Summary of Original Version

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 176 to define terms relating to Local Assistance Road Program funding; require the Transportation Cabinet to establish procedures whereby cities and counties can submit projects for consideration in the Local Assistance Road Program; limit projects to those that are rehabilitative in nature and do not expand capacity or the design of the original road; limit state funding for any individual project to $500,000; require the cabinet to assign a score to each project evaluating the project's impact on safety, congestion, asset management, and cost; set deadlines for local government submission of projects and cabinet submission of projects with evaluative scores; establish a graduated local funding match requirement based on the county population ranking developed by the Cabinet for Economic Development under KRS 154.21-015; require the cabinet to report quarterly to the Legislative Research Commission on the activity relating to projects awarded grants; specify required elements of the report.

Summary of Amendment: House Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain original provisions, except require each highway district to assign a score to each project evaluating the project's impact on safety, congestion, asset management, cost, and priority level within the highway district; require the cabinet to report quarterly to the Legislative Research Commission on the activity relating to projects awarded grants; establish required elements of the report to include the actual final cost of completing the project.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain original provisions, except eliminate a required match for grants under the LARP program; amend various section of the 2024-26 Transportation Cabinet budget (2024 Kentucky Acts, ch. 180) regarding the state supported construction program, grant anticipation revenue bonds, the county priority projects program, and funding for mega projects; EMERGENCY in part.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Committee Amendment 1 -- J. Higdon

Summary Make title amendment.

Summary of Amendment: Conference Committee Report 1

Summary Do not agree.

Summary of Amendment: Free Conference Committee Report 1

Summary Retain the provisions of HB 546/GA and add the following: create a new section of KRS 177 to state legislative findings regarding the I-69 Ohio River Crossing Project; require the Transportation Cabinet, by July 1, 2025, to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the state of Indiana to use tolling revenues to finance the I-69 Ohio River Crossing project; amend various section of the 2024-26 Transportation Cabinet budget (2024 Kentucky Acts, ch. 180) regarding the state supported construction program, grant anticipation revenue bonds, the county priority projects program, and funding for mega projects; amend the title to read: "AN ACT relating to transportation, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency."; EMERGENCY in part.