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.
KRS 96.930
Declaration of policy of KRS 96.930 to 96.943
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Board of Education v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government (1985)
Most recently applied in Board of Education v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government (February 1985)
Effective: June 19, 1958 History: Created 1958 Ky
Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.