KRS 269.070: County may drain land -- Payment of cost -- Acquisition of necessary land.

Any county may remove any ponds, pools, or swamp marshes, or reclaim swamp land

that may cause sickness in the county, by ditching, leveeing, or cleaning out logs and

brush that may cause any creek to scatter or form pools of stagnant water. The cost shall

be paid for out of the county levy or by taxation of the property in the county subject to

taxation for state purposes. When the fiscal court undertakes such a project, it may

acquire for the county by contract or condemnation any land necessary to carry out the

project. If condemnation proceedings are necessary, they shall be conducted in the

manner provided in the Eminent Domain Act of Kentucky.