KRS 151.728: Preconstruction and construction reports -- Long-range planning

document -- Execution of funded programs.

(1) Beginning with the 2000-2002 biennium and each biennium thereafter, the authority

shall submit to the General Assembly a six (6) year program of preconstruction and

construction activities to maintain or increase water available within the Kentucky

River. The program shall include a two (2) year construction component that shall

be implemented as authorized by the General Assembly in the author ity's biennial

budget and a four (4) year preconstruction component that shall advise the General

Assembly of the consistency of ongoing and long -term planning with the

construction activities funded by the General Assembly.

(2) The program shall be develo ped by considering, at a minimum, the following

factors:

(a) The population to be served by the available water;

(b) The social, economic, and environmental impact of program elements;

(c) The condition of existing facilities critical to water availability;

(d) The cost of maintaining, improving, replacing, or removing facilities; and

(e) The dependence of communities within the river basin on specific Kentucky

River dam pools or other sources of water.

(3) The program shall include a four (4) year planning document setting out

preconstruction activities that include planning and design and an environmental

analysis of projects to maintain or increase water available within the Kentucky

River and geotechnical and stability evaluations of the Kentucky River l ocks and

dams.

(4) The authority shall provide to the General Assembly a long -range planning

document consisting of twenty (20) years for water supply projects being considered

by the authority.

(5) The authority shall be responsible for the execution of e ach six (6) year program as

approved and authorized in the budget by the General Assembly and shall report

any anticipated deviations from the authorized construction funding or

preconstruction program to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and

Revenue.