Subdistricts of a soil conservation district may be formed in a watershed area, as provided in KRS § 262.700 to KRS § 262.795, to be known as watershed conservancy districts, for the purpose of developing and executing plans and programs relating to any phase of conservation of water, water usage, flood prevention, flood control, erosion prevention and control of erosion, floodwater and sediment damages. As a subdistrict of a soil conservation district, a watershed conservancy district shall constitute a governmental subdivision of the state and a public body corporate and politic exercising public power.
Effective: July 13, 1984

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 262.700

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

History: Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 218, sec. 5, effective July 13, 1984. — Amended
1964 Ky. Acts ch. 117, sec. 2. — Created 1956 Ky. Acts ch. 203, sec. 1.
Legislative Research Commission Note. This section was amended by 1984 Acts Chapter 100, sec. 22, and 1984 Acts Chapter 218, 5, which conflict and cannot be compiled together. Pursuant to KRS § 446.250, the amendment in Chapter 218, sec. 5 prevails as the later enactment.