Kentucky Statutes 164.975 – Regulation of the use of educational property
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(1) The governing boards of public institutions of postsecondary education, each having the power and authority to govern and control the method and purpose of use of property owned or occupied by their respective institution, including travel over such property, is each 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 such institution. Such regulations applicable to traffic and parking may include, but not be 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 such 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 such regulations, and the denial of permission to operate vehicles on the property of such institution.
(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 such institution. Provided, however, that nothing herein contained 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: June 25, 2013
History: Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 22, sec. 7, effective June 25, 2013. — Created
1972 Ky. Acts ch. 367, sec. 6.
(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 164.975
- Institution: means a university, college, community college, health technology center, vocational-technical school, technical institute, technical college, technology center, or the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. See Kentucky Statutes 164.001
- 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.
- Public: means operated with state support. See Kentucky Statutes 164.001
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
(b) Provisions prescribing penalties for the violation of such 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 such regulations, and the denial of permission to operate vehicles on the property of such institution.
(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 such institution. Provided, however, that nothing herein contained 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: June 25, 2013
History: Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 22, sec. 7, effective June 25, 2013. — Created
1972 Ky. Acts ch. 367, sec. 6.