Title XV, Roads, Waterways, and Aviation

Registration with Finance and Administration Cabinet -- Exemption from state, county and municipal taxation -- Cost of printing. Bonds of the Commonwealth of Kentucky shall be issued in the total amount of one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000). Said bonds shall be of the den…

Said bonds shall bear serial numbers beginning with number one (1) and shall mature on such dates, with such provisions as to prior redemption including premiums therefor, as may be determined by the State Property and Buildings Commission, providing that all of such bonds shall …

be set aside in amount sufficient to pay principal and interest -- Exception. The bonds herein provided for shall be direct obligations of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and the full faith and credit of the Commonwealth hereby is pledged for the payment of said bonds and the inter…

All of said bonds need not be sold at one (1) time, but may be advertised and sold in units of not less than five million dollars ($5,000,000) principal amount as and when the money to be derived from the issuance and sale of said bonds may be needed. The State Property and Build…

sealed -- Opening of bids -- Rejection -- Premium and accrued interest to be deposited in sinking fund -- Destruction of matured coupons -- Cost of advertising. Before any of said bonds shall be sold, said State Property and Buildings Commission shall advertise not less than once…

The State Property and Buildings Commission shall specify such terms for the bonds that are not inconsistent with the provisions of KRS 177.580 to 177.630.

The State Property and Buildings Commission may invest any amounts received for the sinking fund provided in KRS 177.580 to 177.630 in interest-bearing obligations of the United States or the purchase of the bonds authorized by KRS 177.580 to 177.630, or they may deposit said amo…

proceeds. The proceeds derived from the sale of the aforesaid bonds shall be held or invested by the State Property and Buildings Commission in the same manner and under the same restrictions set forth in KRS 177.615 as to the sinking fund and shall be used solely and only by the…

The word "year" as used in KRS 177.580 to 177.630 means calendar year, unless otherwise expressly stated.

be continued -- If effort unsuccessful, proposal to remove interest rate limit to be submitted to voters at an election. (1) The State Property and Buildings Commission (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "commission") is enjoined to continue its best efforts to sell and is…

hundred million dollars for parks, and for highways, bridges and tunnels -- Submission to voters at an election on November 8, 1960, according to Section 50 of the Constitution. Subject to the provisions of Section 50 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth, as hereinafter provid…

be designated distinguishably -- Separation of proceeds. (1) Bonds of the ten million dollars ($10,000,000) authorized for state park purposes, and bonds of the ninety million dollars ($90,000,000) authorized for highways, bridges and tunnels shall be given separate and distingui…

have separate sources of payment of principal and interest -- Provisions for levying taxes as required by the Constitution. All of said 1960 bonds shall, as aforesaid, be direct general obligation bonds of the Commonwealth and shall be issued with an irrevocable pledge of the ful…

In the event the unissued 1956 bonds are not sold by the commission on or prior to August 31, 1960, as provided in subsection (2) of KRS 177.700, the form of the question which shall be caused to appear upon the ballots at the occasion of the general election to be held on Novemb…

In the event the said unissued 1956 bonds are sold by the commission on or prior to August 31, 1960, the form of the question which shall be caused to appear on the ballots at the occasion of said general election to be held November 8, 1960, shall be as follows: GENERAL OBLIGATI…

KRS 177.700 to 177.820 shall be submitted to the people of the Commonwealth at the general election to be held on November 8, 1960. The fact of such submission shall be publicly advertised in the following ways: (1) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State, immediately afte…

Said election shall be conducted in conjunction with the regular elections otherwise provided by law to be held on the same day, by the same election officers and at the same polling places. The votes cast in favor of and against KRS 177.700 to 177.820 shall be canvassed and cert…

If the question submitting KRS 177.700 to 177.820 to the people at said election on November 8, 1960, shall have been in the form set forth in KRS 177.740, then from and after the proclaiming by the Governor that KRS 177.700 to 177.820 has been approved and is in effect, any unis…

State Property and Buildings Commission. If KRS 177.700 to 177.820 be approved by a majority of the votes cast thereon at said election, the initial date of issue of the 1960 bonds shall be established by resolution of the State Property and Buildings Commission prior to the firs…

rates to be established by the commission and may be determined on basis of competition. The bonds shall be sold by the commission, in its discretion, at one (1) sale or from time to time as funds are required for the identified purposes. Each sale shall be upon sealed purchase b…

Temporary bonds or certificates -- No other approvals required. The bonds and receipt of interest thereon shall be exempt from all taxation by the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions, municipalities, and taxing districts. The bonds shall be signed in the name of the Commo…

As used in KRS 177.700 to 177.820, "year" means the fiscal year of the Commonwealth, commencing on the first day of July, and ending on the next ensuing thirtieth day of June, unless the context clearly shows a different meaning.

As used in KRS 177.830 to 177.890, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Limited-access highway" means a road or highway or bridge constructed pursuant to the provisions of KRS 177.220 to 177.310; (2) "Interstate highway" means any highway, road, street, access facility, br…

(1) Except as otherwise provided in KRS 177.830 to 177.890, the erection or maintenance of any advertising device upon or within six hundred sixty (660) feet of the right-of-way of any interstate highway or federal-aid primary highway is prohibited. (2) The erection or maintenanc…

KRS 177.830(10) in conjunction with the prohibition of KRS 177.841(2) shall extend to all applicable outdoor advertising devices erected after January 1, 1976, unless previously determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be in compliance with the laws, regulations, and ru…

The general purposes of KRS 177.830 to 177.890 and its specific objectives and standards are: (1) To provide for maximum visibility along interstate highways, limited-access highways, federal-aid primary highways, turnpikes, and connecting roads or highways; (2) To prevent unreas…

The Transportation Cabinet shall promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A, no later than August 1, 2021, to establish: (1) Permit fees for advertising devices not to exceed: (a) Two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for the initial permit application re…

Illumination. Within any commercial or industrial zone or unzoned commercial or industrial area adjacent to a federal-aid primary highway, advertising devices shall be subject to the following standards: (1) Prohibited advertising devices: (a) Advertising devices that are not cle…

(1) The commissioner of the Department of Highways is authorized to acquire by purchase, gift, or condemnation pursuant to the Eminent Domain Act of Kentucky and shall pay just compensation upon the removal of the following advertising devices: (a) Those lawfully in existence on …

Any advertising device erected, maintained, replaced, relocated, repaired or restored in violation of KRS 177.830 to 177.890 is hereby declared to be, and is, a public nuisance and such device may without notice be abated and removed by any officer or employee of the state Depart…

Nothing in KRS 177.830 to 177.890 shall be construed to abrogate or affect the provisions of any municipal ordinance, regulation or resolution which is more restrictive concerning advertising devices than the provisions of KRS 177.830 to 177.890 or of the regulations adopted here…

The commissioner of highways is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with the United States Secretary of Transportation for the purpose of carrying out the national policy of promoting the safety, convenience and enjoyment of public travel and the free flow of interstate co…

(1) The Transportation Cabinet shall publish a directory, including supporting maps and other documents, designating the official coal road system in coal impact and coal producing counties which shall include all public highways, roads, bridges, and streets over which quantities…

(1) The "extended weight coal or coal by-products haul road system" shall consist of all state-maintained toll roads or state-maintained roads which were previously toll roads and the public highways over which quantities of coal or coal by-products in excess of fifty thousand (5…

Any motor vehicle transporting coal in violation of the weight limits provided for by KRS 189.221 and 189.222 for which the extended weight users' tax has not been paid as evidenced by an affixed extended weight users' decal or which is not being operated in accordance with the p…

road fund. (1) All revenues generated from the purchase of decals pursuant to KRS 177.990(4) and KRS 177.9771(4) and no other taxes or fees normally assessed on motor carriers shall be credited to a special account within the road fund called the "energy recovery road fund" and a…

transporters of coal in vehicles exceeding maximum weight limits on state- maintained system -- Administrative regulations. (1) Any person engaged in the mining, processing, transporting or sale of coal that provides for the transportation of coal in vehicles exceeding the maximu…

Nothing in KRS 177.9771 to 177.981 shall be construed as prohibiting a county fiscal court from entering into a cooperative agreement.

(Repealed Effective June 30, 2028) (1) The provisions of this section shall be in effect until June 30, 2028. (2) As used in this section and KRS 177.986, "extended weight unrefined petroleum products haul road system" consists of all state-maintained highways over which quantiti…

system -- Publication -- Reporting system. (Repealed Effective June 30, 2028) (1) The provisions of this section shall be in effect until June 30, 2028. (2) The Transportation Cabinet shall publish a directory, including supporting maps and other documents, designating the extend…

(1) Any person who violates any of the provisions of KRS 177.230 to 177.310 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon arrest and conviction therefor, shall be fined not less than five dollars ($5) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100). (2) Any person who willfully violates any…

(1) All offenses classified as violations under this chapter shall be prepayable except for: (a) An offense where evidence of the commission of the offense or another offense is seized by the officer and the citation is so marked and a court date set; (b) The offense may result i…