Chapter 150. Fish and Wildlife Resources
- KY ST T. XII, Ch. 150, Refs & Annos
- 150.010 Definitions for Chapter
- 150.015 Purpose of 1952 Act Amending Game and Fish Laws; Policy of State as to Wildlife; Liberal Construction; Promotion of Hunger Relief Through Wildlife Management and Conservation
- 150.018 Department Not Subject to Inclusion Within Agency by Executive Order—Repealed
- 150.020 Division of Game and Fish; Director; Commission—Repealed
- 150.021 Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources; Administrative Attachement to Tourism, Arts, and Heritage Cabinet; Assessment of Fee for Debt Service on Radio System Capital Project; Department Not Subject to Reorganization
- 150.022 Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission; Appointment Processes and Conditions; Definition of “Sportsman”
- 150.023 Meetings and Functions of Commission
- 150.024 Power to Acquire Property; Condemnation
- 150.0241 Access to and Use of Commission-Managed Lands for Hunting; Duties of Commission and Other State Agencies; Reports
- 150.0242 Department Procurements; Applicability of Executive Branch; Code of Ethics; Administrative Regulations
- 150.025 Power of Department to Make Administrative Regulations as to Game and Fish, Including Seasons and Limits; Inclusion of Administrative Regulations on Department's Web Site
- 150.026 Transfer of Property, Funds, Employees of Division of Game and Fish and Preservation of Civil Service Status—Repealed
- 150.027 Hearing Required Before Promulgation, Amendment, or Repeal of Administrative Regulations Affecting Property Owners or Occupants of Property Adjacent to a Lake or Other Real Property Owned or Controlled by the Department
- 150.028 Required Administrative Regulations
- 150.030 Expenses of Commission—Repealed
- 150.040 Offices and Meetings of Commission—Repealed
- 150.050 Officers of Commission—Repealed
- 150.060 Oath and Bond of Director—Repealed
- 150.061 Commissioner; Appointment; Qualifications; Term; Removal; Compensation; Oath; Bond; Duties; Annual Report; Authority to Appoint Additional Employees if Grant Funds Available
- 150.065 Temporary Employees
- 150.070 Director's Power and Duties—Repealed
- 150.071 Civil Service Examinations; Regulations Pertaining to Employees; Eligible Lists—Repealed
- 150.072 Appointments from Eligible Lists; Emergency Appointments—Repealed
- 150.080 Conservation Officers; Appointment—Repealed
- 150.081 Political Activity Forbidden
- 150.083 Suspension, Fine, Demotion or Dismissal of Employees; Decrease of Number of Employees—Repealed
- 150.091 Enforcement of KRS 148.795 and 148.796 by Conservation Officers—Repealed
- 150.092 Consent Requirement for Entry upon Lands of Another Person; Private Lands Incentive Programs; Arrest and Citation Authority
- 150.095 Conservation Officers May Bear Arms
- 150.097 Indemnification by the Commonwealth of Conservation Officer Who is Sued in His or Her Individual Capacity and Personally Suffers Financial Loss; Indemnification Contingent upon Findings that the Act or Omission Which Resulted in Liability Was Lawful and Proper and Within the Officer's Scope and Course of Employment; Indemnification Does Not Abrogate, Limit, or Constitute a Waiver of Any Privilege, Immunity, or Matter of Defense Otherwise Available to the Conservation Officer
- 150.100 Execution of Process by Commissioner, Department Personnel and Persons Appointed by Commissioner
- 150.105 Destruction or Control of Animals Causing Damage
- 150.110 Enforcement of Law as to Mussels
- 150.090 Commissioner's Power and Duty to Appoint All Conservation Officers Considered to be Necessary for the Efficient Administration of the Department; Each Conservation Officer is Individually Vested with the Powers of a Peace Officer in All Parts of the State; Employment Contract Permitted
- 150.120 Seizure and Sale of Contraband
- 150.130 County and Commonwealth's Attorneys to Enforce Laws and Regulations
- 150.140 Report and Payment of Moneys by Circuit Clerk
- 150.150 Game and Fish Fund; Mussel Beds; Funds for Hunger Relief; Accounting and Report; Contribution to Becoming an Outdoors-Woman Program
- 150.152 Report of Audit of Department by Auditor of Public Accounts
- 150.160 Disposition of Fines
- 150.165 Nongame Fish and Wildlife Fund
- 150.172 Possession and Use of Firearm for Self-Defense and Defense of Others While Hunting or Trapping; Exceptions; Administrative Regulations
- 150.175 Kinds of Licenses and Tags; Multiyear Licenses or Permits
- 150.176 Licenses to Nonresidents Conditioned on Reciprocity—Repealed
- 150.177 Special Permit for Incorporated Nonprofit Wildlife Conservation Organization
- 150.178 Cooperator Permits; Administrative Regulations
- 150.179 Waiver of License Requirement and Discounting of Licenses or Permits for Event Supporting a Recreational Activity; Free-Fishing Weekend
- 150.180 Buying, Selling, or Transporting Protected Wildlife, Mussels and Fishes, Raw Fur, or Processed Wildlife
- 150.183 Importing, Transporting or Possessing Endangered Species of Wildlife
- 150.170 Requirement of Hunting, Fishing, Trapping, or Guide's License; Exceptions; Killing of Wildlife Causing Damage; Reporting Requirements; Reciprocity with Adjoining States; Exception for Active Duty or Reserve Members on Military Property; Exemption from Live-Fire Hunter Education Course Component for Military or Peace Officers
- 150.185 Rabbits Not to be Bought or Sold—Repealed
- 150.186 Release of Hog or Pig into the Wild Prohibited; Importing, Possessing, or Transporting Wild or Feral Pig or Boar Prohibited; Accidental Escape of Livestock Exempted
- 150.190 Commercial Guide's License
- 150.195 Design, Issuance, and Distribution of Licenses and Permits; Administrative Regulations
- 150.200 Licenses and Forms Furnished to County Clerk by Commissioner—Repealed
- 150.210 Printing of Licenses and Tags; Expense of—Repealed
- 150.220 License Fees—Repealed
- 150.221 Duplicate License or Tag when Original Lost or Destroyed—Repealed
- 150.225 Prescription of License, Permit, and Registration Fees; Fiduciary Capacity of Person Who Collects, Receives, Possesses, or Manages Fees
- 150.230 Fees for Issuance of Licenses and Tags—Repealed
- 150.235 License or Permit Required; to be Carried on Person; Nonresidents; Effect of Revocation or Suspension of License or Permit
- 150.236 Effect of Revocation or Suspension of License by Another Jurisdiction in United States or Canada
- 150.237 Short Term Nonresident Hunting License—Repealed
- 150.238 Reciprocal Agreements with Other States Relating to Violations of Hunting and Fishing Laws; Administrative Regulations
- 150.240 Contract for Game Refuge; Public or Commercial Shooting Areas
- 150.250 Contract for Wildlife Preservation or Propagation
- 150.255 Wetland or Stream Compensatory Mitigation Projects; Mitigation Fund; Purposes
- 150.260 Wildlife Restoration in Cooperation with Federal Government
- 150.265 Cooperation with Federal Government in Fish Restoration and Management Projects; NO Diversion of License Fees—Repealed
- 150.270 Consent to Acquisition by United States of Migratory Bird Reservations
- 150.275 Permit to Take and Transport Wildlife for Commercial Nuisance Wildlife Control, Scientific, or Educational Purposes; Fees to be Set by Administrative Regulation
- 150.280 Propagation and Holding of Protected Wildlife; Permits; Revocation for Violation of State or Federal Law
- 150.290 Sale and Transportation of Wildlife by Breeders
- 150.300 Poaching; Destroying or Defacing Signs and Notices
- 150.305 Possession of Wildlife or Raw Fur Out of Season; Inspection of Commercial Frozen Food Lockers
- 150.310 Birds to be Taken Only with Bow and Arrow or Certain Type Gun; Plugging of Gun; Lights Prohibited—Repealed
- 150.320 Birds Not Protected; Nests and Eggs
- 150.330 Migratory Birds; Waterfowl
- 150.340 Bag and Creel Limits; Limit on Possession; Migratory Birds
- 150.350 Bird Dogs Not to Run at Large, when—Repealed
- 150.355 Ferrets
- 150.360 Restrictions on Taking of Wildlife; Discharge of Weapon Across Public Roadway Prohibited
- 150.361 Taking Game with a Firearm During Bow Season Prohibited
- 150.362 Prohibition Against Taking Wildlife by Person Under Influence of Alcohol or Controlled Substance
- 150.363 Computer-Assisted Remote Hunting Unlawful; Citizens with Disabilities
- 150.365 Fire, Explosives, Electric Devices, Gas, Smoke to Take Wildlife Prohibited
- 150.370 Open Season for Wildlife; Exceptions
- 150.380 Bag Limits of Animals; Limits on Possession—Repealed
- 150.390 Restrictions on Hunting Wild Elk, Deer, Wild Turkey, or Bear; Depredation Permits; Administrative Regulations; Methods to Reduce Deer and Elk Populations that Threaten Agriculture or Health and Human Safety
- 150.395 Prohibition Against Use of Artificial Light
- 150.398 Regulations as to Traps and Trapping—Repealed
- 150.399 Traps Illegally Set or Used; Seizure or Treatment as Contraband
- 150.400 Traps; Approval; Prohibition; New Design
- 150.410 Tagging of Traps; Visiting Trap Line; Protection of Domestic Animals
- 150.411 Taxidermist's Records; Mounting
- 150.4111 Sale of Legally Taken Wildlife
- 150.4112 Administrative Regulations to Allow Resident Nonprofit 501(c)(3) Institution to Sell Donated Mounted Wildlife Specimen
- 150.4113 Administrative Regulations to Allow Sale and Purchase of Mounted Wildlife Specimens; Recording of Sales
- 150.412 Restriction on Commercial Guide's Participation in Taking of Wildlife or Fish While Providing Guide Services
- 150.415 Fur Buyer; Receipts for Purchases
- 150.416 Fur Processor; Receipts and Inventory
- 150.417 Nonresident Accompanying Resident Fur Buyer; Presumption from
- 150.420 Fur Buyer's License; Receipts for Furs Purchased—Repealed
- 150.425 Bounty on Beaver
- 150.430 Purchasing and Shipping Pelts; License Required when—Repealed
- 150.440 Open Season and Creel Limits for Rough Fish
- 150.445 Fish Not to be Taken Other than by Pole and Line near Dams
- 150.450 Use, Operation, and Possession of Certain Fishing Gear
- 150.460 Use of Certain Substances and Devices in Public Waters Prohibited; Use of Explosives and Firearms Prohibited
- 150.470 Creel and Size Limits for Fish
- 150.480 Fish Ladders or Roads—Repealed
- 150.485 Live Fish and Bait Dealers
- 150.490 License for Musseling—Repealed
- 150.500 Musseling Operations—Repealed
- 150.510 Report of Musseling Operations—Repealed
- 150.520 Department May Regulate Musseling
- 150.525 License for Buying Mussel Shells or Mussels in the Shell
- 150.530 Kentucky Sportsmen's Voluntary Fund—Repealed
- 150.540 Special Licenses for Donations to Fund—Repealed
- 150.550 Lifetime Hunting and Fishing Licenses—Repealed
- 150.560 Fund Earmarked; Uses—Repealed
- 150.570 County Clerks to Explain Purpose of Contribution—Repealed
- 150.580 Fees to Clerks; Prizes—Repealed
- 150.590 Possession of Illegal Nets, Seines or Steel Traps; Exceptions—Repealed
- 150.600 Regulation of the Taking of Waterfowl
- 150.603 Migratory Bird/Waterfowl Permit Required; Exceptions; Use of Revenue Generated by Sale of Migratory Bird/Waterfowl Permit
- 150.645 Liability of Landowner Consenting to Hunting, Fishing, Trapping, Camping, or Hiking on Premises; Claims for Property Damage by State Employees Participating in Wildlife Management Practices
- 150.605 Contract for Commissioning Painting to be Used as State Waterfowl Stamp; Use of Revenue from Sale of Painting—Repealed
- 150.610 Issuance of Revenue Bonds for Purpose of Establishing Public Shooting Areas, Wildlife Refuges, Public Fishing Lakes or Other Projects; Pledging of Revenue; Liens
- 150.620 Acquisition of Lands for Establishment and Maintenance of Public Shooting, Fishing, and Other Recreational Areas; Operation of Facilities and Lands; Subleasing of Land
- 150.625 Highway Construction Lakes
- 150.630 Violations of Law Pertaining to Shooting or Hunting Preserves; Cancellation or Revocation of License
- 150.640 Acts of Depredation Prohibited While Hunting, Fishing or Trapping; Domestic Livestock Roaming on Department Lands Prohibited
- 150.650 “Pay Lakes” Defined—Repealed
- 150.660 Establishment of Pay Lakes, Authority of Commissioner Concerning; Stocking Requirement; Permits; Revocation of License
- 150.670 Pay Lake Permits or Regular Fishing License Required; Exceptions—Repealed
- 150.680 Concurrent Criminal Jurisdiction of Portions of Trigg and Lyon Counties Within Boundaries of Land Between the Lakes Ceded to United States
- 150.690 Wrongfully Entering Park and Injuring or Killing Deer, Elk or Buffalo; Treble Damages
- 150.700 Destroying Private Fish Pond; Treble Damages
- 150.710 Intentional Obstruction of Lawful Taking of Wildlife
- 150.720 Administrative Regulations Relating to Cervids; Costs Resulting from Importation of Diseased Animal
- 150.722 Authorized Methods of Disposal of Cervid Carcass Material and Waste by Cervid Meat Processors, Butchers or Meat Processors, and Licensed Taxidermists
- Captive Cervid Permits
- Penalties