Last Action | 03/21/19: signed by Governor (KY Acts ch. 040) |
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Title | AN ACT relating to fines for traffic violations in highway work zones and making an appropriation therefor. |
Bill Documents |
Acts Chapter 40
Current/Final Introduced |
Bill Request Number | 1027 |
Sponsor | D. Lewis |
Summary of Original Version | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to double fines for violations of traffic offenses, require signage be erected and workers present in the work zone in order for double fines to be assessed, and direct double fines collected to a separate trust and agency account within the Transportation Cabinet known as the "Highway Work Zone Safety Fund"; appropriate moneys in the fund to be used exclusively by the Transportation Cabinet to pay for enhanced law enforcement of traffic laws within highway work zones; amend KRS 189.2329 to increase the fine for intentionally destroying, defacing, injuring, or removing a temporary traffic control device erected in a highway work zone from $50 to $100; amend KRS 189.394 to eliminate specific references to double fines for speeding, which are now included under Section 1 of the Act; amend KRS 189.010 to define "highway work zone"; repeal KRS 189.232; APPROPRIATION. |
Index Headings of Original Version |
Crimes and Punishments - Damaging or removing highway work zone signs, increased penalties for Crimes and Punishments - Highway work zones, double fines for traffic offenses in Highways, Streets, and Bridges - Damaging or removing highway work zone signs, increased penalties for Highways, Streets, and Bridges - Work zones, double fines for traffic offenses in Motor Vehicles - Highway work zones, double fines for traffic offenses in Traffic Safety - Highway work zones, double fines for traffic offenses in Transportation - Damaging or removing highway work zone signs, increased penalties for Transportation - Highway work zones, double fines for traffic offenses in |
Jump to Proposed Amendments |
House Floor Amendment 1 House Floor Amendment 2 |
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03/21/19 |
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Amendment | House Floor Amendment 1 |
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Sponsor | D. Lewis |
Summary | Add maintenance and inspection to the activities conducted under the definition of a highway work zone. |
Index Headings |
Highways, Streets, and Bridges - Work zones, definition Traffic Safety - Work zones, definition Transportation - Work zones, definition |
Amendment | House Floor Amendment 2 |
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Sponsor | D. Lewis |
Summary | Amend KRS 189.999 to provide that a fine for speeding in a highway work zone is prepayable. |
Index Headings |
Crimes and Punishments - Highway work zones, prepayable fine for speeding in Highways, Streets, and Bridges - Highway work zones, prepayable fine for speeding in Motor Vehicles - Highway work zones, prepayable fine for speeding in Traffic Safety - Highway work zones, prepayable fine for speeding in Transportation - Highway work zones, prepayable fine for speeding in |
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