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96A.170 Exemption from jurisdiction of Transportation Cabinet -- Cabinet assistance permitted.

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Page 1 of 1 96A.170 Exemption from jurisdiction of Transportation Cabinet -- Cabinet assistance permitted. An authority created and established under this chapter, together with its ownership, <br>financing, operation, rates and charges for use of its services and facilities, rules and <br>regulations, routes, schedules, size and character of its equipment and quality of service <br>shall be exempt from all jurisdiction of the Transportation Cabinet of the <br>Commonwealth, provided, however, that no new service may be instituted within or <br>outside of the authority's transit area in competition with an existing certificated bus <br>company without an application to and a grant of authority from the Transportation <br>Cabinet as provided by KRS Chapter 281 or KRS 96A.095(4), provided further that <br>nothing in this section shall deny the Transportation Cabinet the authority to render such <br>advice and assistance, including financial aid, engineering, planning and technical <br>assistance, as it deems advisable, to enable an authority as created under this chapter to <br>acquire, construct, expand, maintain, and operate a mass transit system as defined in this <br>chapter and to establish regulations to promote local transit authorities and to ensure <br>compliance with the requirements of the United States Federal Transit Administration. Effective: July 15, 1998 <br>History: Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 607, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 160, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 324, sec. 5, effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 138, sec. 1; <br>and ch. 247, sec. 1. -- Created 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 243, sec. 17.