{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-151.723","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 151.723","heading":"Water use fees.","body":"(1) The rate of the water use fees collected by the authority shall be set for each year of\nthe biennium based upon a total amount of funds necessary to carry out only those\nfunctions, projects, and expenses authorized by the General Assembly in the\nauthority's biennial budget.\n(2) At the time the authority submits its budget to the Governor's Office of Policy and\nManagement, it shall certify to the General Assembly the total amount of water use\nreported for the preceding biennium by users subject to the water use fees. At least\nthirty (30) days prior to the effective date of the authority's budget, the authority\nshall establish a rate for each water use fee based upon an amount of water use\nprojected for each year of the biennium from the amount reported, calcu lated to\ngenerate the amount of funds necessary to carry out the functions, projects, and\nexpenses which have been authorized by the General Assembly to be funded by the\nfees. The rate shall be an amount for each one thousand (1,000) gallons of water use\nand shall be effective for at least one (1) year.\n(3) The authority shall define by administrative regulation those uses of the Kentucky\nRiver or the waters of the Kentucky River basin subject to a water use fee. Water\nuse fees shall not apply to facilities  using water for agricultural purposes. The\nauthority shall collect the fees on a quarterly basis and pay the collected fees into\nthe State Treasury to the credit of a restricted fund for use by the authority.\n(4) Water withdrawal fees imposed by the autho rity shall not be subject to state and\nlocal taxes. Notwithstanding KRS 151.710(10), Tier 1 water withdrawal fees shall\nbe used to support the operations of the authority and for contractual services for\nwater supply and quality studies.","path":["KRS Chapter 151"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=56946","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:50:46Z","sha256":"afa9bb715501d9c74978e10e34ab5e0d489c614c21aaf7d58412fb8ea09e5d66","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-151.720","next":"us-ky/krs-151.725"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}