KRS 146.080

There is hereby created, within the Department for Natural Resources in the Energy and Environment Cabinet, a Division of Conservation. The division shall consist of a Soil and Water Conservation Commission, a director, and such officers, employees, and agents as the commission may deem necessary for carrying out the function of the division, through the commission and the director, to assist soil and water conservation districts and watershed conservancy districts organized under KRS Chapter 262 in carrying out the functions, powers, and duties conferred upon them by such chapter.