AN ACT relating to highway user fees and local highway construction from such funds.
     Amend KRS 138.210 to delete the provisions defining average wholesale price; amend KRS 138.220 to provide for a $0.04 per gallon supplemental fuel tax effective August 1, 2004; provide for a $0.08 per gallon supplemental fuel tax effective July 1, 2005; provide for a CPI adjustment to the motor fuel tax and supplemental fuel tax effective July 1, 2006; amend KRS 224.60-145 to provide that the $0.01 per gallon levy for the Underground Storage Tank Fund is deposited to the road fund effective August 1, 2004, and is not subject to revenue sharing; amend KRS 177.320 to provide that effective August 1, 2004, the supplemental fuel tax revenues set aside for the secondary and rural roads, and county roads and bridges shall be allocated based on population; amend KRS 177.360 to provide for an allocation formula based on county population for the supplemental fuel tax revenues; create a new section of KRS Chapter 177 to provide that the amount set aside for the allocation of motor fuel tax revenues are calculated after a reduction by any amount of road fund appropriations to the State Police, the Revenue Cabinet, or the Finance and Administration Cabinet in any budget bill enacted by the General Assembly; amend KRS 186.050 to increase the motor vehicle registration fees effective January 1, 2005; amend KRS 186.531 to double the cost of operators' license and permits effective January 1, 2005; amend KRS 281A.150 to double the CDL license fees effective January 1, 2005; repeal and reenact KRS 177.330 to provide for the submission of a transportation plan; amend KRS 177.350 to provide that the Department of Rural and Municipal Aid shall promulgate administrative regulations to establish standards for the construction, reconstruction, maintenance of roads by January 1, 2005; amend KRS 177.369, 178.330, 179.415, 177.020, 177.330. 224.60-130, 224.60-140, 234.320, 234.380 to conform; repeal KRS 117.340, 179.440 effective July 1, 2005; provide that Section 13 is effective July 1, 2005.

     Mar 1-introduced in House
     Mar 2-to Transportation (H)
     Mar 3-reassigned to Appropriations and Revenue (H)