Kentucky Revised Statutes Title VI. Financial Administration § 42.450.Local Government Economic Assistance Fund; sources

(1) There is hereby established in the State Treasury a fund entitled “Local Government Economic Assistance Fund.” The fund may receive state appropriations, gifts, grants, and federal funds and shall be disbursed by the State Treasurer upon the warrant of the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet. Any unallotted or unencumbered balances in the fund shall be invested pursuant to KRS 42.500 and the income earned from the investment shall be prorated for expenditure in coal producing and coal impact counties according to each county's allocable part in the fund.

(2) Effective July 1, 1981, an amount equal to one-half (1/2) of the tax collected annually on the sale of minerals, exclusive of coal, shall be transferred from the general fund into this fund. The transfers shall be made quarterly, based upon the revenue estimates prevailing at the time each quarterly transfer is due, except that the last quarterly transfer shall be made after the close of the fiscal year accounting records, and shall be adjusted to provide the balance of the annual transfer required by this subsection.

(3) Effective October 1, 2010, the quarterly transfer of funds required by subsection (2) of this section shall be made only after the quarterly installment of the annual amount from the prior calendar year allowed as an incentive to an approved company under KRS 143A.025 and 154.27-060 has been made.