KRS 151.550: Community Flood Damage Abatement Program.

(1) There is hereby created a Community Flood Damage Abatement Program within the

Energy and Environment Cabinet.

(2) It is hereby declared to be the purpose of the program to provide funds and technical

assistance to local governments to initiate flood control projects and programs.

(3) This program shall be administered by the secretary according to standards designed

to promote adequate planning, construction and conservation measures to deal with

water drainage problems.

(4) Any local sponsoring community desiring to qualify for funding, must:

(a) Make application to the cabinet which shall be in the form and manner

prescribed by the cabinet;

(b) Provide at no expense to the cabinet, all lands and easements necessary for

project construction;

(c) Agree to op erate and maintain the project in a manner acceptable to the

Commonwealth to insure the continued capacity of the project to prevent or

minimize flood damages;

(d) Submit evidence of the history of flooding within the last five (5) years;

(e) Submit evidence of flood damage in dollars within the last five (5) years.

(5) The cabinet shall have and exercise the power and authority to annually inspect the

completed project to insure compliance with any of the provisions of this section or

with any rules, regul ations or orders adopted pursuant thereto, or with any of the

conditions contained in subsection (4)(c) of this section.