{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-353.500","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 353.500","heading":"Declaration of policy of KRS 353.500 to 353.720.","body":"(1) It is hereby declared to be the public policy of this Commonwealth to foster\nconservation of all mineral resources, to encourage exploration for such resources,\nto protect correlative rights of land and mineral owners, to prohibit waste and\nunnecessary surface loss and damage and to encourage the maximum recovery of\noil and gas from all deposits thereof now known and which may hereafter be\ndiscovered; and to promote safety in the operation thereof. To that end, KRS\n353.500 to 353.720 is enacted and shall be  liberally construed to give effect to such\npublic policy.\n(2) The General Assembly finds that governmental responsibility for regulating all\naspects of oil and gas exploration, production, development, gathering, and\ntransmission rests with state governme nt. The department shall promulgate\nregulations relating thereto and take all actions necessary to assure efficient oil and\ngas operations and to protect the property, health, and safety of the citizens of the\nCommonwealth in a manner consistent with KRS C hapter 353, and to the exclusion\nof all other nonstate governmental entities except as provided in KRS Chapter 100.\nThe department shall promulgate regulations relating to gathering lines within six\n(6) months after June 24, 2003. Nothing in this section s hall be construed as\nlimiting the rights of local governmental units to regulate the use of streets,\nhighways, and rights -of-way. The department shall report quarterly to the\nLegislative Research Commission beginning July 1, 2003, through December 31,\n2004. The report shall detail progress made in carrying out this section, and the\nefficacy of the regulatory programs implemented.","path":["KRS Chapter 353"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=33104","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:58:39Z","sha256":"2718cac6abdc2efc83b096ddd76762633f1ecd99e5f11650a03685c69c13f2d5","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-353.476","next":"us-ky/krs-353.510"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}