Kentucky Statutes 150.460 – Use of certain substances and devices in public waters prohibited — Use of explosives and firearms prohibited
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(1) No person, firm or corporation, whether acting in a private or public capacity, shall place or cause to be placed in any public waters any substance that might injure, interfere with, or cause the waters to be unfit for the support of wildlife. When any employee of a person, firm or corporation, in the course of his employment, places or causes to be placed any such substance in any public waters, his act shall be prima facie evidence of the guilt of both the employee and the employer, and either one (1) or both may be punished as provided in subsection (7) of KRS § 150.990. Each day that this section is violated shall constitute a separate offense. This section does not apply to employees or agents of the department acting in an official capacity.
(2) No person shall use, or attempt to use any electrical device, fish-finding devices excepted, of any type, such as telephone, or electrical leads from a magneto, or battery, or motor, or any other type of electrical equipment, in any stream or body of water. This does not prevent the authorized employees or agents of the department from using this or any devices in research or investigational work.
(3) No person, except employees or agents of the department, shall willfully place or attempt to place in any of the public waters of the state any substance which has a poisonous or intoxicating effect upon wildlife.
(4) No person shall kill, injure, shock, or stun or attempt to kill, injure, shock, or stun any fishes by any explosive agent, firearm, or other device. This provision shall not apply to employees or agents of the department acting in an official capacity.
Effective: July 13, 1990
History: Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 474, sec. 9, effective July 13, 1990. — Amended
1988 Ky. Acts ch. 365, sec. 12, effective July 15, 1988. — Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 265, sec. 24, effective July 15, 1986. — Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 37, effective June 17, 1978. — Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 38, sec. 24. — Amended 1956
Ky. Acts ch. 115, sec. 19. — Amended 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 200, sec. 64. — Amended
1944 Ky. Acts ch. 124, sec. 14. — Amended 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 68, sec. 47. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 1253, 1954d-29, 1954d-38, 1954d-39.
(2) No person shall use, or attempt to use any electrical device, fish-finding devices excepted, of any type, such as telephone, or electrical leads from a magneto, or battery, or motor, or any other type of electrical equipment, in any stream or body of water. This does not prevent the authorized employees or agents of the department from using this or any devices in research or investigational work.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 150.460
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Corporation: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Department: means the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010
- Device: means any article, instrument, or equipment of whatever nature or kind which may be used to take wild animals, wild birds, or fishes. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- 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
(3) No person, except employees or agents of the department, shall willfully place or attempt to place in any of the public waters of the state any substance which has a poisonous or intoxicating effect upon wildlife.
(4) No person shall kill, injure, shock, or stun or attempt to kill, injure, shock, or stun any fishes by any explosive agent, firearm, or other device. This provision shall not apply to employees or agents of the department acting in an official capacity.
Effective: July 13, 1990
History: Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 474, sec. 9, effective July 13, 1990. — Amended
1988 Ky. Acts ch. 365, sec. 12, effective July 15, 1988. — Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 265, sec. 24, effective July 15, 1986. — Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 37, effective June 17, 1978. — Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 38, sec. 24. — Amended 1956
Ky. Acts ch. 115, sec. 19. — Amended 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 200, sec. 64. — Amended
1944 Ky. Acts ch. 124, sec. 14. — Amended 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 68, sec. 47. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 1253, 1954d-29, 1954d-38, 1954d-39.