 1998. -- Created 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 162, sec. 1, effective July
15, 1982.
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