Kentucky 2024 2024 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB265 Engrossed / Bill

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AN ACT relating to appropriations providing financing and conditions for the 1 
operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the Transportation Cabinet of the 2 
Commonwealth of Kentucky. 3 
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 4 
Section 1.   The Transportation Cabinet Budget is as follows: 5 
PART I 6 
OPERATING BUDGET 7 
(1) Funds Appropriations: There is appropriated out of the General Fund, Road 8 
Fund, Restricted Funds accounts, Federal Funds accounts, or Bond Funds accounts for 9 
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, for the fiscal year 10 
beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, and for the fiscal year beginning July 11 
1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026, the following discrete sums, or so much thereof as 12 
may be necessary. Appropriated funds are included pursuant to KRS 48.700 and 48.710. 13 
Each appropriation is made by source of respective fund or funds accounts. 14 
Appropriations for the budget units of the Transportation Cabinet are subject to the 15 
provisions of Chapters 12, 42, 45, and 48 of the Kentucky Revised Statutes and 16 
compliance with the conditions and procedures set forth in this Act. 17 
A. TRANSPORTATION CABINET 18 
Budget Units 19 
1. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT 20 
     2024-25 2025-26 21 
 Restricted Funds     2,757,700 2,771,600 22 
 Road Fund     83,720,600 84,413,900 23 
 TOTAL   86,478,300 87,185,500 24 
(1) Biennial Highway Construction Plan: The Secretary of the Transportation 25 
Cabinet shall produce a single document that shall detail the enacted fiscal biennium 26 
2024-2026 Biennial Highway Construction Program and the 2026-2030 Highway 27  UNOFFICIAL COPY  	24 RS HB 265/GA 
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Preconstruction Program. 1 
(2) Debt Service: Included in the above Road Fund appropriation is $340,900 in 2 
fiscal year 2024-2025 and $341,500 in fiscal year 2025-2026 for debt service on 3 
previously authorized bonds. 4 
(3) Adopt-A-Highway Litter Program: The Transportation Cabinet and the 5 
Energy and Environment Cabinet may receive, accept, and solicit grants, contributions of 6 
money, property, labor, or other things of value from any governmental agency, 7 
individual, nonprofit organization, or private business to be used for the Adopt-a-8 
Highway Litter Program or other statewide litter programs. Any contribution of this 9 
nature shall be deemed to be a contribution to a state agency for a public purpose and 10 
shall be treated as Restricted Funds under KRS Chapter 45 and reported according to 11 
KRS Chapter 48, and shall not be subject to restrictions set forth under KRS Chapter 12 
11A. 13 
(4) Budget Implementation: The General Assembly directs that the 14 
Transportation Cabinet shall carry out all appropriations and budgetary language 15 
provisions as contained in the Transportation Cabinet Budget. The Legislative Research 16 
Commission shall review quarterly expenditure data to determine if an agency is out of 17 
compliance with this directive. If the Legislative Research Commission suspects that any 18 
entity has acted in nonconformity with this subsection, the Legislative Research 19 
Commission may order an audit or review at the agency’s expense. Such audit findings, 20 
reviews, and reports shall be subject to the Kentucky Open Records Law. The Secretary 21 
of the Transportation Cabinet shall provide a comprehensive semiannual report, 22 
beginning February 1, 2025, to the standing Appropriations and Revenue Committees of 23 
the General Assembly or the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue, as 24 
appropriate, detailing expenditures related to the appropriations contained within the 25 
budgetary language provisions for each budget unit within the Transportation Cabinet. If 26 
an agency does not expend the full General Fund appropriation contained within a 27  UNOFFICIAL COPY  	24 RS HB 265/GA 
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budgetary language provision, the unexpended funds shall be transferred to the Budget 1 
Reserve Trust Fund Account (KRS 48.705). 2 
2. AVIATION 3 
     2024-25 2025-26 4 
 General Fund     1,000,000 1,000,000 5 
 Restricted Funds     18,937,700 18,991,800 6 
 Federal Funds     500,800 500,800 7 
 Road Fund     838,500 837,500 8 
 TOTAL   21,277,000 21,330,100 9 
(1) Operational Costs: Notwithstanding KRS 183.525(5), the above Restricted 10 
Funds appropriation includes operational costs of the program in each fiscal year. 11 
(2) Debt Service: Included in the above Road Fund appropriation is $838,500 in 12 
fiscal year 2024-2025 and $837,500 in fiscal year 2025-2026 for debt service on 13 
previously authorized bonds. Notwithstanding KRS 183.525, $838,500 in fiscal year 14 
2024-2025 and $837,500 in fiscal year 2025-2026 is transferred to the Road Fund from 15 
the Kentucky Aviation Economic Development Fund to support debt service on those 16 
bonds. 17 
(3) Road Fund Replacement: Included in the above General Fund appropriation 18 
is $1,000,000 in each fiscal year to support the Capital City Airport Division. 19 
Notwithstanding KRS 45.229, any portion of General Fund not expended for this purpose 20 
shall lapse to the Budget Reserve Trust Fund Account (KRS 48.705). Mandated reports 21 
shall be submitted pursuant to Part I, A., 1., (4). 22 
3. DEBT SERVICE 23 
     2024-25 2025-26 24 
 Road Fund     137,206,400 118,683,100 25 
(1) Economic Development Road Lease-Rental Payments: Included in the 26 
above Road Fund appropriation is $136,956,400 in fiscal year 2024-2025 and 27  UNOFFICIAL COPY  	24 RS HB 265/GA 
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$118,433,100 in fiscal year 2025-2026 for Economic Development Road lease-rental 1 
payments relating to projects financed by Economic Development Road Revenue Bonds 2 
previously authorized by the General Assembly and issued by the Kentucky Turnpike 3 
Authority. 4 
(2) Debt Payment Acceleration Fund Account: Notwithstanding KRS 175.505, 5 
no portion of the revenues to the state Road Fund provided by the adjustments in KRS 6 
138.220(2), excluding KRS 177.320 and 177.365, shall accrue to the Debt Payment 7 
Acceleration Fund account during the 2024-2026 fiscal biennium. 8 
4. HIGHWAYS 9 
     2024-25 2025-26 10 
 Restricted Funds     188,606,900 192,168,800 11 
 Federal Funds     1,256,621,600 1,264,736,100 12 
 Road Fund     1,257,406,900 1,159,536,100 13 
 TOTAL   2,702,635,400 2,616,441,000 14 
(1) Debt Service: Included in the above Federal Funds appropriation is 15 
$69,981,400 in fiscal year 2024-2025 and $69,898,400 in fiscal year 2025-2026 for debt 16 
service on already issued Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle (GARVEE) Bonds 17 
previously appropriated by the General Assembly. 18 
(2) State Supported Construction Program: Included in the above Road Fund 19 
appropriation is $732,122,300 in fiscal year 2024-2025 and $636,307,400 in fiscal year 20 
2025-2026 for the State Supported Construction Program. 21 
(3) Biennial Highway Construction Program: Included in the State Supported 22 
Construction Program is $550,232,300 in fiscal year 2024-2025 and $454,417,400 in 23 
fiscal year 2025-2026 from the Road Fund for state construction projects and the state 24 
match for federal projects in the 2024-2026 Biennial Highway Construction Program. 25 
(4) Highway Construction Contingency Account: Included in the State 26 
Supported Construction Program is $11,890,000 in each fiscal year for the Highway 27  UNOFFICIAL COPY  	24 RS HB 265/GA 
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Construction Contingency Account. Notwithstanding KRS 45.247(2), (4), (5), (6), (7), 1 
(8), the Secretary shall only expend Highway Construction Contingency moneys for 2 
projects of an emergency nature or for projects that relieve a hazardous condition. 3 
Notwithstanding KRS 224.43-505(2), included in the Highway Construction Contingency 4 
Account is $5,000,000 in each fiscal year to support the Kentucky Pride Fund created in 5 
KRS 224.43-505. Notwithstanding KRS 45.247 and 177.320(4), included in the Highway 6 
Construction Contingency Account is $290,000 in each fiscal year for the Kentucky 7 
Transportation Center. Also included in the Highway Construction Contingency Account 8 
for Railroads is $1,600,000 in each fiscal year for public safety and service improvements 9 
which shall not be expended unless matched with nonstate funds equaling at least 20 10 
percent of the total amount for any individual project. Additionally, in each fiscal year, 11 
up to $350,000 of the $1,600,000 appropriation may be used to establish and administer 12 
the Kentucky Rail Office in the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. 13 
(5) 2022-2024 Biennial Highway Construction Plan: Projects in the enacted 14 
2022-2024 Biennial Highway Construction Plan are authorized to continue their current 15 
authorization into the 2024-2026 fiscal biennium. If projects in previously enacted 16 
highway construction plans conflict with the 2024-2026 Biennial Highway Construction 17 
Plan, the projects in the 2024-2026 Biennial Highway Construction Plan shall control. 18 
The Secretary shall make every effort to maintain highway program delivery by adhering 19 
to the timeframes included in the 2024-2026 Biennial Highway Construction Plan for 20 
those projects. It is the intent of the General Assembly that older projects will be removed 21 
from the Biennial Highway Construction Plan in future budget bills. 22 
(6) State Match Provisions: The Transportation Cabinet is authorized to utilize 23 
Road Fund or General Fund state construction moneys or Toll Credits to match federal 24 
highway moneys. 25 
(7) Federal Aid Highway Funds: If additional federal highway moneys are 26 
made available to Kentucky by the United States Congress, the funds shall be used 27  UNOFFICIAL COPY  	24 RS HB 265/GA 
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according to the following priority: (a) Any demonstration-specific or project-specific 1 
moneys shall be used on the project identified; and (b) All other funds shall be used to 2 
ensure that projects in the fiscal biennium 2024-2026 Biennial Highway Construction 3 
Plan are funded. If additional federal moneys remain after these priorities are met, the 4 
Transportation Cabinet may select projects from the Highway Preconstruction Program. 5 
(8) Road Fund Cash Management: The Secretary of the Transportation Cabinet 6 
may continue the Cash Management Plan to address the policy of the General Assembly 7 
to expeditiously initiate and complete projects in the fiscal biennium 2024-2026 Biennial 8 
Highway Construction Plan. Notwithstanding KRS Chapter 45, specifically including 9 
KRS 45.242 and 45.244, the Secretary may concurrently advance projects in the Biennial 10 
Highway Construction Plan by employing management techniques that maximize the 11 
Cabinet's ability to contract for and effectively administer the project work. Under the 12 
approved Cash Management Plan, the Secretary shall continuously ensure that the 13 
unspent project and Road Fund balances available to the Transportation Cabinet are 14 
sufficient to meet expenditures consistent with appropriations provided. The 15 
Transportation Cabinet shall provide quarterly reports to the Interim Joint Committee on 16 
Appropriations and Revenue when the General Assembly is not in session and the 17 
Standing Committees on Appropriations and Revenue when the General Assembly is in 18 
session beginning July 1, 2024. 19 
(9) Carry Forward of Appropriation Balances: Notwithstanding KRS 45.229, 20 
unexpended Road Fund and General Fund appropriations in the Highways budget unit for 21 
the Construction program, the Maintenance program, and the Research program in fiscal 22 
year 2023-2024 and in fiscal year 2024-2025 shall not lapse but shall carry forward. 23 
Unexpended Federal Funds and Restricted Funds appropriations in the Highways budget 24 
unit for the Construction program, the Maintenance program, the Equipment Services 25 
program, and the Research program in fiscal year 2023-2024 and in fiscal year 2024-26 
2025, up to the amount of ending cash balances and unissued Highway and GARVEE 27  UNOFFICIAL COPY  	24 RS HB 265/GA 
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Bond Funds, to include any interest income earned on those bond funds, and grant 1 
balances shall not lapse but shall carry forward. 2 
(10) Federally Supported Construction Program: Included in the above Federal 3 
Funds appropriation is $1,148,588,900 in fiscal year 2024-2025 and $1,149,617,100 in 4 
fiscal year 2025-2026 for federal construction projects. 5 
(11) Highways Maintenance: Included in the above Highways Road Fund 6 
appropriation is $441,086,700 in each fiscal year for Highways Maintenance. Of this 7 
amount, $10,000,000 in each fiscal year is provided to support inflationary increases and 8 
$1,200,000 in each fiscal year is provided to increase mowing to three full cycles for 9 
interstates, parkways, and rural routes. 10 
(12) Delayed Projects Status Report: The Secretary of the Transportation 11 
Cabinet shall report by September 30 of each fiscal year to the Interim Joint Committee 12 
on Transportation any project included in the enacted Biennial Highway Construction 13 
Plan which has been delayed beyond the fiscal year for which the project was authorized. 14 
The report shall include: 15 
(a) The county name; 16 
(b) The Transportation Cabinet project identification number; 17 
(c) The route where the project is located; 18 
(d) The length of the project; 19 
(e) A description of the project and the scope of improvement; 20 
(f) The type of local, state, or federal funds to be used on the project; 21 
(g) The stage of development for the design, right-of-way, utility, and 22 
construction phases;  23 
(h) The fiscal year in which each phase of the project was scheduled to 24 
commence; 25 
(i) The estimated cost for each phase of the project; 26 
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(k) The same information required in paragraphs (a) to (i) of this subsection for 1 
the project or projects advanced with funds initially scheduled for the delayed project. 2 
(13) Maintenance Reentry Employment Program: Included in the above Road 3 
Fund appropriation is $1,000,000 in each fiscal year to support contracting with a 4 
501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that employs individuals on probation or parole 5 
supervision to perform crew-based maintenance services. These individuals shall be 6 
selected with input from the Department of Corrections and shall provide assistance with 7 
litter abatement, graffiti removal, and vegetation control in highway districts three, five, 8 
six, and seven. 9 
(14) Federal Highways Match: Notwithstanding KRS 45.229, the General Fund 10 
appropriation balance for Federal Highways Match for fiscal years 2023-2024 and 2024-11 
2025 shall not lapse and shall carry forward. 12 
(15) County Priority Projects Program: Included in the State Supported 13 
Construction Program is $20,000,000 in each fiscal year from the Road Fund to establish 14 
the County Priority Projects Program to assist with county and city roads. This funding 15 
will be contingent on the Transportation Cabinet’s submission of projects and approval 16 
by the General Assembly. The submission of projects shall include a detailed listing of 17 
qualified projects that were ranked either an 8, 9, or 10 to be completed using funds from 18 
the Highway Construction Contingency Account by November 1 of each fiscal year. 19 
Projects received after December 1 of each fiscal year may not be included in the 20 
following year’s County Priority Projects Program. 21 
Beginning with fiscal year 2024-2025, the General Assembly approved and 22 
itemized County Priority Projects in 2024 Regular Session HJR 92. Notwithstanding 23 
KRS 48.710, any unexpended funds in fiscal year 2024-2025 shall not lapse and shall 24 
carry forward to fiscal year 2025-2026.  25 
The Transportation Cabinet shall provide an additional report to the Legislative 26 
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detailing any project submitted to be completed using funds from the Highway 1 
Construction Contingency Account within 30 days after it has been ranked and shall 2 
detail the work requested, the county that requested the project, and the date the request 3 
was received.  4 
When a County Priority Project is completed, the Transportation Cabinet shall 5 
notify the Legislative Research Commission and the Interim Joint Committee on 6 
Appropriations and Revenue in writing. 7 
(16) County and City Bridge Improvement Program: Included in the State 8 
Supported Construction Program is $25,000,000 in each fiscal year in Road Fund to 9 
establish the County and City Bridge Improvement Program. Notwithstanding KRS 10 
48.710, these funds shall not lapse and shall carry forward. The Transportation Cabinet 11 
shall prepare a report for the County and City Bridge Improvement Program. This report 12 
shall include a list of bridge repairs and replacements that have been completed, the date 13 
in which they were completed, and a status report for all other ongoing projects. This 14 
report shall be submitted to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue 15 
by November 1 of each year. 16 
(17) Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle (GARVEE) Bonds Reauthorization: 17 
The $150,000,000 GARVEE Bond Funds to be issued for the Brent Spence Bridge 18 
Project pursuant to 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 214, Part I, A., 4., (15) are reauthorized. 19 
(18) Reauthorized Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle (GARVEE) Bonds 20 
Debt Service: Included in the above appropriations is $7,584,400 in Federal Funds and 21 
$1,896,100 in Road Fund in fiscal year 2024-2025 and $15,168,800 in Federal Funds and 22 
$3,792,200 in Road Fund in fiscal year 2025-2026 to support GARVEE Bonds debt 23 
service payments relating to the Brent Spence Bridge Project. 24 
(19) Federal Emergency Management Reimbursements: Included in the above 25 
Restricted Funds appropriation is $14,194,300 in each fiscal year to support federal 26 
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declared disasters. 1 
(20) Equipment Replacement for Federal Compliance Standards: Included in 2 
the above Road Fund appropriation is $2,674,500 in fiscal year 2024-2025 to support 3 
equipment replacement within the Division of Materials. 4 
(21) Division of Equipment Operations: Included in the above Restricted Funds 5 
appropriation is $12,400,000 in fiscal year 2024-2025 and $15,400,000 in fiscal year 6 
2025-2026 to maintain current operations and support the Modified Replacement 7 
Schedule within the Division of Equipment. 8 
(22) Traffic Panel Sign Rehabilitation: Included in the above Road Fund 9 
appropriation is $750,000 in each fiscal year to support sign rehabilitation and panel sign 10 
maintenance within the Division of Traffic Operations. 11 
(23) Strategic Highway Investment Formula for Tomorrow Scores and 12 
Reporting: The Transportation Cabinet shall provide Strategic Highway Investment 13 
Formula for Tomorrow (SHIFT) scores for each district and statewide project to the 14 
Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue by October 1 of each year. 15 
5. JUDGMENTS 16 
(1) Payment of Judgments: Road Fund resources required to pay judgments 17 
shall be transferred from the State Construction Account at the time when actual 18 
payments must be disbursed from the State Treasury. 19 
6. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION 20 
     2024-25 2025-26 21 
 General Fund     15,575,800 15,575,800 22 
 Restricted Funds     711,400 721,600 23 
 Federal Funds     80,648,700 80,680,100 24 
 TOTAL   96,935,900 96,977,500 25 
(1) Nonpublic School Transportation: Included in the above General Fund 26 
appropriation is $5,000,000 in each fiscal year for nonpublic school transportation. 27  UNOFFICIAL COPY  	24 RS HB 265/GA 
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Notwithstanding KRS 45.229, any portion of General Fund not expended for this purpose 1 
shall lapse to the Budget Reserve Trust Fund Account (KRS 48.705). Mandated reports 2 
shall be submitted pursuant to Part I, A., 1., (4). 3 
7. REVENUE SHARING 4 
     2024-25 2025-26 5 
 Road Fund     389,349,500 416,772,200 6 
(1) County Road Aid Program: Included in the above Road Fund appropriation 7 
is $146,874,400 in fiscal year 2024-2025 and $157,268,800 in fiscal year 2025-2026 for 8 
the County Road Aid Program in accordance with KRS 177.320, 179.410, 179.415, and 9 
179.440. 10 
(2) Rural Secondary Program: Included in the above Road Fund appropriation 11 
is $178,175,600 in fiscal year 2024-2025 and $190,785,200 in fiscal year 2025-2026 for 12 
the Rural Secondary Program in accordance with KRS 177.320, 177.330, 177.340, 13 
177.350, and 177.360. 14 
(3) Municipal Road Aid Program: Included in the above Road Fund 15 
appropriation is $61,799,600 in fiscal year 2024-2025 and $66,173,200 in fiscal year 16 
2025-2026 for the Municipal Road Aid Program in accordance with KRS 177.365, 17 
177.366, and 177.369. 18 
(4) Energy Recovery Road Fund: Included in the above Road Fund 19 
appropriation is $276,000 in fiscal year 2024-2025 and $287,000 in fiscal year 2025-2026 20 
for the Energy Recovery Road Fund in accordance with KRS 177.977, 177.9771, 21 
177.978, 177.979, and 177.981. 22 
(5) Continuation of the Flex Funds and 80/20 Bridge Replacement 23 
Programs: The Transportation Cabinet shall continue the Flex Funds and the 80/20 24 
Bridge Replacement Programs within the Rural Secondary Program. 25 
8. VEHICLE REGULATION 26 
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 Restricted Funds     18,683,700 18,756,100 1 
 Federal Funds     4,627,100 4,627,100 2 
 Road Fund     48,483,000 49,146,400 3 
 TOTAL   71,793,800 72,529,600 4 
(1) Debt Service: Included in the above Road Fund appropriation is $1,507,000 5 
in each fiscal year for debt service on previously authorized bonds. 6 
(2) Regional Driver Licensing Offices Level of Service Report: The 7 
Department of Vehicle Regulation shall develop a level of service report that will provide 8 
data regarding the wait times at each regional driver licensing office and an overall 9 
statewide summary. This report shall include data of actual wait times from customers’ 10 
arrivals to the time they reach the transaction window, broken down by customers with 11 
appointments and walk-ins for each regional driver licensing office. This report shall also 12 
include the total number of customer transactions by type of service provided for each 13 
regional driver licensing office and recommendations to improve business processes to 14 
reduce customer wait times. This report shall be submitted to the Interim Joint Committee 15 
on Transportation by September 1, 2025. 16 
(3) Motor Vehicle Licensing Postage Cost: Included in the above Road Fund 17 
appropriation is $74,500 in each fiscal year to support increased postage costs. 18 
(4) Motor Vehicle Licensing Modernization: Included in the above Restricted 19 
Funds appropriation is $600,000 in each fiscal year to support Kentucky Automated 20 
Vehicle Information System (KAVIS) personnel to complete motor vehicle licensing 21 
modernization efforts. 22 
(5) County Clerk Information Technology Improvement: Included in the 23 
above Restricted Funds appropriation is $500,000 in each fiscal year to support increased 24 
costs for existing and integrating new County Clerks offices into the KentuckyWired 25 
network. 26 
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     2024-25 2025-26 1 
 General Fund     16,575,800 16,575,800 2 
 Restricted Funds     229,697,400 233,409,900 3 
 Federal Funds    1,342,398,200 1,350,544,100 4 
 Road Fund     1,917,004,900 1,829,389,200 5 
 TOTAL   3,505,676,300 3,429,919,000 6 
PART II 7 
CAPITAL PROJECTS BUDGET 8 
(1) Capital Construction Fund Appropriations and Reauthorizations: 9 
Moneys in the Capital Construction Fund are appropriated for the following capital 10 
projects subject to the conditions and procedures in this Act. Items listed without 11 
appropriated amounts are previously authorized for which no additional amount is 12 
required. These items are listed in order to continue their current authorization into the 13 
2024-2026 fiscal biennium. Unless otherwise specified, reauthorized projects shall 14 
conform to the original authorization enacted by the General Assembly. 15 
(2) Expiration of Existing Line-Item Capital Construction Projects: All 16 
appropriations to existing line-item capital construction projects expire on June 30, 2024, 17 
unless reauthorized in this Act with the following exceptions: (a) A construction contract 18 
for the project shall have been awarded by June 30, 2024; (b) Permanent financing or a 19 
short-term line of credit sufficient to cover the total authorized project scope shall have 20 
been obtained in the case of projects authorized for bonds, if the authorized project 21 
completes an initial draw on the line of credit within the biennium immediately 22 
subsequent to the original authorization; and (c) Grant or loan agreements, if applicable, 23 
shall have been finalized and properly signed by all necessary parties. Notwithstanding 24 
the criteria set forth in this subsection, the disposition of 2022-2024 fiscal biennium 25 
nonstatutory appropriated maintenance pools funded from Capital Construction 26 
Investment Income shall remain subject to the provisions of KRS 45.770(5)(c). 27  UNOFFICIAL COPY  	24 RS HB 265/GA 
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(3) Bond Proceeds Investment Income: Investment income earned from bond 1 
proceeds beyond that which is required to satisfy Internal Revenue Service arbitrage 2 
rebates and penalties and excess bond proceeds upon the completion of a bond-financed 3 
capital project shall be used to pay debt service according to the Internal Revenue Service 4 
Code and accompanying regulations. 5 
(4) Appropriations for Projects Not Line-Itemized: Inasmuch as the 6 
identification of specific projects cannot be ascertained with absolute certainty at this 7 
time, amounts are appropriated for specific purposes to projects which are not 8 
individually identified in this Act in the following areas: Aircraft Major Maintenance 9 
Pool - 2024-2026. Notwithstanding any statute to the contrary, projects estimated to cost 10 
$1,000,000 and over and equipment estimated to cost $200,000 and over shall be reported 11 
to the Capital Projects and Bond Oversight Committee. 12 
A. TRANSPORTATION CABINET 13 
Budget Units  	2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 14 
1. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT 15 
 001. Construct Breckinridge County Maintenance and Salt Storage Facility 16 
Additional Reauthorization ($3,000,000 Road Fund) 17 
  Road Fund 	500,000 -0- -0- 18 
 002. Maintenance Pool - 2024-2026 19 
  Road Fund 	-0- 4,000,000 4,000,000 20 
 003. Construct Union County Maintenance and Salt Storage Facility Additional 21 
Reauthorization ($3,000,000 Road Fund) 22 
  Road Fund 	500,000 -0- -0- 23 
 004. Construct Whitley County Maintenance and Salt Storage Facility Additional 24 
Reauthorization ($4,050,000 Road Fund) 25 
  Road Fund 	-0- 450,000 -0- 26 
 005. AASHTOWare Additional Reauthorization ($2,000,000 Road Fund) 27  UNOFFICIAL COPY  	24 RS HB 265/GA 
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  Road Fund 	-0- 1,000,000 600,000 1 
 006. Statewide Facility Security Systems Pool - 2024-2026 2 
  Road Fund 	-0- 300,000 300,000 3 
 007. Construct Hopkins County Maintenance and Salt Storage Facility Additional 4 
Reauthorization ($2,070,000 Road Fund) 5 
  Road Fund 	-0- 700,000 -0- 6 
 008. Construct Ballard County Maintenance Facility and Salt Storage Additional 7 
Reauthorization ($2,513,000 Road Fund) 8 
  Road Fund 	1,000,000 -0- -0- 9 
 009. Permanent Salt Conveyor System - Graves County Reauthorization ($350,000 10 
Road Fund) 11 
 010. Construct District 2 Office and Materials Lab Reauthorization ($2,000,000 12 
Road Fund) 13 
2. AVIATION 14 
 001. Aircraft Major Maintenance Pool - 2024-2026 15 
  General Fund 	-0- 900,000 900,000 16 
 002. Construct Sixteen New T-Hangars 17 
  Restricted Funds 	-0- 2,750,000 -0- 18 
 003. Construct One Aircraft Maintenance Hangar 19 
  Restricted Funds 	-0- -0- 6,910,000 20 
 004. Construct Two Medium Sized Box Hangars 21 
  Restricted Funds 	-0- -0- 1,600,000 22 
 005. Construct Capital City Airport Terminal Building 23 
  Restricted Funds 	-0- 500,000 8,500,000 24 
3. HIGHWAYS 25 
 001. Repair Loadometers and Rest Areas - 2024-2026 26 
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 002. Road Maintenance Parks - 2024-2026 1 
  Road Fund 	-0- 1,500,000 1,500,000 2 
 003. Various Environmental Compliance - 2024-2026 3 
  Road Fund 	-0- 500,000 500,000 4 
 004. Statewide Chemical Storage Buildings 5 
  Road Fund 	-0- 450,000 450,000 6 
 005. Jefferson County - Lease 7 
 006. Knott County - Lease 8 
PART III 9 
FUNDS TRANSFER 10 
      2024-25 2025-26 11 
A. TRANSPORTATION CABINET 12 
1. Aviation 13 
 Agency Revenue Fund  2,025,000 2,010,900 14 
 (KRS 183.525(4) and (5)) 15 
TOTAL - FUNDS TRANSFER  2,025,000 2,010,900 16 
PART IV 17 
TRANSPORTATION CABINET BUDGET SUMMARY 18 
OPERATING BUDGET 19 
    	2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 20 
General Fund  	-0- 16,575,800 16,575,800 21 
Restricted Funds  	-0- 229,697,400 233,409,900 22 
Federal Funds  	-0- 1,342,398,200 1,350,544,100 23 
Road Fund   	-0- 1,917,004,900 1,829,389,200 24 
SUBTOTAL  	-0- 3,505,676,300 3,429,919,000 25 
CAPITAL PROJECTS BUDGET 26 
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General Fund  	-0- 900,000 900,000 1 
Restricted Funds  	-0- 3,250,000 17,010,000 2 
Road Fund   	2,000,000 12,900,000 11,350,000 3 
SUBTOTAL  	2,000,000 17,050,000 29,260,000 4 
TOTAL - TRANSPORTATION CABINET BUDGET 5 
    	2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 6 
General Fund  	-0- 17,475,800 17,475,800 7 
Restricted Funds  	-0- 232,947,400 250,419,900 8 
Federal Funds  	-0- 1,342,398,200 1,350,544,100 9 
Road Fund   	2,000,000 1,929,904,900 1,840,739,200 10 
TOTAL FUNDS  	2,000,000 3,522,726,300 3,459,179,000 11