{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-149.180","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 149.180","heading":"Collection of costs of firefighting from person responsible for fire --","body":"Disposition.\nWhenever possible, the secretary for energy and environment shall collect the costs of\nfirefighting done and approved as provided in KRS 149.160, from the person resp onsible\nfor the origin of the fire by his negligence or intent. The recovered costs shall be\ndeposited in a special fund in the Energy and Environment Cabinet. The recovered costs\nshall be repaid to the county in which the costs were incurred, if such coun ty has fully\npaid its annual assessment to the statewide system as provided for in KRS 149.540 for the\nyear in which the fire suppression costs were incurred. If a county is not eligible to\nreceive the recovered costs, the money shall be used by the Divisi on of Forestry to\nimprove fire protection services. The funds so repaid to the county shall be placed in the\ncounty forest fire protection fund provided for in KRS 149.590. Any money in the Energy\nand Environment Cabinet's, or its predecessor's, special fu nd upon July 15, 1998, that\nwere not repaid to a county for having failed to fully pay its annual assessment, shall be\nused by the Division of Forestry to improve fire protection services. In the event the\nsuppression cost is not collected, the Commonwealth's attorney of the county in which the\nfire occurred shall institute and prosecute the necessary proceedings. Costs recovered\nunder this section shall be ordered to be paid directly to the Energy and Environment\nCabinet. The court shall not direct that the costs be paid through the circuit clerk.","path":["KRS Chapter 149"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=1860","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:50:42Z","sha256":"6d99c2de5cce5f5c6ed1e81d9f4ccc7b7901c4bcf7ff6eda541449ddcdadc7f0","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-149.175","next":"us-ky/krs-149.190"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}