154.80-100 Statement of purpose.
The purpose of KRS 65.510 to 65.530, KRS 139.483, this section, and KRS 154.80-110
to 154.80-130 is to create within the Cabinet for Economic Development to aid in the
promotion and development of river-related industry, agriculture, and commerce in
Kentucky; to aid in the promotion and development of local port authorities as authorized
by KRS 65.510 to 65.650; to aid in the promotion and development of industrial districts,
parks, and sites for accommodating industrial complexes that utilize the rivers and riverrelated resources; to analyze, plan, and aid in systematically developing river-related
resources by the development of services and facilities; to promote the development of
industrial parks and terminal facilities for manufacturing and distribution industries for
attracting and serving private and public enterprises that are directly or indirectly riveroriented; to promote the exportation of Kentucky made products in foreign commerce,
especially as related to the utilization of the navigable waterways; and to establish the
powers necessary or appropriate to carry out and effectuate the purposes of KRS 65.510
to 65.530, KRS 139.483, this section, and KRS 154.80-110 to 154.80-130.
Effective: July 14, 1992
History: Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 105, sec. 36, effective July 14, 1992. -- Created
1966 Ky. Acts ch. 64, sec. 2.
Formerly codified as KRS 154.315
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