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Assent Language - Kentucky
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Kentucky assents to the provisions of acts of Congress which provide that the United States shall aid the states in wildlife restoration projects, and for other purposes, as approved September 2, 1937, and August 9, 1950, as well as other acts…
Definition of Hunting - Kentucky
(Definitions)
(12) “Hunting” means to take or attempt to take in any manner, whether the hunter has game in possession or not;
Definition of Take and Taking - Kentucky
(Definitions)
(38) “Take” includes pursue, shoot, hunt, wound, catch, kill, trap, snare, or capture wildlife in any way and any lesser act designed to lure, attract, or entice for these purposes; and to place, set, aim, or use any device...
Endangered Species - Definitions - Kentucky
(Protected Species)
(1) “Commission” means the Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission, created by KRS 146.425. (2) “Endangered species” means any species of plant that is in danger of extirpation throughout all or a significant portion of its range within the…
Endangered Species - Funding Provisions - Kentucky
(Protected Species)
(1) There is established a special fund to be known as the “Nongame Fish and Wildlife Fund” which shall be under the control of the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission for the purpose of protecting and preserving nongame fish and…
Endangered Species - Habitat Provisions - Kentucky
(Protected Species)
The lists promulgated under KRS 146.610 shall not serve to impede the development or use of public or private lands, including, but not limited to, the normal and accepted operations of...
Endangered Species - Listing Authority and Process - Kentucky
(Protected Species)
(1) The commission may conduct investigations, with the permission of the landowner, on any species of plants indigenous to the Commonwealth necessary to develop information relating to population, distribution, habitat needs, limiting factors, and…
Endangered Species - Permitting Process - Kentucky
(Protected Species)
(3) The Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources may permit, under such terms and conditions as it may prescribe, the importation, transportation, possession, or sale of any species of wildlife otherwise prohibited pursuant to this section for…
Endangered Species - Protections and Prohibited Actions - Kentucky
(Protected Species)
(1) No person shall import, transport, possess for resale or sell any endangered species of wildlife, the hides, skins, or other parts thereof, or any article made in whole or in part from the skin, hide, or other parts of any species of wildlife…
Endangered Species - Statement of Policy - Kentucky
(Protected Species)
The General Assembly finds and declares that it is the policy of the Commonwealth to recognize endangered and threatened species of plants for human enjoyment, for scientific purposes, and to ensure their perpetuation as viable components of their…
Invertebrates - Included in Definitions - Kentucky
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(41) “Wildlife” means any normally undomesticated animal, alive or dead, including without limitations any wild mammal, bird, fish, reptile, amphibian, or other terrestrial or aquatic life, whether or not possessed in controlled environment, bred,…
Invertebrates - Included in Definitions? - Kentucky
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(41) “Wildlife” means any normally undomesticated animal, alive or dead, including without limitations any wild mammal, bird, fish, reptile, amphibian, or other terrestrial or aquatic life, whether or not possessed in controlled environment, bred,…
Invertebrates - Mollusks - Kentucky
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The commissioner and conservation officers may arrest without warrant anyone violating any of the provisions of KRS 150.520 or any of the rules and regulations made by the department for the protection of mussels under this chapter. They may inspect…
Invertebrates - Mollusks - Kentucky
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The commissioner and conservation officers may arrest without warrant anyone violating any of the provisions of KRS 150.520 or any of the rules and regulations made by the department for the protection of mussels under this chapter...
Jurisdiction for Swine - Definition - Kentucky
(Invasive Species)
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Board” means the state Board of Agriculture(,) (2) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Agriculture(,) (3) “Department” means the Department of Agriculture(,) (8) “Livestock”…
Jurisdiction for Swine - Prohibited Actions - Kentucky
(Invasive Species)
(1) No person shall release a hog or pig from the family Suidae into the wild. (2) No person shall import, possess, or transport in Kentucky any wild or feral pig, Eurasian or Russian boar, or any hybrid of these, whether born in the wild or…
Kentucky - Agency Mandate
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(3) The commissioner, with the approval of the commission, shall authorize such scientific and other studies as he deems necessary, and shall collect, classify and disseminate such statistics, data and information as in his discretion will tend to…
Kentucky - Agency Rule Making Authority
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(1) In carrying out the provisions of this chapter the department may, by administrative regulations promulgated under the provisions of KRS Chapter 13A: (a) Fix, close, terminate, shorten, or divide open season, or make open seasons conditional; (b)…
Kentucky - Creation of Agency
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(1) The Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources shall constitute a department of state government within the meaning of KRS Chapter 12. The department shall consist of a commissioner, a Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission,
Kentucky - Directors and Commissioners
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(1) The commission shall appoint a commissioner of the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, who shall be a person with knowledge of and experience in the requirements for the protection, conservation and restoration of the wildlife resources of…
Kentucky - Harassment Statutes
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(1) No person shall intentionally obstruct or disrupt the right of a person to lawfully take wildlife by hunting, trapping, or fishing. (2) The Attorney General or any person directly affected may bring an action to restrain conduct unlawful under…
Kentucky - Hunter Education
(Education)
(1) Except as provided in the following subsections of this section, and subject to administrative regulations promulgated under this chapter, no person, resident, or nonresident shall do any act authorized by any kind of license or permit or assist…
Kentucky - Hunter Education
(Education)
Section 1. Definitions. (1) “Adult” means a person who is at least eighteen (18) years old. (2) “Hunter education card” means a card or similar document that verifies a person has successfully completed a: (a) Kentucky hunter education course; or (b)…
Kentucky - Jurisdiction for Cats
(Invasive Species)
(4) Any person with feral cats on his premises shall make a reasonable effort to capture or vaccinate the cats.
Kentucky - R3 Mandates
(Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping)
(4) The department shall prescribe a method to allow any applicant for a license required under KRS 150.175 to make, at the time of application, a voluntary contribution in the amount of two dollars ($2) for the Becoming an Outdoors-Woman Program or…
Public Ownership - Fish and Coastal Waters - Kentucky
(Public Trust and Agencies)
The citizens of Kentucky have the personal right to hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife, using traditional methods, subject only to statutes enacted bytheLegislature, and to administrative regulations adopted by the designated state agency to promote…
Public Ownership - Wildlife and Land - Kentucky
(Public Trust and Agencies)
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is deemed to have possessed the original, and has the ultimate property in and to all lands within her boundaries.
Public Ownership - Wildlife Compact - Kentucky
(Public Trust and Agencies)
(A) WILDLIFE RESOURCES ARE MANAGED IN TRUST BY THE RESPECTIVE STATES FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS. (B) THE PROTECTION OF THE WILDLIFE RESOURCES OF A STATE...
Reptiles & Amphibians - Authority/Jurisdiction - Kentucky
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(1) A county, city, urban-county, or charter county government may regulate or prohibit the holding of wildlife that have been identified by the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources as inherently dangerous to human health and safety...
Reptiles & Amphibians - Definition - Kentucky
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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (4) “Commission” means the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission(,) (5) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources(,)...
Reptiles & Amphibians - Enforcement and Penalties - Kentucky
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Any person who displays, handles or uses any kind of reptile in connection with any religious service or gathering shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100)...
Reptiles & Amphibians - Prohibited Actions and Protections - Kentucky
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No person shall sell live crayfish, mud eels, spring lizards, fish, aquatic invertebrates, or amphibians for bait to be used in taking fishes, nor live fishes for stocking or fishing purposes unless he has obtained a live fish and bait dealer's…
Search and Seizure - Agriculture - Kentucky
(Law Enforcement)
Any lot of fertilizer not in compliance with the provisions of KRS 250.371 to 250.451 shall be subject to seizure on complaint of the director to a court of competent jurisdiction in the area in which said fertilizer is located. In the event the…
Search and Seizure - Equipment and Vehicles - Kentucky
(Law Enforcement)
(1) The commissioner, all conservation officers, persons appointed by the commissioner, and all peace officers and their deputies shall seize and take possession of any and all furs, wildlife, guns, dogs, instruments, boats or devices which have been…
Search and Seizure - Inspection - Kentucky
(Law Enforcement)
(1) The department or its agents or employees shall have free access within reasonable hours to any farm, orchard, garden, elevator, warehouse, building, cellar, freight or express office or car, freight yard, vehicle, vessel, boat, container, or any…
Search and Seizure - Special Officers - Kentucky
(Law Enforcement)
The commissioner, all personnel of the department and all officers and other persons appointed by the commissioner may execute any process issued by a court, enforcing the provisions of this chapter or any law relating to the propagation or…
Wildlife Diseases - Acceptable Methods of Eradication & Reduction of Diseases - Kentucky
(Wildlife Disease and Rehab)
(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of KRS 150.370, 525.130, or any other statute that may be in conflict herewith, any county fiscal court may, whenever an epidemic or potential epidemic of a disease transmissible to man and domestic animals exists…
Wildlife Diseases - Authority & Jurisdiction - Kentucky
(Wildlife Disease and Rehab)
(1) The Department of Agriculture in cooperation with the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources shall promulgate administrative regulations pertaining to health requirements, eradication of diseases, importation and unique individual…
Wildlife Diseases - Enforcement and Penalties - Kentucky
(Wildlife Disease and Rehab)
(1) The Department of Agriculture in cooperation with the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources shall promulgate administrative regulations pertaining to health requirements, eradication of diseases, importation and unique individual…
Wildlife Diseases - Permitting Provisions - Kentucky
(Wildlife Disease and Rehab)
(6) No person shall import or transport into the State of Kentucky or receive shipment in the state from without the state, any live fish or wildlife without first procuring from the department a written fish transportation permit or wildlife…