All Highways, Streets, and Bridges Legislation - Kentucky
HB704
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 132) Bill Text 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. Comment on Bill SB209
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. HB689
Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - To Transportation (S) Bill Text 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 [...] show full description HB673
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. HB651
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. HJ171
Latest Action: 02/27/2008 - To Transportation (H) Bill Text Name Kentucky Route 2154 in Marion County "The Marion County Veterans Memorial Highway." HJ138
Latest Action: 02/21/2008 - To Transportation (H) Bill Text 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
Latest Action: 02/21/2008 - To Transportation (H) Bill Text Designate a bridge on KY 550 in Knott County in honor of Carrie Combs. SJ144
Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Adopted by voice vote Bill Text 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." HB582
Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - To Transportation (H) Bill Text 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 [...] show full description HB568
Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (S) Bill Text Amend KRS 131.183, 141.045, and 141.235 to clarify that interest begins to accrue the latest of the due date of the return, the date the return was filed, the date the tax was paid, the last day prescribed by law for filing the return, or the date an amended return claiming a refund is filed; apply to refunds issued after the effective date of this Act. Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - To Transportation (S) Bill Text Amend KRS 189.338 to require a driver to stop at an intersection controlled by a traffic-control signal which is inoperative; establish conditions to permit the driver to proceed through the intersection. HJ118
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - To Transportation (H) Bill Text 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." SB145
Latest Action: 02/27/2008 - Recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 174 to require that bicycle and pedestrian ways be given full consideration in the planning and development of state transportation facilities and allow bicycle and pedestrian ways to be included; require an annual report; require the cabinet to establish design and construction standards for bicycle and pedestrian ways. SB135
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 164) Bill Text Amend KRS 186.172, regarding firefighter license plates, to make professional firefighters eligible for the plates; allow proof of service to be furnished by the fire chief; eliminate references to fees and administration of the plate; tie plate fees to the fee schedule set forth in KRS 186.162; specify that the plate shall be administered in the same manner as other special plates under KRS 186.164; allow the Kentucky Association of Firefighters to petition the Transportation Cabinet to place a voluntary contribution on the plate in accordance with KRS 186.164(12) to (15); amend KRS 186.164 and KRS 186.166 to conform. HB446
Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (S) Bill Text Amend KRS 45.247, relating to the highway construction contingency account, to limit the amount the secretary may expend from the fund during the first six months of a fiscal year that begins in a gubernatorial election year to 50 percent of the amount appropriated to the fund for the entire fiscal year; provide limited exceptions. HB349
Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - To Transportation (S) Bill Text Amend KRS 186.010 to define the term "low-speed electric vehicle" and amend the definition of "motor vehicle" to include a low-speed electric vehicle; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to allow the use of low-speed electric vehicles on roadways with a posted speed limit of thirty-five (35) miles per hour or less; require low-speed electric vehicles operated on a highway to be insured in compliance with KRS 304.39-080, titled in accordance to KRS 186.020, and registered as a motor vehicle in accordance with KRS 186.050(3)(a). HJ53
Latest Action: 01/22/2008 - To Transportation (H) Bill Text 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." SB93
Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 106) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS chapter 189 to allow local governments to adopt ordinances permitting the use of golf carts on designated public roadways under local control; define "golf cart" and "local government"; require that ordinances adopted by local governments include the issuance of a permit, the display of a sticker or permit, and the inspection by certified inspector for all golf carts operated on designated public roadways; require designated public roadways to be restricted to roadways with a speed limit of twenty-five (25) miles per hour or less; require golf carts operated on designated public roadways to display a slow moving emblem in compliance with KRS 189.820; require golf carts operated on designated public roadways to be insured in compliance with KRS 304.39-080; subject operators of golf carts on designated public roadways to the traffic regulations of KRS Chapter 189; exempt golf carts operated on designated public roadways from the title requirements of KRS 186.020,[...] show full description HB325
Latest Action: 02/07/2008 - To Transportation (S) Bill Text Amend KRS 189.2325, relating to highway work zones to set forth signage requirements for a work zone where the fine for speeding is doubled when workers are physically present; amend KRS 189.394, relating to speeding, to specify that double fines in work zones are only applicable when the work zone is properly signaled and workers are physically present in the work zone; amend speeding fine table to simplify. HJ50
Latest Action: 01/22/2008 - To Transportation (H) Bill Text 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. HB278
Latest Action: 01/15/2008 - To Transportation (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 189.570 to require direct adult supervision of minors under the age of 14 years who are soliciting contributions on highways. HB267
Latest Action: 01/15/2008 - To Transportation (H) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 177 to require the department of highways to inspect all public railroad grade crossings at least 2 times per year; require results of inspection to be kept on file for 5 years; permit the department to assess the cost of inspection to the railroad company; require the department to promulgate administrative regulations to establish standards for railroad grade crossings; specify that within 90 days of being notified that a crossing is substandard that the railroad company submit plans for improvement; permit the department to issue an order to the railroad company to make improvement to a railroad grade crossing pursuant to the procedures set forth in KRS 177.150 through 177.210. HB264
Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 189A, relating to driving under the influence, to extend the lookback provision relating to prior convictions from five years to ten years. HJ27
Latest Action: 01/11/2008 - To Transportation (H) Bill Text 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
Latest Action: 01/11/2008 - To Transportation (H) Bill Text 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." Latest Action: 03/28/2008 - Received in House; to Rules (H); posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute, committee amendments (1) and (2) Bill Text Amend KRS 141.020 to increase the tax rate on income over $75,000; amend KRS 141.066 to establish a refundable earned income tax credit at 15 percent of the federal credit; amend KRS 140.130 to decouple from the federal estate tax phase-out; amend KRS 139.120, 139.200, and 139.480 to include a list of selected services as subject to sales tax; amend KRS 141.0205 to recognize changes to income tax credits; make income tax provisions effective for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2008, make estate tax provisions effective for deaths on or after August 1, 2008; make sales tax provisions effective for billings on or after August 1, 2008. HB243
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute ; received in House; to Rules (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 186.010 to define the term "medium-speed electric vehicle" and amend the definition of "motor vehicle" to include a medium-speed electric vehicle; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to allow the use of medium-speed electric vehicles on highways with a posted speed limit of forty-five (45) miles per hour or less; require medium-speed electric vehicles operated on a highway to be insured in compliance with KRS 304.39-080, titled in accordance with KRS 186.020, and registered as a motor vehicle in accordance with KRS 186.050(3)(a). Latest Action: 01/11/2008 - To Transportation (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 189.030 to require use of headlamps when a vehicle is within a highway work zone on an interstate highway or parkway; amend KRS 189.2325 to conform and establish the penalty as a violation of KRS 189.030. HJ24
Latest Action: 01/11/2008 - To Transportation (H) Bill Text 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." HB192
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. HB79
Latest Action: 04/28/2008 - Vetoed Bill Text Amend KRS 281.014, to clarify the definitions of "city taxicab certificate", "city limousine certificate", "county taxicab certificate", and "county limousine certificate", to allow limousines and taxicabs authority to operate county wide, clarify the operating authority of taxicabs and limousines; amend KRS 281.6602 to allow current city taxicab and limousine certificate holders operating in a county with a city of the second class to be granted a county taxicab or limousine certificate. SJ9
Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 45) Bill Text 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." HB136
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title) ; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, April 15, 2008; 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title) ; re Bill Text Create a new section of KRS 286.7-410 to 286.7-600 to define "affiliate," "commercial activity," and "industrial loan company" and to prohibit commercial activity by an industrial loan company affiliate or to prohibit an industrial loan company which is an affiliate of a company that engages in commercial activity from maintaining an office on the property of the affiliate. SJ5
Latest Action: 11/07/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Transportation Bill Text Extend "The Purple Heart Trail" past Fort Knox and Fort Campbell. HB180
Latest Action: 01/10/2008 - To Transportation (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 189.336 to allow schools to operate school flasher lights at any time during school hours and school activities. 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). HB80
Latest Action: 01/23/2008 - Floor amendment (1) filed Bill Text Amend KRS 65.250 to specify certain criteria for the approval of interlocal agreements; amend KRS 65.260 to grant the Governor's Office for Local Development the right to review all interlocal agreements; amend KRS 311A.155 to require the board to grant preference to a county that has entered into a valid interlocal agreement for the provision of emergency services across county boundaries; increase the reimbursement to a county for lost equipment for a county that has entered into a valid interlocal agreement for the provision of emergency services across county boundaries; reduce the deduction from state aid for reimbursement of lost equipment to a county for lost equipment for a county that has entered into a valid interlocal agreement for the provision of emergency services across county boundaries; amend KRS 39C.020 to increase supplementary state funds for those regional emergency management districts created through valid interlocal agreements; amend KRS 258.119 to require the Commissioner [...] show full description SB7
Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue Bill Text 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 [...] show full description HB170
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. |
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