KRS 150.425: Bounty on beaver.

(1) Upon adoption of a resolution by the fiscal court that beaver exist within the county

in such quantities that they present a threat to the preservation of farmland, trees,

and other property, the fiscal court may request the department to pay a bounty on

beaver. Upon receipt of the resolution, a bounty on beaver of ten dollars ($10) for

each beaver shall be paid in the following manner. Upon the presentation of the tail

of any beaver, any game warden of the department shall issue a receipt, in the form

as prescribed by the commission, to the person presenting the tail. The department

shall redeem the receipts by paying to such person the sum of ten dollars ($10) for

each receipt as bounty. The redemption of receipts shall be paid only from funds

especially appropriated for this purpose and it is expressly provided that no bounty

shall be paid from any regular receipts, funds, or appropriations of the department.

However, the department may charge a maximum of one dollar ($1) against the

appropriation for bounties for each bounty paid as reimbursement for the expense of

administering the bounty program.

(2) No bounty shall be paid when funds, personnel, or equipment of any governmental

unit are used in capturing and killing beaver.

(3) Upon receipt of an adopte d resolution from a fiscal court stating that beaver no

longer present a threat to property within the county, the department shall cease

paying the bounty.