Kentucky Statutes 224A.310 – Establishment of incentive programs to encourage consolidation of water and wastewater systems and elimination of duplication
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(1) The authority shall establish an incentive program that allocates funds from the water and wastewater service regionalization account that encourages the regionalization, merger, and consolidation of water and wastewater systems and elimination of structural and administrative duplication. Established incentives may be used by government owned and private systems.
(2) The incentive program shall target water and wastewater systems that have high debt, inadequate operational and maintenance resources, high maintenance costs, old and inadequately maintained treatment works, a history of violations of the Division of Water’s statutes and administrative regulations due to inadequate operational and maintenance resources, or insufficient financial resources to extend system service to unserved or underserved areas.
(3) In developing the incentives to encourage governmental agencies to merge, regionalize, consolidate, and partner with target systems and develop or maintain an asset management plan, the authority shall give priority to those projects which have been identified in a water management planning council plan prioritized under KRS § 151.607 and meet the funding priorities established by the authority.
Effective: June 29, 2023
History: Amended 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 179, sec. 7, effective June 29, 2023. — Created
2000 Ky. Acts ch. 529, sec. 12, effective July 14, 2000.
(2) The incentive program shall target water and wastewater systems that have high debt, inadequate operational and maintenance resources, high maintenance costs, old and inadequately maintained treatment works, a history of violations of the Division of Water’s statutes and administrative regulations due to inadequate operational and maintenance resources, or insufficient financial resources to extend system service to unserved or underserved areas.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 224A.310
- Asset management plan: means a plan for the water and wastewater utility that includes:
(a) Identification of all the capital assets owned by or used in the operations of the utility. See Kentucky Statutes 224A.011 - Authority: means the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority, which is created by this chapter. See Kentucky Statutes 224A.011
- System: means the system owned and operated by a governmental agency with respect to solid waste projects, treatment works, or infrastructure projects financed as provided by the assistance agreement between the governmental agency and the authority. See Kentucky Statutes 224A.011
- Treatment: when used in a criminal justice context, means targeted interventions
that focus on criminal risk factors in order to reduce the likelihood of criminal behavior. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010 - Wastewater: means any water or liquid substance containing sewage, industrial waste, or other pollutants or contaminants derived from the prior use of these waters. See Kentucky Statutes 224A.011
(3) In developing the incentives to encourage governmental agencies to merge, regionalize, consolidate, and partner with target systems and develop or maintain an asset management plan, the authority shall give priority to those projects which have been identified in a water management planning council plan prioritized under KRS § 151.607 and meet the funding priorities established by the authority.
Effective: June 29, 2023
History: Amended 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 179, sec. 7, effective June 29, 2023. — Created
2000 Ky. Acts ch. 529, sec. 12, effective July 14, 2000.