22RS SB 198

Senate Bill 198

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Last Action	02/24/22: to Transportation (S)
Title	AN ACT relating to vehicle recyclers.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statement	Local Mandate
Bill Request Number	1684
Sponsor	B. Storm
Summary of Original Version	Amend KRS 177.905, to change the definition of "road" to include only those highways which are a part of the national highway system; amend KRS 177.912 to require any auto recycler to comply with all local ordinances, rules, and regulations, regardless if the auto recycler is required to be permitted under KRS 177.910; specify that for any auto recycler required to be permitted under KRS 177.910, the commissioner of highways may exempt the auto recycler from the permit process, if the local government certifies the auto recycler's compliance as a conforming use in an industrially zoned area under the applicable zoning ordinances and regulations; allow recyclers permitted by the department on the effective date of the Act, but no longer subject to department oversight to continue operation on the same site for which they were permitted; keep screening, site, and use restrictions imposed by the department in place unless removed by a planning and zoning body, city, or county; give responsibility for enforcement at the local level to county attorneys.
Index Headings of Original Version	Local Mandate - Auto recyclers, local government ordinances and regulations, compliance requirement Highways, Streets, and Bridges - Auto recyclers, local government ordinances and regulations, compliance requirement Highways, Streets, and Bridges - Transportation Cabinet authority over auto recyclers, national highways system Junkyards - Auto recyclers, local government ordinances and regulations, compliance requirement Junkyards - Transportation Cabinet authority over auto recyclers, national highways system Motor Vehicles - Auto recyclers exempt from Transportation Cabinet permitting requirements, grandfather Motor Vehicles - Auto recyclers, local government ordinances and regulations, compliance requirement Motor Vehicles - Transportation Cabinet authority over auto recyclers, national highways system Planning and Zoning - Auto recyclers, standards State Agencies - Transportation Cabinet authority over auto recyclers, national highways system State Agencies - Transportation Cabinet, auto recyclers, permit process exemption Attorney, County - Auto recyclers, enforcement authority Attorney, County - Auto recyclers, standards Cities - Auto recyclers, standards Counties - Auto recyclers, standards

02/22/22	introduced in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
02/24/22	to Transportation (S)