Kentucky Statutes 150.660 – Establishment of pay lakes, authority of commissioner concerning — Stocking requirement — Permits — Revocation of license
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(1) Any person may establish a pay lake subject to the approval of the commissioner of the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, who shall have the authority to approve or reject the establishment of pay lakes and issue to the owners or lessees of lakes a license for their operation. All pay lakes shall be stocked at least twice per calendar year with not less than five hundred (500) pounds of adult fish per surface acre of water.
(2) When a pay lake is licensed by the department, the commissioner shall issue to the licensee, consecutively numbered permits to be issued, without cost, to pay lake patrons. The permits shall only be valid for fishing any licensed pay lake within the state and shall be valid for one (1) year beginning January 1.
(3) No person, except those exempted elsewhere in this chapter, shall fish in a licensed pay lake without possessing a valid special pay lake permit or a valid statewide fishing license. No owner or operator of a licensed pay lake shall allow any patron to fish who is not properly licensed or permitted.
(4) Any pay lake licensee that fails to comply with the laws or regulations governing the operation of a pay lake may have his operator’s license revoked by the commissioner.
Effective: July 14, 1992
History: Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 353, sec. 9, effective July 14, 1992. — Amended
1988 Ky. Acts ch. 365, sec. 16, effective July 15, 1988. — Created 1956 Ky. Acts ch.
93, sec. 2, effective May 18, 1956.
(2) When a pay lake is licensed by the department, the commissioner shall issue to the licensee, consecutively numbered permits to be issued, without cost, to pay lake patrons. The permits shall only be valid for fishing any licensed pay lake within the state and shall be valid for one (1) year beginning January 1.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 150.660
- Commissioner: means the commissioner of the Department of Fish and Wildlife
Resources. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010 - Department: means the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010
- Fishing: means to take or attempt to take in any manner, whether the fisherman has fish 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 - Owner: when applied to any animal, means any person having a property interest in such animal. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Permit: means any document issued by the department authorizing its holder to perform acts authorized by the permit and includes tags or devices as evidence of holding a permit and includes any other form of authorization in addition to or in lieu of an actual document 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
(3) No person, except those exempted elsewhere in this chapter, shall fish in a licensed pay lake without possessing a valid special pay lake permit or a valid statewide fishing license. No owner or operator of a licensed pay lake shall allow any patron to fish who is not properly licensed or permitted.
(4) Any pay lake licensee that fails to comply with the laws or regulations governing the operation of a pay lake may have his operator’s license revoked by the commissioner.
Effective: July 14, 1992
History: Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 353, sec. 9, effective July 14, 1992. — Amended
1988 Ky. Acts ch. 365, sec. 16, effective July 15, 1988. — Created 1956 Ky. Acts ch.
93, sec. 2, effective May 18, 1956.