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Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (4) Bill Text 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.
Latest Action: 02/19/2008 - To Transportation (S) Bill Text Create new sections of KRS 281A, relating to commercial driver's licenses, to require employers of persons possessing a commercial driver's license to report results of positive drug and alcohol screening tests to the Transportation Cabinet within three business days of receiving the results; establish the same requirements for a medical review officer acting on behalf of a Kentucky motor carrier; require the Transportation Cabinet to establish a commercial driver's license drug and alcohol testing database; establish procedures for requesting and receiving reports from the database; establish penalties for failure to report positive drug or alcohol screening tests; amend KRS 281A to define "medical review officer"; amend KRS 281A.220 to establish that applicants and employees applying for a safety sensitive transportation job who possess a commercial driver license are deemed to have given consent to testing; amend KRS 281.755 to conform effective January 1, 2009.
Latest Action: 11/07/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue Bill Text Amend KRS 139.480 to exempt repair or replacement parts for motor vehicles engaged in interstate commerce with a declared gross weight of 44,001 pounds or greater from sales and use taxes; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2008.
Latest Action: 02/04/2008 - To Education (H) Bill Text Require that at least one of the at-large members appointed to the proprietary board be engaged in the operation of a commercial driver's license training school.
Latest Action: 01/11/2008 - To Transportation (H) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 281 to prohibit holders of local taxicab permits granted by a consolidated government and city taxicab permits issued in a county containing a city of the first class or consolidated local government from employing persons registered as sex offenders under the provisions of KRS 17.510 as drivers of taxicabs; amend KRS 281.990 to set a fine for violation at between five hundred dollars ($500) to one thousand dollars ($1,000).
Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - Posting waived Bill Text Amend KRS 281A.080 to require an employer to notify the Transportation Cabinet within five days of receiving notice of a positive drug or alcohol test on a commercial driver's license holder; specify minimum data elements to be reported; amend KRS 281.190 to require the Transportation Cabinet to suspend the commercial driving privileges of a CDL holder whose positive test is reported to it; mandate that the suspension shall remain in effect until the person completes the assessment and treatment required under federal regulation and pays the reinstatement fee and any other fees required under KRS 281.150.
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 176) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to establish a temporary commercial motor vehicle registration temporary placard to be issued by the department of vehicle regulation; establish a fee of $100 the issuance of each placard; provide for appropriate uses of the commercial motor vehicle registration temporary placard; require the temporary placard to expire 30 days after being activated by the user; create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to establish a commercial trailer temporary registration placard to be issued by the department of vehicle regulation; establish a fee of $5 the issuance of each placard; provide for appropriate uses of the commercial trailer temporary registration placard; require the temporary placard to expire 30 days after being activated by the user; amend KRS 189.990 to provide penalty.
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - To Transportation (H) Bill Text 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.
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 508.025 (third degree assault) to include an assault on an operator or passenger of a taxi, bus, or other passenger vehicle for hire within that offense; amend KRS 508.050 (menacing) and KRS 525.060 (disorderly conduct) to increase the penalty for those offenses where the offense is committed against an operator or passenger of a taxi, bus, or other passenger vehicle for hire.
Latest Action: 02/29/2008 - To Transportation (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 177.068 to designate United States Highway 68 in Mercer County as part of the National Truck Network.
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Latest Action: 03/28/2008 - Received in House Bill Text 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.
Latest Action: 02/29/2008 - To Transportation (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 177.068 to designate United States Highway 68 in Mercer County as part of the National Truck Network.
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 508.025 (third degree assault) to include an assault on an operator or passenger of a taxi, bus, or other passenger vehicle for hire within that offense; amend KRS 508.050 (menacing) and KRS 525.060 (disorderly conduct) to increase the penalty for those offenses where the offense is committed against an operator or passenger of a taxi, bus, or other passenger vehicle for hire.
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - To Transportation (H) Bill Text 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.
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 176) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to establish a temporary commercial motor vehicle registration temporary placard to be issued by the department of vehicle regulation; establish a fee of $100 the issuance of each placard; provide for appropriate uses of the commercial motor vehicle registration temporary placard; require the temporary placard to expire 30 days after being activated by the user; create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to establish a commercial trailer temporary registration placard to be issued by the department of vehicle regulation; establish a fee of $5 the issuance of each placard; provide for appropriate uses of the commercial trailer temporary registration placard; require the temporary placard to expire 30 days after being activated by the user; amend KRS 189.990 to provide penalty.
Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - Posting waived Bill Text Amend KRS 281A.080 to require an employer to notify the Transportation Cabinet within five days of receiving notice of a positive drug or alcohol test on a commercial driver's license holder; specify minimum data elements to be reported; amend KRS 281.190 to require the Transportation Cabinet to suspend the commercial driving privileges of a CDL holder whose positive test is reported to it; mandate that the suspension shall remain in effect until the person completes the assessment and treatment required under federal regulation and pays the reinstatement fee and any other fees required under KRS 281.150.
Latest Action: 02/19/2008 - To Transportation (S) Bill Text Create new sections of KRS 281A, relating to commercial driver's licenses, to require employers of persons possessing a commercial driver's license to report results of positive drug and alcohol screening tests to the Transportation Cabinet within three business days of receiving the results; establish the same requirements for a medical review officer acting on behalf of a Kentucky motor carrier; require the Transportation Cabinet to establish a commercial driver's license drug and alcohol testing database; establish procedures for requesting and receiving reports from the database; establish penalties for failure to report positive drug or alcohol screening tests; amend KRS 281A to define "medical review officer"; amend KRS 281A.220 to establish that applicants and employees applying for a safety sensitive transportation job who possess a commercial driver license are deemed to have given consent to testing; amend KRS 281.755 to conform effective January 1, 2009.
Also tagged in: Advertising, Cities, Commendations and Recognitions, Counties, Crimes and Punishments, Economic Development, Environment and Conservation, Highways, Streets, and Bridges, Insurance, Motor Vehicle, Licensing, Local Government, Memorials, Motor Carriers, Motor Vehicles, Peace Officers and Law Enforcement, Police, City and County, Title Amendments, Tourism, Transportation
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (4) Bill Text 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.
Latest Action: 11/07/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue Bill Text Amend KRS 139.480 to exempt repair or replacement parts for motor vehicles engaged in interstate commerce with a declared gross weight of 44,001 pounds or greater from sales and use taxes; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2008.
Latest Action: 02/04/2008 - To Education (H) Bill Text Require that at least one of the at-large members appointed to the proprietary board be engaged in the operation of a commercial driver's license training school.
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