RELATES TO:

KRS 150.010, 150.022(1), 150.025

STATUTORY AUTHORITY:

KRS 150.022, 150.025

CERTIFICATION STATEMENT:

NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:

KRS 150.025 authorizes the department to regulate fish and wildlife resources. KRS 150.022 authorizes wildlife districts. This administrative regulation designates the counties within each wildlife district. It is necessary to place each county in one (1) of the nine (9) wildlife districts specified in KRS 150.022.

1. Section 1. Wildlife Districts.

   1. (1) For the purposes of representation on the Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission, each county in Kentucky shall beis assigned to a wildlife district as established in subsections (1) through (9) of this section.asindicated below:
   2. (1)(a) District I - Fulton, Hickman, Carlisle, Ballard, McCracken, Graves, Calloway, Marshall, Livingston, Lyon, Trigg, Caldwell, Crittenden, and Christian.
   3. (2)(b) District II - Union, Webster, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Todd, Henderson, McLean, Logan, Simpson, Allen, Warren, Butler, Ohio, Daviess, and Hancock.
   4. (3)(c) District III - Meade, Bullitt, Jefferson, Spencer, Oldham, Breckinridge, and Shelby.
   5. (4)(d) District IV - Hardin, Grayson, Nelson, Washington, Marion, Larue, Taylor, Adair, Cumberland, Monroe, Barren, Green, Hart, Edmonson, and Metcalfe.
   6. (5)(e) District V - Carroll, Owen, Grant, Harrison, Robertson, Bracken, Pendleton, Gallatin, Boone, Kenton, Campbell, Trimble, and Henry.
   7. (6)(f) District VI - Franklin, Scott, Anderson, Woodford, Fayette, Mercer, Jessamine, Boyle, Casey, Lincoln, Garrard, Rockcastle, Lee, Estill, Powell, Clark, and Madison.
   8. (7)(g) District VII - Lawrence, Magoffin, Johnson, Martin, Pike, Floyd, Breathitt, Knott, Perry, Letcher, Leslie, Harlan, and Owsley.
   9. (8)(h) District VIII - Mason, Lewis, Greenup, Carter, Boyd, Morgan, Wolfe, Menifee, Montgomery, Bath, Rowan, Fleming, Nicholas, Bourbon, and Elliott.
   10. (9)(i) District IX - Clinton, Russell, Wayne, Pulaski, McCreary, Whitley, Laurel, Clay, Knox, Bell, and Jackson.

History

(301 KAR 004:010. KFWR-W-4; 1 Ky.R. 35; eff. 10-2-1974; 16 Ky.R. 2455; eff. 6-27-1990; 27 Ky.R. 3345; 28 Ky.R. 366; eff. 8-15-2001; 48 Ky.R. 901, 2968; eff. 6-9-2022; Recodified to 301 KAR 011:003; eff. 6-22-2026.)

FILED WITH LRC: May 10, 2022

CONTACT PERSON: Beth Frazee, Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Arnold L. Mitchell Building, #1 Sportsman's Lane, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601, phone (502) 564-3400, fax (502) 564-0506, email fwpubliccomments@ky.gov.