56.005 Composting and use of composted materials by state agencies.

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56.005 Composting and use of composted materials by state agencies. To the maximum extent practicable all state agencies responsible for the maintenance of public lands in the Commonwealth shall do the following: (1) Compost on those public lands grass clippings, leaves, and other yard waste collected at state and local government facilities; (2) Use and make available for other state agencies' use, those materials composted on state lands for projects including, but not limited to, roadway construction, reconstruction, or maintenance, restoration of sites including abandoned mine lands reclamation, stream bank stabilization, and reforestation; and (3) Give preference, when making purchases of materials, to the use of compost for land maintenance activities according to procurement procedures set out in KRS 45A.520. Effective: February 26, 1991 History: Created 1991 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. Acts ch. 12, sec. 58, effective February 26, 1991.