KRS 150.730: Permits to hold captive cervids -- Amendments to existing holding and

fencing requirements -- Duties of department.

(1) Within sixty (60) days of July 12, 2006, the Department of Fish and Wildlife

Resources shall promulgate administrative regulations amending existing

requirements for a permit to hold captive cervids in accordance with the provisions

of KRS 150.725 to 150.735. All other fencing and holding requirements specified in

existing administrative regulation for a permit to hold captive cervids adopted on

January 5, 2004, shall not be amended in a manner that is in conflict with KRS

150.725 to 150.735 or that increases the stringency of those requirements, except

when as ordered by the state veterinarian for disease control and as provided by la w

or in administrative regulations for the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources

to control emergency conditions that detrimentally affect wildlife.

(2) The department shall have thirty (30) days from the date it receives a completed

application to eit her issue or deny captive permits for propagation and taking of

captive cervids by any legal hunting or slaughter methods. If an application

demonstrates that the applicant complies with the statutory and administrative

requirements for a permit and the ap plicant removes all wild cervids from the

facility, the department shall issue the permit.