150.021 Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources -- Assessment of fee for debt service on radio system capital project. (1) The Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources shall constitute a department of state government within the meaning of KRS Chapter 12. The department shall consist of a commissioner, a Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission, the Division of Law Enforcement, and other agents and employees provided for in this chapter. The department shall enforce the laws and regulations adopted under this chapter relating to wildlife and shall exercise all powers necessarily incident thereto. (2) Any powers conferred by this chapter upon the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, the Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission, or the commissioner of the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, and any powers conferred by KRS Chapter 235 shall be exercised subject to the provisions of KRS Chapters 42, 45, 45A, 56, and 64, which chapters in all respects are controlling. (3) (a) The Finance and Administration Cabinet shall assess the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources each fiscal year a fee in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the debt service associated with all phases and implementation of the capital project to replace, repair, or maintain the two (2) way radio system utilized by the Department of Kentucky State Police. (b) The fee shall be assessed on each phase of the implementation of the two (2) way radio system and shall continue to be assessed until all debt for the system has been retired. Effective: April 27, 2018 History: Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 171, sec. 10, effective April 14, 2018; and ch. 207, sec. 10, effective April 27, 2018. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 23, sec. 14, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 118, sec. 9, effective July 15, 1994. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 496, sec. 43, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 255, sec. 143 -- Amended 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 200, sec. 3 -- Amended 1948 Ky. Acts ch. 78, sec. 3 -- Created 1944 Ky. Acts ch. 6, sec. 1. Legislative Research Commission Note (4/27/2018). This statute was amended by 2018 Ky. Acts chs. 171 and 207, which do not appear to be in conflict and have been codified together.