Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XII. Conservation and State Development § 147A.152.Definitions for KRS 147A.150 to 147A.166

(1) “Department” means the Department for Local Government;

(2) “Eligible grant recipient” means a grant applicant that is a public agency as defined in KRS 61.805 or nonprofit entity engaged in public benefit improvements to priority communities;

(3) “Eligible project” means a public benefit project in a priority community or benefiting a priority community with available matching funds that satisfies the evaluation criteria in KRS 147A.160 and that is initiated on:

(4) “Eligible use” means the authorized purpose for which an awarded grant may be used depending on the source of funds from the Commonwealth. “Eligible use” may include but is not limited to any of the categories in KRS 147A.160;

(5) “Interagency Working Group” means the Interagency Working Group on Coal and Power Plant Communities and Economic Revitalization established by Presidential Executive Order 14008, issued on January 27, 2021;

(6) “Priority community” means the areas impacted by concentrated, direct coal-related job losses from mine and power plant closures in recent years as designated by the Interagency Working Group; and

(7) “Regional project” means an eligible project that is proposed by eligible grant recipients residing in different counties in this Commonwealth who submit a single grant application.