{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-150.0241","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 150.0241","heading":"Access  to and use of commission-managed  lands for hunting --","body":"Duties of commission  and other state agencies -- Reports.\n(1) As used in this section unless the context otherwise requires:\n(a) \"Commission\" has the same meaning as in KRS 150.010;\n(b) \"Commission-managed  lands\" means  those lands owned  by  the\ncommission, those lands owned  by the Commonwealth  over which the\ncommission holds management  authority, or those privately owned lands\nthat are leased or managed  by the commission; and\n(c) \"Hunting\" means the lawful pursuit, trapping, shooting, capture, collection,\nor killing of wildlife or the lawful attempt to do the same.\n(2) Commission-managed  lands shall be open to access and use for hunting\nexcept as limited by the commission for reasons of fish or wildlife management,\nor as otherwise limited by a statute outside KRS Chapter 150 or 235.\n(3) The  commission, in exercising its authority under the Constitution of the\nCommonwealth  of Kentucky and statutes, shall exercise its authority consistent\nwith subsection (2) of this section, in a manner that supports, promotes, and\nenhances hunting opportunities to the extent authorized by law.\n(4) Commission  land management  decisions and actions, including decisions\nmade  by private owners to close land managed  by the commission, shall not\nresult in any net loss of habitat land acreage available for hunting opportunities\non commission-managed  lands that exists on July 15, 2010. The commission\nshall expeditiously find replacement acreage for hunting to compensate for\nclosures of any existing hunting land. Replacement lands shall, to the greatest\nextent possible, be located within the same  commission district and shall be\nconsistent with the hunting discipline that the commission allowed on the\nclosed land.\n(5) Any state agency that owns or manages  lands shall assist and coordinate and\ncooperate with the commission to allow hunting on these lands if the lands are\ndetermined by the commission and that agency to be suitable for hunting. To\nensure no net loss of land acreage available for hunting, state agencies shall\ncooperate with the commission to open new, additional hunting lands to\nreplace lost hunting acreage. Lands officially designated as units within the\nstate park system may be considered for replacement hunting lands and may\nbe open for hunting when necessary as a wildlife control or management  tool\nas determined by the Department of Parks.\n(6) By  October 1 of each year, the commissioner shall submit to the Legislative\nResearch Commission and the Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources\nand Environment a written report describing:\n(a) The  acreage managed  by the commission that was closed to hunting\nduring the previous fiscal year and the reasons for the closures; and\n(b) The acreage managed  by the commission that was opened to hunting to\ncompensate for closures of existing land pursuant to subsection (4) of this\nsection.\n(7) By October 1 of each year, any state agency that owns or manages lands shall\nsubmit  a  written report to the commission, the Legislative Research\nCommission,  and the Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources and\nEnvironment describing:\n(a) A  list of properties that were open for hunting during the previous fiscal\nyear;\n(b) A  list of properties that were not open for hunting during the previous\nfiscal year; and\n(c) 1. The acreage for each property and the county where each property\nis located, including lands on which a right-of-way exists which make\nthe lands unsuitable for hunting, and an explanation of why the\nright-of-way makes the land unsuitable for hunting; and\n2. Parcels under fifty (50) acres. No agency shall subdivide land it\nowns  or manages  into parcels under fifty (50) acres in an attempt to\navoid compliance with the provisions of this section.\n(8) The first report under this section shall be due no later than October 1, 2010.","path":["KRS Chapter 150"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=52187","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:50:43Z","sha256":"066257996bb06d7bf4184e322ccc6eac9c7ea08ce18f737f166e0e0885f57c37","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-150.024","next":"us-ky/krs-150.0242"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}