Kentucky Senate Bill 44

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 2 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-08 - floor amendment (1) filed
Pending: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 189 to define "automated speed enforcement device," "owner," "program," and "recorded images"; direct the Transportation Cabinet to establish a pilot program for automated speed enforcement in highway work zones and issue a civil citation to an operator of a motor vehicle traveling more than 10 miles per hour over the posted speed limit when a bona fide worker is present; establish procedures for citation issuance; direct the Transportation Cabinet to install signage and to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the program; establish civil fines for violations issued under the program; specify that all fines and penalties assessed be deposited into the automated speed enforcement fund; require the Transportation Cabinet to annually report to the Legislative Research Commission the status of the program; establish the automated speed enforcement fund; specify that moneys collected be used to defray the costs of administering the program; specify that any moneys collected in excess of program costs be deposited into the highway work zone safety fund and used for the purposes of that fund; provide that the provisions be repealed effective July 1, 2028; APPROPRIATION.

AN ACT relating to highway work zones and making an appropriation therefor.

Sen. David Yates [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-08	Senate	floor amendment (1) filed
2024-01-03	Senate	to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
2024-01-02	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2024-01-02	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/sb44.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/sb44/orig_bill.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/SB44/SFA1.pdf