{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-146.450","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 146.450","heading":"Powers and duties of office.","body":"To effectuate the purposes of KRS 146.410 to 146.530, the office has the powers and\nduties enumerated as follows:\n(1) To enforce rules pertaining to public use of and activities on nature preserves, and\non any real property held by the office;\n(2) To acquire by gift, devise, purchase, grant, agreement, dedication, and transfer the\nfee simple title, or any lesser right or interest, in real property containing natural\nareas, including but not limited to leasehold estates, easements, and licenses\ngranting to t he office specified rights of use or licenses denying to the grantor\nspecified rights of use, or both, and to dedicate the same to the system of nature\npreserves as provided in KRS 146.410 to 146.530;\n(3) To dedicate in the manner provided for in KRS 146.4 10 to 146.530 real property\nheld by it as nature preserves;\n(4) To transfer from or to the office real property or any interests or rights therein.","path":["KRS Chapter 146"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=47544","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:50:37Z","sha256":"b60a77ac38da06e07ebc964a3a4b76984ef24633b5cf408bd4f94ed70727b74e","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-146.445","next":"us-ky/krs-146.455"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}