177.360 Allocation of funds for state-maintained roads -- Apportionments to be
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made on basis of revenue estimates -- Uniform financial information report
required -- Procedures to identify project needs in unincorporated areas of
consolidated local governments.
(1)Except as provided in subsection
(5)of this section, the Department of Rural and
Municipal Aid shall allocate the funds set apart under KRS 177.320(1) for
construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of state-maintained secondary and
rural highways as follows:
(a)One-fifth (1/5) shall be apportioned equally among the one hundred twenty
(120)counties;
(b)One-fifth (1/5) shall be apportioned among the one hundred twenty
counties on the basis of the ratio which the rural population of each county
bears to the total rural population of the state. "Rural population" as used here
means the population in a county outside cities, towns, and urban areas having
a population of twenty-five hundred (2,500) or more as shown by the most
recent decennial census of the United States Bureau of the Census, and county
population shall be determined by the most recent decennial census of the
United States Bureau of the Census;
(c)One-fifth (1/5) shall be apportioned among the one hundred twenty
counties on the basis of the ratio that the public road mileage outside of cities,
towns, and urban areas having a population of twenty-five hundred (2,500) or
more bears to the total mileage of such roads for the entire state; and
(d)Two-fifths (2/5) shall be apportioned among the one hundred twenty
counties on the basis of the ratio which the square-mile rural area of the
county bears to the total square-mile rural area of the state. "Rural area" as
used here means that area of the county outside of cities, towns, and urban
areas having a population of twenty-five hundred (2,500) or more and shown
by the most recent decennial census of the United States Bureau of the
Census.
(2)A sum not exceeding six percent (6%) of the allocation provided by KRS
177.320(1) to each county shall be deducted at the beginning of each fiscal year and
adjusted quarterly to cover the maintenance, administrative, engineering, and other
costs of the program.
(3)Of the total amount apportioned by the provisions of this section, a sum not
exceeding six percent (6%) may be deducted and placed by the Department of
Rural and Municipal Aid in a special emergency account to be expended at the
direction of the commissioner to meet unforeseen emergencies on rural and
secondary roads and bridges.
(4)Apportionments as required by the provisions of this section shall be made on the
basis of revenue estimates supplied by the Finance and Administration Cabinet and
adjusted quarterly in accordance with the most recent revision of the estimates by
the Finance and Administration Cabinet.
(5)Any county eligible to receive county road aid moneys in accordance with KRS
177.320 and this section shall be required to submit a uniform financial information
report to the Department for Local Government in accordance with KRS 65.905
before any payment of county road aid funds shall be made. The Department for
Local Government shall notify the Department of Rural and Municipal Aid no later
than March 1 annually of any county that has not submitted a uniform financial
information report. The Department of Rural and Municipal Aid shall, upon
notification by the Department for Local Government, immediately suspend all
county road aid moneys to the county until the county complies with the provisions
of KRS 65.900 to 65.925 and submits the uniform financial information report to
the Department for Local Government. The Department for Local Government
shall immediately notify the Department of Rural and Municipal Aid to reinstate
county road aid moneys to any county affected by this subsection as soon as the
county submits the uniform financial information report.
(6)In distributing county road aid funds received by a consolidated local government
established under KRS Chapter 67C, a consolidated local government shall
establish procedures to identify project needs in unincorporated areas that prioritize
consideration of the following factors:
(a)Population growth;
(b)Population density; and
(c)Economic development potential.