{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-151.291","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 151.291","heading":"Responsibility for safety of water barriers owned by Commonwealth --","body":"Transfer of ownership of water barrier -- Responsibility for safety after\ntransfer -- Approval of transfer.\n(1) The cabinet shall enforce compliance with all applicable laws and regu lations of all\ndams, reservoirs, levees, embankments, or other water barriers owned by the\nCommonwealth.\n(2) The cabinet may take whatever action that it deems necessary to maintain, repair or\nremove dams, reservoirs, levees, embankments, or other water ba rriers owned,\nacquired or constructed by the Commonwealth.\n(3) Funds expended pursuant to subsection (1) or (2) of this section may not be\nexpended for any aesthetic or functional purposes that are not related to the safety or\nintegrity of the water barrier.\n(4) Any person to whom the Commonwealth has transferred ownership of any dam,\nreservoir, levee, embankment or other water barrier shall maintain it in compliance\nwith all applicable laws and regulations. The Commonwealth shall not expend\nfunds to mainta in, repair or remove any structure the ownership of which it has\ntransferred after July 15, 1986, unless otherwise expressly provided by law or\nwritten agreement.\n(5) The secretary of the cabinet shall review and approve or disapprove every proposed\ntransfer of any water barrier owned by the Commonwealth. No transfer of any water\nbarrier owned by the Commonwealth shall occur except upon approval of the\nsecretary of the cabinet. The secretary shall ensure that every proposed transfer is\nconsistent with the t erms and provisions of this section. Nothing herein shall be\nconstrued, however, to prevent the transfer of a water barrier by the Commonwealth\nwithout first bringing it into compliance with existing laws and regulations.","path":["KRS Chapter 151"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=2106","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:50:45Z","sha256":"8218036d468dd66f08e2b4f3262d18792735e02ad94f4f6f25a0cb4bd8a0109d","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-151.290","next":"us-ky/krs-151.293"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}