HB 244 AN ACT relating to fines for traffic violations in highway work zones and making an appropriation therefor
Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to fines for traffic violations in highway work zones and making an appropriation therefor.
HB-244
About HB-244
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to double fines for violations of traffic offenses, require signage be erected and workers present in the work zone in order for double fines to be assessed, and direct double fines collected to a separate trust and agency account within the Transportation Cabinet known as the "Highway Work Zone Safety Fund"; appropriate moneys in the fund to be used exclusively by the Transportation Cabinet to pay for enhanced law enforcement of traffic laws within highway work zones; amend KRS 189.2329 to increase the fine for intentionally destroying, defacing, injuring, or removing a temporary traffic control device erected in a highway work zone from $50 to $100; amend KRS 189.394 to eliminate specific references to double fines for speeding, which are now included under Section 1 of the Act; amend KRS 189.010 to define "highway work zone"; repeal KRS 189.232; APPROPRIATION.
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