Kentucky House Bill 542 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 22 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-22 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 189 to define "automated speed enforcement," "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; 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 provisions; repeal sections effective July 1, 2026: provide the Act may be cited as the Jared Lee Helton Act of 2022; APPROPRIATION.

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

Rep. John Blanton [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-22	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2022-02-22	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb542.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb542/orig_bill.pdf