KRS 217.217: No restriction on donation of game meat to or from certain entities for

specified purposes -- Conditions.

(1) As used in this section:

(a) "Cooperative extension agency" means the University of Kentucky

Cooperative Extension Service and the K entucky State University

Cooperative Extension Program;

(b) "Not-for-profit organization" means an organization duly organized and

validly existing as a not -for-profit organization under the laws of the

Commonwealth and exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of th e Internal Revenue

Code;

(c) "Take" has the same meaning as in KRS 150.010; and

(d) "Wildlife" has the same meaning as in KRS 150.010.

(2) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no state or local government

entity, including any local health department, shall restrict the donation of game

meat to or from a not -for-profit organization, cooperative extension agency, the

Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, or any government agency

for the purposes of education, promotion of hunti ng or fishing, or free meal

distribution to individuals in need if the game meat came from fish or wildlife that

was:

(a) Taken within the Commonwealth;

(b) Properly field dressed and processed; and

(c) Apparently disease-free when taken and unspoiled when processed.