177.360 Allocation of funds for state-maintained roads -- Apportionments to be made on basis of revenue estimates -- Uniform financial information report required.
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<![CDATA[177.360 Allocation of funds for state-maintained roads -- Apportionments to be made on basis of revenue estimates -- Uniform financial information report <br>required. (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 <br>construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of state-maintained secondary and <br>rural highways as follows: <br>(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 (120) counties on the basis of the ratio which the rural population of each county <br>bears to the total rural population of the state. "Rural population" as used here <br>means the population in a county outside cities, towns, and urban areas having <br>a population of twenty-five hundred (2,500) or more as shown by the most <br>recent decennial census of the United States Bureau of the Census, and county <br>population shall be determined by the most recent decennial census of the <br>United States Bureau of the Census. (c) One-fifth (1/5) shall be apportioned among the one hundred twenty (120) counties on the basis of the ratio that the public road mileage outside of cities, <br>towns, and urban areas having a population of twenty-five hundred (2,500) or <br>more bears to the total mileage of such roads for the entire state. (d) Two-fifths (2/5) shall be apportioned among the one hundred twenty (120) counties on the basis of the ratio which the square-mile rural area of the <br>county bears to the total square-mile rural area of the state. "Rural area" as <br>used here means that area of the county outside of cities, towns, and urban <br>areas having a population of twenty-five hundred (2,500) or more and shown <br>by the most recent decennial census of the United States Bureau of the <br>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 <br>adjusted quarterly to cover the maintenance, administrative, engineering, and other <br>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 <br>and Municipal Aid in a special emergency account to be expended at the direction <br>of the commissioner to meet unforeseen emergencies on rural and secondary roads <br>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 <br>adjusted quarterly in accordance with the most recent revision of the estimates by <br>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 <br>before any payment of county road aid funds shall be made. The Department for <br>Local Government shall notify the Department of Rural and Municipal Aid no later <br>than March 1 annually of any county that has not submitted a uniform financial <br>information report. The Department of Rural and Municipal Aid shall, upon <br>notification by the Department for Local Government, immediately suspend all <br>county road aid moneys to the county until the county complies with the provisions <br>of KRS 65.900 to 65.925 and submits the uniform financial information report to <br>the Department for Local Government. The Department for Local Government shall <br>immediately notify the Department of Rural and Municipal Aid to reinstate county <br>road aid moneys to any county affected by this subsection as soon as the county <br>submits the uniform financial information report. Effective: July 15, 2010 <br>History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 117, sec. 78, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 13, sec. 13, effective June 25, 2009. -- Amended 2007 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 20, sec. 5, effective June 26, 2007; and ch. 47, sec. 82, effective June 26, 2007. -- <br>Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 98, sec. 10, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1998 <br>Ky. Acts ch. 69, sec. 65, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 47, <br>sec. 7, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 273, sec. 10, effective <br>July 15, 1988. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 350, sec. 7, effective July 13, 1984. -- <br>Amended 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 101, sec. 1. -- Created 1948 Ky. Acts ch. 46, sec. 1. Legislative Research Commission Note (6/26/2007). This section was amended by 2007 Ky. Acts chs. 20 and 47, which are in conflict. Under KRS 446.250, Acts <br>ch. 47, which was last enacted by the General Assembly, prevails. ]]>