Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 96.930 (2026)

Declaration of policy of KRS 96.930 to 96.943

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The General Assembly hereby recognizes and declares that the use of water in any manner tending to contaminate it, raises a correlative public duty to provide for the proper disposition thereof according to the highest public health standards, and that such public duty includes full responsibility for paying the cost of such disposition. Effective: June 19, 1958 History: Created 1958 Ky. Acts ch. 170, sec. 1, effective June 1958.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1985–1985 · leading case: Bd. of Educ. v. Lexington-Fayette Urban Cnty. Gov't, 691 S.W.2d 218 (Ky. Ct. App. 1985).
Bd. of Educ. v. Lexington-Fayette Urban Cnty. Gov't, 691 S.W.2d 218 (Ky. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 2× “Particularly is this true in view of the legislative policy expressed in KRS 96.930 which places a public duty upon the user of water which becomes contaminated to provide and pay for the proper disposition thereof.”
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