House Bill 352

Actions | Amendments
Last Action 03/26/19: signed by Governor (KY Acts ch. 126)
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

Actions

Top | Amendments
02/13/19
  • introduced in House
02/14/19
  • to Transportation (H)
02/15/19
  • posted in committee
02/22/19
  • reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
02/25/19
  • 2nd reading, to Rules
  • posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 26, 2019
  • floor amendments (1), (2) and (3) filed
02/26/19
  • 3rd reading
  • floor amendments (1) and (2) ruled not germane
  • floor amendment (3) defeated
  • bill passed 65-29
02/27/19
  • received in Senate
03/01/19
  • to Transportation (S)
03/12/19
  • reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
03/13/19
  • 2nd reading, to Rules
03/14/19
  • posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 14, 2019
  • 3rd reading, passed 35-1 with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
  • received in House
  • to Rules (H)
  • posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
  • House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
  • passed 60-30
  • enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
  • enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
  • delivered to Governor
03/26/19
  • signed by Governor (KY Acts ch. 126)

Proposed Amendments

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Amendment House Floor Amendment 1
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
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
Sponsor R. Meyer
Summary Limit any single trip under a decal to 150 miles.
Index Headings 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
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
Sponsor E. Harris
Summary Make title amendment.
Index Headings Title Amendments - HB 352/GA

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