(1) (a) Except as provided in this chapter, all moneys derived from the sale of licenses or from any other source connected with the administration of this chapter shall be promptly paid over to the State Treasurer, who shall deposit such moneys in a special fund, known as the game and fish fund, except that the moneys shall be entered under separate restricted fund accounts, not commingled, and maintained according to generally accepted accounting principles.
(b) Moneys derived from the sale of licenses issued under this chapter shall be under separate restricted fund account from any other proceeds derived from this chapter or from proceeds obtained under any other chapter.

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 150.150

  • Angling: means the taking or attempting to take fish by hook and line in hand, rod in hand, jugging, setline, or sport fishing trotline. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010
  • Commission: means the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010
  • Department: means the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Hunting: means to take or attempt to take in any manner, whether the hunter has game in possession or not. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010
  • License: means any document issued by the department authorizing its holder to perform acts authorized by the license and includes any other form of authorization
    in addition to or in lieu of an actual document which may be authorized by the department by administrative regulation. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • 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, hatched, or born in captivity and including any part, product, egg, or offspring thereof, protected or unprotected by this chapter. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010
  • Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

(c) The game and fish fund:
1. Shall be used to:
a. Carry out the purposes of this chapter and any law or regulation for the protection of wildlife; and
b. Pay the annual supplement provided in KRS § 15.460(1)(e); and
2. Shall not be used for any other purpose.
(2) All funds received under KRS § 150.110 and KRS § 150.520 shall be used by the department for the purpose of enforcing those sections and for the protection and propagation of mussel beds. Any surplus remaining in the fund at the close of each calendar year shall be turned into the general fund of the department.
(3) In addition to the funds derived pursuant to KRS § 186.050(15), the department shall, beginning August 1, 2006, and each fiscal year thereafter, set aside not less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) from the game and fish fund for the purpose of promoting hunger relief through specific wildlife management and conservation efforts. The department shall provide for a separate accounting of these funds and shall, by October 1, 2007, and annually thereafter, report on the expenditures made pursuant to this subsection to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission.
(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 other hunter and angler recruitment and retention program. The voluntary contribution shall be deposited into a separate, restricted account within the game and fish fund. The Becoming an Outdoors-Woman Program shall encourage women in developing skills for outdoor recreational activities including but not limited to hunting and angling. The voluntary contribution shall be automatically added to the cost of the license at the time of sale.
Effective: July 1, 2018
History: Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 89, sec. 14, effective July 1, 2018. — Amended
2010 Ky. Acts ch. 158, sec. 6, effective July 15, 2010. — Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch.
57, sec. 2, effective July 12, 2006. — Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 413, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1994. — Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 265, sec. 6, effective July 15,
1986. — Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 33, effective June 17, 1978. — Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 38, sec. 6 — Amended 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 200, sec. 22 — Amended 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 68, sec. 15 — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 1954d-10, 1954d-48.