KRS 154.80-100: Statement of purpose.

The purpose of KRS 65.510 to 65.530, KRS 139.483, this section, and KRS 154.80 -110

to 154.80 -130 is to create within the Cabinet for Economic Development to aid in the

promotion and development of river -related industry, agriculture, and commerce in

Kentucky; to aid in the promotion and development of local port authorities as authorized

by KRS 65.510 to 65.650; to aid in the promotion and development of industrial districts,

parks, and sites for accommodating industrial complexes that utilize the rivers an d river-

related resources; to analyze, plan, and aid in systematically developing river -related

resources by the development of services and facilities; to promote the development of

industrial parks and terminal facilities for manufacturing and distributi on industries for

attracting and serving private and public enterprises that are directly or indirectly river -

oriented; to promote the exportation of Kentucky made products in foreign commerce,

especially as related to the utilization of the navigable wate rways; and to establish the

powers necessary or appropriate to carry out and effectuate the purposes of KRS 65.510

to 65.530, KRS 139.483, this section, and KRS 154.80-110 to 154.80-130.