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Latest Action: 12/18/2008 - Approve as prefiled Bill Text
Amend KRS 189.125 to require that a child under age 8 years and between 40 and 57 inches in height be secured in a child booster seat; amend KRS 189.990 relating to penalties for traffic offenses to specify that child restraint seat and booster seat fines are not subject to court costs, additional costs, or fees; specify that seat belt violations are not subject to additional costs or fees.
Latest Action: 11/07/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on State Government Bill Text
Designate the Corvette as the official state sports car of Kentucky.
Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary Bill Text
Amend KRS 189A.010 to establish a per se violation of the DUI statute if the driver has at least a certain amount of a controlled substance in the urine or blood; create a rebuttable presumption; reduce the alcohol concentration from 0.18 to 0.15 for an aggravating circumstance; amend KRS 189A.105 to delete statutory right of DUI suspects to make telephonic communication with an attorney upon arrest; lower the alcohol percentage from 0.18 to 0.15 for increased penalties; name the Act the Martin Mitchell Act.
Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary Bill Text
Amend KRS 189A.010 to establish a per se violation of the DUI statute if the driver has at least a certain amount of a controlled substance in the urine or blood; create a rebuttable presumption; reduce the alcohol concentration from 0.18 to 0.15 for an aggravating circumstance; amend KRS 189A.105 to delete statutory right of DUI suspects to make telephonic communication with an attorney upon arrest; lower the alcohol percentage from 0.18 to 0.15 for increased penalties; name the Act the Martin Mitchell Act.
Also tagged in: Alcoholic Beverages, Alcoholism, Alcoholism, Crimes and Punishments, Criminal Procedure, Drugs and Medicines, Emergency Medical Services, Health and Medical Services, Motor Vehicles, Nurses, Physicians and Practitioners, Traffic Safety
Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary Bill Text
Amend KRS 189A.103, relating to blood testing for the purpose of determining alcohol concentration or presence of a substance which may impair one's driving ability, to require that tests are performed using accepted medical practices; add paramedics to those authorized to perform tests.
Latest Action: 11/07/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Transportation Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to define the term "wireless communication device"; prohibit the use of wireless communication device by the operator of a motor vehicle with limited exceptions; amend KRS 189.990 to provide for a warning for first violation and set fine for subsequent violations at between $20 and $100.
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Latest Action: 11/07/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on State Government Bill Text
Urge the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to make initiatives toward reducing the cost and increasing the support and quality of care for people suffering from asthma.
Latest Action: 01/11/2008 - To Transportation (H) Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS 186 to require the Transportation Cabinet to design and distribute an "In God We Trust" license plate; establish that the license plate be regularly issued in addition to the license plate required by KRS 186.240; establish the license plate design; authorize the license plate be issued at the request of the owner of a passenger vehicle; pick-up truck, or recreational vehicle upon payment of the appropriate fees; amend KRS 186.240 to conform; effective January 1, 2009.
Also tagged in: Alcoholic Beverages, Alcoholism, Corrections Impact, Crimes and Punishments, Criminal Procedure, Highways, Streets, and Bridges, Local Mandate, Motor Vehicles, Title Amendments, Traffic Safety Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 141) Bill Text
Amend KRS 189.990 to increase the penalty to a Class D felony for leaving the scene of an accident where the driver knew or should have known death or serious physical injury is involved.
Also tagged in: Boats and Boating, Crimes and Punishments, Fish and Wildlife, Motor Vehicles, Peace Officers and Law Enforcement, Technical Corrections, Title Amendments, Tourism, Tourism, Traffic Safety, Transportation
Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Recommitted to Judiciary (H) Bill Text
Amend 235.990 to except certain boating safety violations under KRS 235.240 from a general chapter penalty provision; tier the penalties under KRS 235.240 based on the number of offenses; prohibit any person from taking a boating safety course in lieu of the prescribed penalty; amend KRS 431.005 to allow a peace office to arrest at the scene of an accident without a warrant if the peace officer has probable cause to believe the person is intoxicated or under the influence of drugs.
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Also tagged in: Agriculture, Alcoholic Beverages, Alcoholism, Animals, Livestock, and Poultry, Attorney, County, Blind or Deaf Persons, Children and Minors, Commendations and Recognitions, Confirmation of Appointments, Corrections Impact, Courts, Circuit, Crimes and Punishments, Criminal Procedure, Disabilities and the Disabled, Diseases, Drugs and Medicines, Education, Elementary and Secondary, Education, Higher, Elections and Voting, Emergency Medical Services, Fiscal Note, Foods, General Assembly, Guardians, Health and Medical Services, Hospitals and Nursing Homes, Insurance, Labor and Industry, Licensing, Local Mandate, Medicaid, Memorials, Military Affairs and Civil Defense, Occupations and Professions, Parental Rights, Pharmacists, Physicians and Practitioners, Popular Names and Short Titles, Public Health, Public Officers and Employees, Public Utilities, Retirement and Pensions, State Agencies, State Employees, State Symbols and Emblems, Teachers, Technical Corrections, Title Amendments, Universities and Colleges, Veterans' Affairs, Workers' Compensation
Latest Action: 11/07/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on State Government Bill Text
Urge the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to make initiatives toward reducing the cost and increasing the support and quality of care for people suffering from asthma.
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to define "hybrid vehicle"; require Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations establishing minimum sound standards for hybrid vehicles within one year of effective date of the Act; require research and consultation prior to establishing minimum sound level standards; require all new hybrid vehicles sold in Kentucky to comply with the standards set in this act beginning August 1, 2010.
Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - To Transportation (H) Bill Text
Amend KRS 186.162 to establish a special license plate for Gold Star Family members; establish fees and eligibility requirements for issuance of the special license plate; amend 186.164 to require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulation for proof of eligibility for a Gold Star Family member special license plate.
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 160) Bill Text
Amend KRS 189.635 to clarify that accident reports are not public records; allow a limited exemption to the prohibition on commercial distribution of accident reports to allow sharing with entities that collect vehicle accident data to give consumers a means of determining a vehicle's accident history and allow contracting with an entity to provide electronic accident reports to some entities also are eligible to receive them; require the department to promulgate administrative regulations regarding fees for accident reports provided under this section.
Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - To Banking & Insurance (S) Bill Text
Amend KRS 304.39-320 to require automobile liability and motor vehicle liability policies of insurance to provide underinsured motorist coverage therein; permit the named insured to reject such coverage in writing; provide that if more than 2 individual claims are asserted against an underinsured motorist and the multiple claimants agree to a settlement resulting in exhaustion of the underinsured policy limits, the underinsured motorist insurer shall be entitled to a credit against total damages only to the extent of the actual amount of such settlement received by the individual claimant.
Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (S) Bill Text
Amend KRS 304.39-110 to increase the split limits liability coverage from injuries sustained by one person from $25,000 to $50,000, and increase the coverage sustained by all persons injured as a result of one accident from $50,000 to $100,000.
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - To Banking & Insurance (S) Bill Text
Amend KRS 304.13-063 to require a reduction in premium rates for automobile liability and physical damage insurance for insureds 55 years of age and older who successfully complete a self-instructed driver safety course meeting standards set by the Transportation Cabinet.
Latest Action: 03/28/2008 - Received in House Bill Text
Amend KRS 186.050 to establish a voluntary contribution of $10 for motor vehicles being registered as farm trucks; require the proceeds of the contribution to be deposited into an agricultural program trust fund; require proceeds and interest from the trust fund to be used for agricultural programs administered by the Department of Agriculture; permit the person registering the motor vehicle to opt out of the voluntary contribution.
Also tagged in: Attorney General, Cities, Second Class, Insurance, Police, City and County, Police, State, Prosecutors, Technical Corrections, Title Amendments, Wages and Hours Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 56) Bill Text
Amend 15.705, relating to the Prosecutors Advisory Council, to make a technical correction.
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 157) Bill Text
Amend 186A.510 to define the terms " classic motor vehicle project" and "road worthy condition"; create a new section of KRS 186A.500 to 186A.550 to establish a classic motor vehicle project certificate of title; clarify that classic motor vehicle project titles shall prohibit the use of vehicles bearing these titles on the highway; clarify that a classic motor vehicle project title shall not bear the designation of salvage or junk; establish procedures for vehicles with a classic motor vehicle project title that have been restored to be issued a regular title; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations regarding the issuance of classic motor vehicle project titles; amend KRS 186A.115 to require that inspections on classic motor vehicle project vehicles being brought in from another state be limited to verification of the VIN.
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