{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-149.640","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 149.640","heading":"Control measures may be applied -- Agreements with landowners -- Cost.","body":"The secretary for energy and environment may apply measures of infestation and\ninfection control on public and private forests and other lands anywhere in the\nCommonwealth, to any trees, timber, plants or shrubs thereon harboring or which may\nharbor any in sects or disease. The secretary may enter into agreements with owners of\nsuch lands covering the control work on their lands, and fix the pro rata basis on which\nthe cost of such work will be shared between the Commonwealth and said owner;\nprovided, that t he failure of the secretary to offer an agreement to or execute an\nagreement with any owner shall not impair the right of the secretary's representatives to\nenter on the lands of said owner to conduct control operations.","path":["KRS Chapter 149"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=1919","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:50:43Z","sha256":"07b5981ceba8272623cda15af4316f84537caab617737b4850f618b991115e3f","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-149.630","next":"us-ky/krs-149.650"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}