All other provisions of this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, no water district created under this chapter shall establish a gas distribution system unless the primary source of the gas to be distributed is natural gas produced from within the territorial limits of the district or of a county in which the district is located. A gas distribution system so established may contract with a seller of gas for supplementing supplies of gas. Nothing in KRS § 74.020, 74.120, 74.400, 74.401 and 74.408 shall be construed to enlarge any requirement under existing law relating to the furnishing of gas to a water district by any other supplier. However, nothing in this section shall prohibit the continued operation of a gas distribution system in operation pursuant to the provisions of this chapter prior to June 16, 1966.
History: Created 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 170, sec. 5.