(1) There is hereby created within the State Treasury a trust and agency fund which shall not lapse to be known as the “Vehicle Emission Control Fund,” which shall consist of:
(a) Money appropriated by the General Assembly;
(b) All money remitted by county clerks which is collected for vehicle emissions inspections:
(c) All money remitted by county fiscal courts which have been delegated authority to implement a vehicle emission control program;
(d) Money received from private grants or donations; and
(e) Money received from the United States by grant or otherwise to assist the
Commonwealth in any vehicle emission control program.
(f) Money received from independent contractors as required in subsection (3)(c)
of KRS § 224.20-740.
(2) The cabinet shall administer the vehicle emission control fund to achieve the purposes of KRS § 224.20-710 to KRS § 224.20-765.
(3) Money in the vehicle emission control fund shall not revert to the general fund and shall be exempt from the provisions of KRS § 45.229 relating to lapsing of appropriations.
(4) All purchases, capital outlay, and operating costs relating to the vehicle emission control program conducted pursuant to KRS § 224.20-710 to KRS § 224.20-765 shall be charged against the vehicle emission control fund.
Effective: July 13, 1990
History: Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 467, sec. 5, effective July 13, 1990.
Formerly codified as KRS § 224.470.