{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-146.570","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 146.570","heading":"Kentucky Heritage Land Conservation fund.","body":"(1) There is hereby established in the State Treasury a fund entitled \"Kentucky Heritage\nLand Conservation fund.\" The fund shall primarily receive state appropriations,\ngifts, grants, federal funds, and tax receipts. The fund shall be disbursed by the State\nTreasurer upon the warrant of the secretary of the Finance and Administration\nCabinet. Moneys in the fund not expended at the end of a fiscal year shall be carried\nforward to the next fiscal year, and the fund shall not lapse. Moneys in the fund\nshall be inv ested in accordance with administrative regulations developed by the\nState Investment Commission in accordance with KRS 42.525. Interest earnings\nshall accrue to the fund.\n(2) The fund shall be attached for administrative, budgeting, and capital planning a nd\nreporting purposes to the Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves. Land acquisitions\nshall be authorized by the General Assembly and reported to the Capital Projects\nand Bond Oversight Committee in accordance with KRS 45.750 to 45.800.\nAllocation of moneys as approved by the board for management of the lands shall\nbe appropriated to each separate agency as part of its operating budget.\n(3) Moneys in the fund shall be used exclusively for the purposes of acquisition and\nmanagement of lands as defined in KRS 1 46.560 and for administration of the fund\nprogram by the office. Each recipient of moneys shall develop and implement a\nresource management plan for each tract acquired, and shall allocate some moneys\nreceived for management of lands acquired as directed by the board. Lands acquired\nshall be maintained in perpetuity for the purposes set out in KRS 146.560.\n(4) Moneys in the fund shall be allocated as follows:\n(a) The Department of Parks shall receive ten percent (10%);\n(b) The Department of Fish and Wildlif e Resources shall receive ten percent\n(10%);\n(c) The Energy and Environment Cabinet, Division of Forestry, shall receive ten\npercent (10%);\n(d) Ten percent (10%) shall be allocated for the Wild Rivers System established\nby the Kentucky Wild Rivers Act, KRS  146.200 to 146.360, and any\nadministrative regulations promulgated pursuant thereto;\n(e) The Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves shall receive ten percent (10%); and\n(f) The board shall receive the remaining fifty percent (50%), for allocation to\nprivate, nonprofit land trust organizations, state agencies, local governments,\nand state colleges and universities. Any funds expended under this paragraph\nto private, nonprofit land trust organizations shall be matched dollar-for-dollar\nas required in KRS 146.560(2).","path":["KRS Chapter 146"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=47561","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:50:38Z","sha256":"097a5e4f76694d00cf5eabd87ea12463e34cd6a5a3c7490515fcf4dd701ebffa","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-146.565","next":"us-ky/krs-146.600"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}