25RS SB 57

Senate Bill 57

Actions

Last Action	01/08/25: to Committee on Committees (S)
Title	AN ACT relating to funding health care services from increased penalties for speeding violations.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Bill Request Number	998
Sponsor	S. Meredith
Summary of Original Version	Amend KRS 189.010 to define "super speeder"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to assess a fee of $200 to any person convicted as a super speeder; assess a fee of $50 and require the suspension of driving privileges for not making a timely payment of fee imposed; require that money from fees be deposited into the Kentucky trauma care system fund, the emergency medical services education grant fund, the school AED fund, and the Bentley rural hospital preservation fund; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations relating to the fees; create a new section of KRS Chapter 311A to establish an emergency medical services education grant fund and program; allow the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services to promulgate administrative regulations relating to the grant fund; amend KRS 211.496 to set forth how money from the trauma care system fund is to be used; amend KRS 154.20-190 to rename the rural hospital operations and facilities revolving loan fund the Bentley rural hospital preservation fund and require priority be given to providing loans to hospitals in counties that lack a rural hospital; amend KRS 158.1622 to provide that the school AED fund receives money from super speeder fees; amend KRS 186.440 and 189.394 to conform.
Index Headings of Original Version	Education, Elementary and Secondary - School AED fund, super speeder, fees Fees - Super speeding, establishment Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Bentley rural hospital preservation fund, super speeders, fees Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Emergency Medical Services education grant fund, super speeder, fees Motor Vehicles - Speeding, super speeders, fees and penalties, establishment State Agencies - Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services, grant fund, regulations State Agencies - Transportation Cabinet, super speeders, regulations Traffic Safety - Speeding, fees and penalties for super speeders, establishment Transportation - Speeding, fees and penalties for super speeders, establishment Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services, grant fund Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Transportation Cabinet, super speeders, penalties