KRS 147A.152: Definitions for KRS 147A.150 to 147A.166.

As used in KRS 147A.150 to 147A.166:

(1) "Department" means the Department for Local Government;

(2) "Eligible grant recipient" means a grant applicant that is a public agency as defined

in KRS 61.805 or nonprofit entity engaged in public benefit improvements to

priority communities;

(3) "Eligible project" means a public benefit project in a priority community or

benefiting a priority community with available matching funds that satisfies the

evaluation criteria in KRS 147A.160 and that is initiated on:

(a) Publicly owned property;

(b) Property to be acquired, which comes with either a:

1. Legally binding letter of intent or option for the sale to an eligible grant

recipient; or

2. Sale agreement for the sale to an eligible grant recipient; or

(c) Private property on which a project is located that is in the public interest and

for a public purpose and that benefits a priority community;

(4) "Eligible use" means the authorized purpose for which an awarded grant may be

used depending on the source of funds from the Commonwealth. "Eligible use"

may include but is not limited to any of the categories in KRS 147A.160;

(5) "Interagency Working Group" means the Interagency Working Group on Coal and

Power Plant Communities and Economic Revitalization establ ished by Presidential

Executive Order 14008, issued on January 27, 2021;

(6) "Priority community" means the areas impacted by concentrated, direct coal -related

job losses from mine and power plant closures in recent years as designated by the

Interagency Working Group; and

(7) "Regional project" means an eligible project that is proposed by eligible grant

recipients residing in different counties in this Commonwealth who submit a single

grant application.