{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-224.20-050","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 224.20-050","heading":"Fee for administration of air quality program -- Exceptions.","body":"(1) As used in this section, \"emergency stationary internal combustion engine\" means\nany engine that:\n(a) Has no time limits on use in emergency situations;\n(b) Is operated for a  maximum of one hundred (100) hours per calendar year for\nall nonemergency situations, including maintenance checks and readiness\ntesting; and\n(c) Is operated for a maximum of fifty (50) hours per calendar year for\nnonemergency situations that do not const itute maintenance checks or\nreadiness testing. Hours of operation under this paragraph are counted as part\nof the one hundred (100) hours allowed under paragraph (b) of this\nsubsection.\n(2) The cabinet, or an air pollution control district created pursuant to KRS Chapters 77\nand 224, may promulgate administrative regulations adopting fees for the cost of\nadministering the air quality program authorized by this chapter, as mandated under\nthe Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, Pub. L. No. 101 -549, as amended. Any\nperson who fails to pay a fee as required by the administrative regulations adopted\npursuant to this section shall pay an additional fee equal to fifty percent (50%) of\nthe fee amount, plus interest on the fee amount computed in accordance with 26\nU.S.C. sec. 6621(a)(2), as amended, relating to computation of interest on\nunderpayment of federal taxes.\n(3) The cabinet may use the fee structure implemented by administrative regulations to\ngenerate funds to finance the cabinet's air quality program. The ca binet's fee\nstructure shall not generate moneys in excess of the amount authorized in the\nenacted budget bill.\n(4) Except as provided in subsection (5) of this section, the emissions fees shall be\nassessed on each permitted source of regulated air pollutan ts emitted in the\npreceding year, and the cabinet shall not create an upper limit on the amount of\nactual emissions of a single regulated air pollutant from a permitted source emitted\nin the preceding year that may be assessed emissions fees.\n(5) An emergency stationary internal combustion engine unit shall not subject a source\nthat has been issued a state origin or federally enforceable non -major source permit\nto the assessment or payment of emissions fees on any emissions from that source.\n(6) Moneys generated by a fee structure shall be deposited into a separate and distinct\ninterest-bearing account and invested in accordance with administrative regulations\npromulgated by the State Investment Commission pursuant to KRS 42.525. Moneys\nnot expended at the e nd of a fiscal year shall be carried forward to the next fiscal\nyear. Any available balance shall be credited against the emissions fee required in\nthe succeeding fiscal year, and shall be credited to each source according to the\nproportion of the total of  all emission fees which were paid by that source in a\ntimely manner.","path":[],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=55962","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:39Z","sha256":"3af673931fb31c7585b6feb1e883b27547a64e243716b18a0eb25f809ca093b3","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-224.195","next":"us-ky/krs-224.20-100"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}