KRS 182.220: Period in which work must be begun -- Effect of failure.

(1) If the applicant does not begin the proposed work in good faith within one (1) year

from obtaining the leave, and within three (3) years so far finish it as to have the

mill or factory in good condition for use, or if it is destroyed and made unfit for use,

and the rebuilding or repair thereof be not so begun within a year, and finished

within three (3) years from the time of such destruction or getting out of repair, the

title to the land so obtained under the condemnation shall revert to the former

owner, his heirs or assigns, and all the privileges obtained under the leave shall

cease, subject to subsection (2) of this section.

(2) If the owner of the mill and privileges is, at such time, an infant, imprisoned, or of

unsound mind, he shall be allowed the same time after such disability is removed, if

the time so excepted does not exceed seven (7) years.