{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-148.220","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 148.220","heading":"Compact with Virginia for Breaks Interstate Park.","body":"The Governor is hereby authorized and directed to execute, on behalf of the\nCommonwealth of Kentucky, the following compact with the Commonwealth of Virginia\nwhich is hereby approved, ratified and enacted into law:\nBREAKS INTERSTATE PARK COMPACT\nPursuant to authority granted by an Act of the 83rd Congress of the United States,\nbeing Public Law 275, approved August 14, 1953, the Commonwealth of Kentucky and\nthe Commonwealth of Virginia do hereby covenant and agree as follows:\nARTICLE I.\nThe Commonwealth of  Kentucky and the Commonwealth of Virginia agree to\ncreate, develop and operate an interstate park to be known as The Breaks Interstate Park,\nwhich shall be located along the Russell Fork of the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River\nand on adjacent areas in P ike County, Kentucky, and Dickenson and Buchanan counties,\nVirginia. Said park shall be of such area and of such character as may be determined by\nthe commission created by this compact.\nARTICLE II.\nThere is hereby created The Breaks Interstate Park Commi ssion, which shall be a\nbody corporate with the powers and duties set forth herein and such additional powers as\nmay be conferred upon it by subsequent action of the appropriate authorities of Kentucky\nand Virginia. The commission shall consist of the Dire ctor of the Virginia Department of\nConservation and Recreation or his designee and the Commissioner of the Kentucky\nDepartment of Parks or his designee as voting, ex officio members and three\ncommissioners from each of the two states, each of whom shall be a citizen of the state he\nshall represent. Members of the commission shall be appointed by the Governor.\nVacancies shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired term. The term of the\ncommissioners appointed by the Governor shall be for four years. Eac h commissioner\nshall hold office until his successor is appointed and qualified. An officer or employee of\nthe state, a political subdivision or the United States government may be appointed a\ncommissioner under this compact.\nARTICLE III.\nThe commission created herein shall be a joint corporate instrumentality of both the\nCommonwealth of Kentucky and the Commonwealth of Virginia for the purpose of\neffecting the objects of this compact, and shall be deemed to be performing governmental\nfunctions of the two states in the performance of its duties hereunder. The commission\nshall have power to sue and be sued, to contract and be contracted with, to use a common\nseal and to make and adopt suitable bylaws, rules and regulations. The commission shall\nhave the authority to acquire by gift, purchase or otherwise real estate and other property,\nand to dispose of such real estate and other property. Each Commonwealth agrees that it\nwill authorize the commission to exercise the right of eminent domain to acquire property\nlocated within each Commonwealth required by the commission to effectuate the\npurposes of this compact.\nARTICLE IV.\nThe commission shall select from among its members a chairman and a vice\nchairman, and may select from among its members a secretary and treasurer or may\ndesignate other persons to fill these positions. It may appoint, and at its pleasure remove\nor discharge, such officers and legal, clerical, expert and other assistants and employees\nas may be required to carry the provisions of this compa ct into effect, and shall fix and\ndetermine their duties, qualifications and compensation. It may establish and maintain\none or more offices for the transaction of its business, and may meet at any time or place.\nA majority of the commissioners present sha ll constitute a quorum for the transaction of\nbusiness. The commissioners shall serve without compensation, but shall be paid their\nexpenses incurred in and incident to the performance of their duties. They shall take the\noath of office required of officers of their respective states.\nARTICLE V.\nEach Commonwealth agrees that the officers and departments of each will be\nauthorized to do all things falling within their respective jurisdictions necessary or\nincidental to the carrying out of the compact in every particular. The commission shall be\nentitled to the services of any state officer or agency in the same manner as any other\ndepartment or agency of this state. The commission shall keep accurate records, showing\nin full its receipts and disbursements, and said records shall be open at any reaso nable\ntime to the inspection of such representatives of the two Commonwealths as may be duly\nconstituted for that purpose. The commission shall submit annually and at other times as\nrequired such reports as may be required by the laws of each Commonwealth or by the\nGovernor thereof.\nARTICLE VI.\nThe cost of acquiring land and other property required in the development and\noperation of The Breaks Interstate Park and constructing, maintaining and operating\nimprovements and facilities therein and equipping sam e may be defrayed by funds\nreceived from appropriations, gifts, the use of money received as fees or charges for the\nuse of said park and facilities, or by the issuance of revenue bonds, or by a combination\nof such sources of funds. The commission may char ge for admission to said park, or\nmake other charges deemed appropriate by it and shall have the use of funds so received\nfor park purposes. The commission is authorized to issue revenue bonds, which shall not\nbe obligations of either state, pursuant to pr ocedures which shall be in substantial\ncompliance with the provisions of laws of either or both states governing the issuance of\nrevenue bonds by governmental agencies.\nARTICLE VII.\nAll money, securities and other property, real and personal, received by way of gift\nor otherwise or revenue received from its operations may be retained by the commission\nand used for the development, maintenance and operation of the Park or for other Park\npurposes.\nThe commission shall not pledge the credit of either Commonw ealth except by and\nwith the authority of the General Assembly thereof.\nARTICLE VIII.\nThis compact may be amended from time to time by the concurrent action of the\ntwo Commonwealth parties hereto.","path":["KRS Chapter 148"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=1727","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:50:40Z","sha256":"5d323e816e08f98818793ed7232a40111077de798d4839023bae27931e973f1c","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-148.210","next":"us-ky/krs-148.225"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}