Last Action | 03/26/19: signed by Governor (KY Acts ch. 126) |
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Title | AN ACT relating to motor carriers and making an appropriation. |
Bill Documents |
Acts Chapter 126
Current/Final Introduced |
Bill Request Number | 470 |
Sponsors | D. Meade , K. Upchurch, J. Hoover, T. Turner |
Summary of Original Version | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 177 to define "extended weight unrefined petroleum products haul road system" as those state-maintained highways over which 50,000 tons or more of unrefined petroleum products are transported in the year 2022, and update annually thereafter; require the secretary of the Transportation Cabinet to designate the roads in the system on an annual basis; allow motor vehicles, using approved axle configurations, to transport unrefined petroleum products on the system at a maximum weight of 120,000 pounds, with a gross weight tolerance of five percent; set the fee for an annual decal at $1,250; require that dimensions of the vehicle operating under a decal conform to federal law; specify that the decal fee is in addition to all other fees and taxes required to register and operate the vehicle; direct revenues for decal fees under this section be credited to the road fund, and appropriate those revenues for the uses of the fund; specify that nothing in the Act shall be administered in a manner that would jeopardize federal highway funding, that the system shall exclude operation on an interstate highway, and that the cabinet may alter this system for safety purposes, including reduced bridge weight limits; allow local governments to express to the secretary concerns over road section being included in the system and require the secretary to consider those objections; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the section, including design standards for approved axle configurations; require the cabinet to publish a directory of the extended weight unrefined petroleum products haul road system; set forth reporting requirements for transporters of petroleum products; mandate that reporting requirements begin January 1, 2022; repeal Sections 1 and 2 of the Act June 30, 2029. |
Index Headings of Original Version |
Highways, Streets, and Bridges - Extended weight unrefined petroleum products haul road system, establishment of Motor Carriers - Extended weight unrefined petroleum products haul decals, requirements for Motor Carriers - Extended weight unrefined petroleum products haul road system, reporting requirements State Agencies - Transportation Cabinet, extended weight unrefined petroleum products haul road system Transportation - Extended weight unrefined petroleum products haul road system, establishment Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Extended weight unrefined petroleum products haul road system, publication of system Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Extended weight unrefined petroleum products haul road system, standards and requirements Appropriations - Road fund, fees from unrefined petroleum products decals |
Jump to Proposed Amendments |
House Floor Amendment 1 House Floor Amendment 2 House Floor Amendment 3 Senate Committee Substitute 1 Senate Committee Amendment 1 |
Votes | Vote History |
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Amendment | House Floor Amendment 1 |
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Sponsor | T. Branham Clark |
Summary | Require KYTC to hold a public hearing in any county where a road will be included in the system; require operators hauling under a decal to provide training for fire departments in regards to the equipment used and procedures to follow in case of a spill. |
Index Headings |
Highways, Streets, and Bridges - Unrefined petroleum haul roads, public hearings on Highways, Streets, and Bridges - Unrefined petroleum haul truck owners, trading for fire departments Motor Carriers - Unrefined petroleum haul roads, public hearings on Motor Carriers - Unrefined petroleum haul truck owners, trading for fire departments Firefighters and Fire Departments - Unrefined petroleum haul truck owners, trading for fire departments Transportation - Unrefined petroleum haul roads, public hearings on |
Amendment | House Floor Amendment 2 |
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Sponsor | R. Meyer |
Summary | Require truck owners operating under a decal to reimburse the state for any damage done to a road or bridge that exceeds the cost of an annual permit. |
Index Headings |
Highways, Streets, and Bridges - Unrefined petroleum haul decals, haulers' responsibility of road damage Motor Carriers - Unrefined petroleum haul decals, haulers' responsibility of road damage Traffic Safety - Unrefined petroleum haul decals, haulers' responsibility of road damage Transportation - Unrefined petroleum haul decals, haulers' responsibility of road damage |
Amendment | House Floor Amendment 3 |
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Sponsor | R. Meyer |
Summary | Limit any single trip under a decal to 150 miles. |
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Highways, Streets, and Bridges - Unrefined petroleum haul decals, 150 mile trip limit Motor Carriers - Unrefined petroleum haul decals, 150 mile trip limit Traffic Safety - Unrefined petroleum haul decals, 150 mile trip limit Transportation - Unrefined petroleum haul decals, 150 mile trip limit |
Amendment | Senate Committee Substitute 1 |
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Summary | Retain original provisions, except repeal Sections 1 and 2 of the Act effective June 30, 2028, instead of 2033; change references to decal to permit; add requirement that permit holders report number of trips and miles traveled the previous year when renewing the permit; require trucks operating under a permit to be equipped with GPS and open those records to KYTC inspection; increase annual permit fee to $2,000 per truck; require drivers to be approved to operate by KSP; require KYTC to inspect routes annually to determine any degradation of roads or bridges; require KYTC to present report of routes to be included in the system to the fiscal court of each county affected; amend KRS 189.2713, regarding overweight permits for the transportation of metal commodities, to eliminate the 2020 sunset provision; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to place a moratorium on new overweight or overdimensional permits or tolerances, except allow the petroleum permit to be extended until 2033; amend KRS 189.990 to set penalties for violation while operating a truck with a petroleum permit on roads on the system at $100; set penalties for overweight operation on a route not on the system at $1,000; repeal penalties for violations on an overweight steel permit; repeal KRS 189.2714, regarding overweight permits for the transportation of steel; APPROPRIATION. |
Index Headings |
Motor Carriers - Extended weight unrefined petroleum products haul permits, requirements for Motor Carriers - Extended weight unrefined petroleum products haul road system, reporting requirements Motor Carriers - Overweight permits and tolerances, moratorium State Agencies - Transportation Cabinet, extended weight unrefined petroleum products haul road system Transportation - Extended weight unrefined petroleum products haul road system, establishment Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Transportation Cabinet, extended weight unrefined petroleum products haul road system, publication Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - KYTC, extended weight unrefined petroleum products haul road system, standards and requirements Appropriations - Road fund, fees from unrefined petroleum products permits Highways, Streets, and Bridges - Metal commodities overweight permit, elimination of sunset provision Highways, Streets, and Bridges - Overweight permits and tolerances, moratorium |
Amendment | Senate Committee Amendment 1 |
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Sponsor | E. Harris |
Summary | Make title amendment. |
Index Headings | Title Amendments - HB 352/GA |
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