2016 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 224 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Subchapter 99 - Penalties
224.99-020 Action to recover penalties and costs -- Injunctive relief.

Download as PDF 224.99-020 Action to recover penalties and costs -- Injunctive relief. (1) (2) It shall be the duty of the cabinet's Office of Legal Services, or upon the secretary's request, of the Attorney General, to institute an action for the recovery of any penalties and costs otherwise authorized in this chapter, and to bring an action for an injunction against any person violating or threatening to violate any provision of this chapter, or any administrative regulation, order, or determination of the cabinet promulgated pursuant thereto. In any such action any findings of the cabinet shall be prima facie evidence of the fact or facts found therein. Nothing contained in this chapter shall abridge the right of any person to recover actual compensatory damages resulting from any violation of this chapter. Effective: July 15, 1996 History: Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 360, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 215, sec. 6, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 74, sec. 20, effective July 15, 1982. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 355, sec. 9, effective June 21, 1974. Formerly codified as KRS 224.995.