KRS 77.127: Air quality trust fund.

(1) In a county containing a consolidated local government or a city of the first class or

a city having a population equal to or greater than twenty thousand (20,000) based

upon the most recent federal decennial census, there is established within the air

pollution control district a special trust fund to be known as the "air quality trust

fund" to be used for conducting and funding air quality research and development

projects, special nonrecurring air quality projects, and air quality education

programs approved by the air pollution control board to assist in implementing the

policies and purposes of this chapter.

(2) All money collected for the fund shall be deposited by the district into an interest -

bearing capital project account maintained by the fiscal c ourt or consolidated local

government of the county in which the district is located. Money shall be distributed

from the account by the finance director of the county or consolidated local

government based upon written authorization from the air pollution control board.

Money unexpended at the close of a fiscal year shall not lapse but shall be carried

forward for future use.

(3) The fund shall not be used to support or finance the routine day-to-day activities and

responsibilities of the district.

(4) The air pollution control board shall, by regulation, set policies and establish

procedures for the receipt and disbursement of any money collected under this

section and for the full disclosure of the source and use of the money.

(5) The air pollution control board shall control and manage the fund. It shall publish in

writing at its June meeting each year an accounting of the income and

disbursements of the fund.

(6) Four (4) members of the air pollution control board shall constitute a quorum for

conducting business relating to the air quality trust fund. When votes are taken on

matters relating to the fund, each member shall have one (1) vote, and the

affirmative vote of at least a majority of the votes cast shall be necessary for the

adoption of any motion, measure, or resolution.

(7) Members of the air pollution control board shall not solicit, but may accept, money

by grant, gift, donation, bequest, civil or criminal penalty, or other conveyance to be

credited to the air quality trust fund, but they may n ot accept penalties collected

under KRS 77.990 for the air quality trust fund.