157.900 Statement of legislative purpose. The General Assembly hereby declares that maintaining a clean and healthy environment is a state priority and is the individual and collective responsibility of all citizens of Kentucky. It is therefore in the public interest that a comprehensive environmental education initiative be undertaken to promote an informed and knowledgeable citizenry with the skills and attributes necessary to effectively and constructively solve existing environmental problems, prevent new ones, and maintain a balanced and economically healthy environment for future generations. Effective: July 13, 1990 History: Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 408, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1990.