KRS 150.025: Power of department to make administrative regulations as to game and

fish, including seasons and limits -- Inclusion of administrative regulations on

department's website.

(1) In carrying out the provisions of this chapter the department may , by administrative

regulations promulgated under the provisions of KRS Chapter 13A:

(a) Fix, close, terminate, shorten, or divide open season, or make open seasons

conditional;

(b) Regulate bag or creel limits and possession limits;

(c) Regulate buying, selling, or transporting;

(d) Regulate the size or type of any device used for taking, and regulate any

method of taking;

(e) Regulate or restrict the places where taking is permitted;

(f) Regulate taking, or the opening or closing of seasons, in waters in which the

department is conducting experiments or making improvements for the

purpose of promoting the conservation of wildlife and increasing the supply

thereof;

(g) Regulate water safety enforcement as provided in KRS Chapter 235;

(h) Make administrative regulations apply to a limited area or to the entire state;

and

(i) Promulgate any other administrative regulations reasonably necessary to

implement or carry out the purposes of this chapter.

(2) The commissioner shall cause the text of every administrative regulation to be made

available electronically on the department's website within five (5) working days of

filing. The commissioner shall also cause to be prepared news releases concerning

all new or amended administrative regulations for distribution to radio, television,

and newspaper media.

(3) This section shall apply to KRS Chapter 150 and no other KRS chapter pertaining

to this subject shall apply to KRS Chapter 150.