KRS 151.612: Assistance in establishing Stream Restoration and Mitigation Authority.

(1) Any 2020 water management planning council located in a given HUC 10

watershed or portion of a given HUC 10 watershed may contact the water service

coordinator in the area development district that serves the council and request

assistance with the establishment of a Stream Restoration and Mitigation Authority.

(2) If there is a request by a 2020 water management planning council to develop a

Stream Restoration and Mitigation Authority for a HUC 10 watershed, and if that

watershed extends through more than one (1) area development district, the water

service coordinator shall contact the water service coordinators of the affected area

development districts and inform them of the request to form a Stream Restoration

and Mitigation Authority.

(3) The water se rvice coordinators shall request the 2020 water management planning

councils submit their list of nominees for the Stream Restoration and Mitigation

Authority, and the water service coordinator shall forward those lists to the

Governor for appointment in accordance with KRS 151.613.

(4) Any 2020 water management council located in the watershed may elect at any time

not to participate in a Stream Restoration and Mitigation Authority by indicating the

election in a resolution. However, that election shall no t limit the right of any other

2020 water management council to establish a Stream Restoration and Mitigation

Authority for that watershed.