(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 wildlife and their habitat.
(2) The nongame fish and wildlife fund shall consist of all moneys transferred to it under KRS § 141.465, appropriations, donations, federal funds, other revenues designated for the fund from any source whatever, and all interest earned thereon.

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 150.165

  • 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
  • Federal: refers to the United States. 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

(3) Moneys contained in the nongame fish and wildlife fund shall be deemed a trust and agency account and shall not lapse and moneys contained in the fund shall be continuously appropriated for the purposes specified in this section.
(4) The Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission shall have access to and control of the moneys held in the nongame fish and wildlife fund, but shall expend such moneys only to protect and preserve nongame fish and wildlife and their habitat.
Effective: July 15, 1980
History: Created 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 121, sec. 5, effective July 15, 1980.