Kentucky Statutes 158.481 – Authority of local board to regulate traffic and parking — Fees — Violations
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(1) Each board of education of a local school district, having the power and authority to govern and control the method and purpose of use of property owned or occupied by its respective local school district, including travel over that property, is hereby confirmed in its authority to regulate the traffic and parking of motor vehicles, bicycles, or other vehicles as well as the traffic of pedestrians on, over, and across the streets, roads, paths, and grounds of real property owned, used, or occupied by the local school district. The regulations applicable to traffic and parking may include but are not limited to the following provisions:
(a) Provisions governing the registration, speed, operation, parking and times, places, and manner of use of motor vehicles, bicycles, and other vehicles;
(b) Provisions prescribing penalties for the violation of those regulations, which penalties may include the imposition of reasonable charges, the removing and impounding, at the expense of the violator, of vehicles which are operated or parked in violation of the regulations, and the denial of permission to operate vehicles on the property of the local school district; and
(c) Provisions establishing reasonable charges and fees for the registration of vehicles and for the use of parking spaces or facilities owned or occupied by the local school district. Provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be deemed to limit or restrict the powers of any other governmental authority having jurisdiction over public streets, roads, alleys, or ways.
(2) Motor vehicle moving violations of regulations issued under this section shall be deemed violations of the appropriate equivalent sections of the motor vehicle laws of the Commonwealth and may be prosecuted in the courts having territorial jurisdiction over the physical location of the offense.
Effective: July 14, 2022
History: Created 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 189, sec. 7, effective July 14, 2022.
(a) Provisions governing the registration, speed, operation, parking and times, places, and manner of use of motor vehicles, bicycles, and other vehicles;
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 158.481
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
(b) Provisions prescribing penalties for the violation of those regulations, which penalties may include the imposition of reasonable charges, the removing and impounding, at the expense of the violator, of vehicles which are operated or parked in violation of the regulations, and the denial of permission to operate vehicles on the property of the local school district; and
(c) Provisions establishing reasonable charges and fees for the registration of vehicles and for the use of parking spaces or facilities owned or occupied by the local school district. Provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be deemed to limit or restrict the powers of any other governmental authority having jurisdiction over public streets, roads, alleys, or ways.
(2) Motor vehicle moving violations of regulations issued under this section shall be deemed violations of the appropriate equivalent sections of the motor vehicle laws of the Commonwealth and may be prosecuted in the courts having territorial jurisdiction over the physical location of the offense.
Effective: July 14, 2022
History: Created 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 189, sec. 7, effective July 14, 2022.