Summary of Original Version

Amend KRS 174.020 and KRS 12.020 to establish the Secretary's Office of Safety within the Transportation Cabinet, Office of the Secretary; confirm Executive Order 2020-1027.

Summary of Amendment: House Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain original provisions; direct the Transportation Cabinet to rename the Louie B. Nunn Cumberland Parkway the Louie B. Nunn Cumberland Expressway, and within 30 days of the effective date, make all changes on digital maps, Web sites, databases, and official highway lists; allow the Transportation Cabinet to change all highway signs and markings and to reflect the name change after signs are damaged or in the course of ordinary maintenance and replace printed maps at the time of next publication; amend KRS 189.390 to conform.

Summary of Amendment: House Committee Amendment 1 -- K. Upchurch

Summary Make title amendment.

Summary of Amendment: Conference Committee Report 1

Summary Do not agree.

Summary of Amendment: Free Conference Committee Report 1

Summary Adopt the HCS to SB 215/ GA; Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to allow local government to pass a pilot project, by ordinance, to allow off-highway vehicles on roadways; require the local government to have a public meeting prior to passing an OHV ordinance; require public notification of the meeting; outline procedure for a local government to request a state roadway or portion of a state roadway to be included in its OHV ordinance; outline OHV safety and equipment requirements; outline OHV operating requirements; outline OHV signage requirements; require that an OHV be insured prior to highway operation; direct the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations regarding highway use of OHVs as part of a trail system; amend KRS 189.515 to conform; amend KRS 189.090 to establish a penalty of $250 for operating an OHV in violation; and provide that provisions sunset on July 1, 2024, unless the General Assembly takes further action; add language to suspend imposition and collection of fines and penalties on overweight trucks on non-coal haul roads, in limited circumstances, for up to 30 days from the effective date of the Act; correct the location of an honorary highway designation contained in 2020 Ky. Acts ch. 116, sec. 43 for the Bernard T. Moynahan Memorial Highway; amend the title to read "AN ACT relating to transportation.".

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 174.020, 12.020
Acts Chapter 186: 174.020, 12.020, 189.390, 189.515, 189.990
House Committee Substitute 1: 174.020, 12.020, 189.390
Free Conference Committee Report 1: 189.515, 189.990
Current: 174.020, 12.020