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Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue

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Establish KRS Chapter 175B a create new section thereof to define terms relating to public infrastructure authorities; create a new section of KRS 175B to outline the process by which a public infrastructure authority is requested, established, confirmed by the General Assembly, and governing the membership, appointing authorities, terms, procedures for election of officers of an authority; create new sections of KRS 175B to outline both general and specific powers of a public infrastructure authority; create a new section of KRS 175B to allow a public infrastructure authority to enter into leases for projects constructed under the chapter and set forth the general provisions of such a lease agreement; create a new section of KRS 175B to allow public infrastructure authorities to create grade separations, move the location or grades of roads, or move or relocate public utility facilities affected by the construction of a project under this chapter; create a new section of KRS 175B to allow [...]

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Latest Action: 01/22/2008 - To Transportation (H)

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Direct the Transportation Cabinet to name Kentucky Route 15 from its intersection with Kentucky Route 11 in Clay City to its intersection with Kentucky Route 213 in the city of Stanton in Powell County in honor and memory of Randy Lacy and to erect signs at appropriate intervals that read, "Randy Lacy Memorial Highway."

HJ24

HJ24 Sponsored by Leslie Combs
Latest Action: 01/11/2008 - To Transportation (H)

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Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of the Country Music Highway from the Helen Brown Bridge at US Highway 23 near mile point 27 northbound to mile point 18 on US Highway 23 southbound in honor of Junior Hager and the Melody Drifters; direct the Transportation Cabinet to erect signs at appropriate intervals that read "Junior Hager and the Melody Drifters."

HJ27

HJ27 Sponsored by Keith Hall
Latest Action: 01/11/2008 - To Transportation (H)

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Direct the Transportation Cabinet to name the new bridge to be constructed in front of Runyon Elementary School, four miles from the intersection of Kentucky Route 199 and U.S. Route 119 in the community of Pinsonfork in Pike County, in honor and memory of Mary Lou Runyon; direct the cabinet to erect signs at each end of the bridge that read "Mary Lou Runyon Memorial Bridge."

HJ29

HJ29 Sponsored by Keith Hall
Latest Action: 01/11/2008 - To Transportation (H)

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Direct the Transportation Cabinet to name the new bridge on U.S. Highway 460/Kentucky Route 80 that crosses Greasy Creek at Shop Branch in Pike County in honor and memory of Miles Justice and erect signs on both sides of the bridge that read "Miles Justice Family Bridge."

HJ118

HJ118 Sponsored by Leslie Combs
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - To Transportation (H)

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Direct the Transportation Cabinet to honor Phillip K. Epling by naming the bridge on Kentucky Route 80 over Beaver Creek in Pike County in his memory; direct the Transportation Cabinet to erect signs at each end of the bridge that read "Phillip K. Epling Memorial Bridge."

HJ50

HJ50 Sponsored by Ted Edmonds
Latest Action: 01/22/2008 - To Transportation (H)

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Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate the bridge on Kentucky Route 11 over the North Fork of the Kentucky River in Lee County as the "Sergeant William Glenn Bowling Memorial Bridge," and erect appropriate signs.

HB192

HB192 Sponsored by Jimmie Lee
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (4)

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Amend KRS 281.014 to clarify the definition of an airport shuttle as a vehicle operating on an irregular route and to clarify allowable operation under a disabled persons certificate; amend KRS 281.630 to require that any certificate issued by the department shall specify a maximum number of vehicles to be operated under that certificate; amend KRS 281.637 to eliminate convenience and necessity hearings for charter bus certificates; make the issuance of a charter bus certificate contingent upon safety inspections and proof of financial responsibility; amend KRS 281.655 to increase insurance requirements for certain vehicles operated under a certificate; amend KRS 281.610 to allow the department to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the Federal Uniform Carrier Registration program.

SJ9

SJ9 Sponsored by David E. Boswell
Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 45)

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Direct the Transportation Cabinet to name a portion of U.S. Highway 231 in Daviess County in memory of Specialist Timothy Adam Fulkerson and erect signs on US Route 231 that read "Specialist Timothy Adam Fulkerson Memorial Highway."

SJ5

SJ5 Sponsored by Elizabeth Tori
Latest Action: 11/07/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Transportation

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Extend "The Purple Heart Trail" past Fort Knox and Fort Campbell.

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Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 132)

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Amend KRS 136.392 to codify several court decisions; amend KRS 138.195 to clarify that manufacturers are to submit to the department monthly reports of all shipments of cigarettes, other tobacco products, or snuff to persons within this state; amend KRS 141.160 to clarify that income tax returns of cooperatives are to be made on September 15 in each year, unless the return is prepared on a fiscal year basis; amend KRS 160.6156 to provide that a utility service provider shall not be entitled to a refund or credit of taxes paid, unless the provider refunds or credits its related customers the amount of overpayment made to the department; amend KRS 160.6157 to allow the department to issue a penalty on a utility service provider who erroneously bills a customer after being notified by the department of the error in an amount equal to $25 per subsequent error, not to exceed $10,000 per month; amend KRS 160.6158 to allow the penalty to be waived based on reasonable cause.

SB209

SB209 Sponsored by Tom Buford
Latest Action: 03/28/2008 - Received in House

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Create a new section of KRS 189 to create an overweight and overdimensional permit to allow the transportation of water craft from the location of the original manufacturer to its destination in the Commonwealth; set length and width limitations for vehicle and trailer combination; allow the cabinet to limit the vehicle transporting the water craft to specific routes; require applicant to measure clearances of all highway structures on the specified route and acknowledge that the cabinet does not guarantee safe passage of vehicles by issuing a permit; permit the cabinet to require applicant to give bond to indemnify state or county against highway or bridge damage; prohibit recipients of permits issued under this section from exceeding weight limitations of any bridge; require department to promulgate administrative regulations.

HB689

HB689 Sponsored by Don Pasley
Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - To Transportation (S)

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Establish KRS Chapter 175B and create 20 new sections thereof to: Provide definitions; establish the Kentucky Public Transportation Infrastructure Authority, specify membership, meeting requirements, staffing, and operations; state the purpose and powers of the authority; direct authority to evaluate potential projects, require that projects be proposed by a local government and approved by the department; permit tolling, establish requirements for level of tolling, direct how proceeds of tolls and other revenues shall be used; permit authority to contract with the department for construction and operations, specify that the authority shall maintain control of projects and revenues from projects; authorize projects constructed by the authority to include interchanges with existing roadways; permit authority to issue administrative regulations, permit public utilities to utilize rights of way under specific circumstances; permit agreements for use of real estate assets of the authority by [...]

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Latest Action: 02/29/2008 - To Transportation (H)

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Amend KRS 177.068 to designate United States Highway 68 in Mercer County as part of the National Truck Network.

HB651

HB651 Sponsored by Ted Edmonds
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - To Transportation (H)

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Amend KRS 189.271 to require that administrative regulations promulgated by the Transportation Cabinet include a hearing process in accordance with the provisions of KRS Chapter 13B prior to revocation of overweight and overdimensional permits.

HJ171

HJ171 Sponsored by Jimmy Higdon
Latest Action: 02/27/2008 - To Transportation (H)

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Name Kentucky Route 2154 in Marion County "The Marion County Veterans Memorial Highway."

HJ138

HJ138 Sponsored by Leslie Combs
Latest Action: 02/21/2008 - To Transportation (H)

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Direct the Transportation Cabinet to honor Junior Hager and the Melody Drifters by naming the four ramps on United States Highway 23 at Exit 24, the north end of the interchange in Pikeville, and to erect standard brown signs used on the Country Music Highway that read "Junior Hager and the Melody Drifters."

HJ134

HJ134 Sponsored by Ancel Smith
Latest Action: 02/21/2008 - To Transportation (H)

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Designate a bridge on KY 550 in Knott County in honor of Carrie Combs.

SJ144

SJ144 Sponsored by Ray S. Jones
Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Adopted by voice vote

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Direct the Transportation Cabinet to name the new bridge to be constructed on United States Highway 460 to Kentucky Route 195 in Pike County in honor of Andy and Mary Carter; direct that the Transportation Cabinet shall within 30 days after the completion of the bridge erect signs on both ends of the bridge that read "Andy and Mary Carter Memorial Bridge."
Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - To Transportation (H)

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Amend KRS 177.830 to define the terms "advertising device viewing zone," "Cabinet," "view permit," "repair permit," "trim or prune," "routine maintenance," "destroyed," and "routine change of message"; amend KRS 177.863 to make technical corrections; create a new section of KRS 177.830 to 177.890 to allow the owner of a legally erected advertising device to apply to the Transportation Cabinet for a vegetation control permit; specify components of permit application; require a $200 nonrefundable application fee; establish standards for approval of vegetation control permit; establish the procedures for applicants who were denied a permit or issued a restricted permit to submit an amended application for a vegetation control permit; allow applicant that was issued a restricted permit or denied a permit based on an amended application to petition the Franklin Circuit Court to determine whether denial or restrictions were appropriate; create a new section of KRS 177.830 to 177.890 to require [...]

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