HB 622
AN ACT relating to roads and declaring an emergency.
In Plain Language
This bill creates a four-year pilot program starting in 2026 where the Department of Rural and Municipal Aid tests using chip seal (a type of pavement treatment) on gravel county roads. Counties can use some of their road aid money for this, but there's a yearly limit on how much they can spend. The department has to report back to the legislature each year on how well chip seal is working on these roads.
Official summary
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 179 to define "chip seal"; require the Department of Rural and Municipal Aid to establish a pilot project to evaluate the efficacy of chip seal pavement on gravel county roads; start the pilot program on July 1, 2026, and end it on June 30, 2030; limit the amount of county road aid funds a county may use to chip seal county roads in any year; require the Department of Rural and Municipal Aid to report annually to the Legislative Research Commission on the use of chip seal pavement on gravel county roads; set forth required elements of the report: EFFECTIVE July 1, 2026; EMERGENCY.
Sponsor
J. Blanton (Republican-92)
Cosponsors
2 listed
Latest action
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 125)
Apr 13, 2026
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