(1) The fiscal court of any county receiving state aid shall appropriate sufficient money to keep all county roads in the county in good repair and free from obstructions. The cost of all repairs and removals of obstruction shall be paid by the treasurer of the county upon the order of the fiscal court, and all bills for repairs or for removal of obstructions shall be verified by affidavit, and shall be certified to be correct by the county engineer.
(2) The fiscal court of any county receiving state aid may, if it deems proper, enter into contract or cooperative agreement with the Department of Rural and Municipal Aid for the construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of county roads and bridges selected by the fiscal court. Any contract or cooperative agreement shall designate those roads which the department shall be required to construct, reconstruct, or maintain and shall not be in excess of the projected county allotment for any one (1) fiscal year. The county shall not be responsible for payment to the department of any costs not specified with the contract or cooperative agreement.

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 179.400

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • County engineer: means county road engineer. See Kentucky Statutes 179.010
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Obstructions: includes any object which prevents the easy, safe and convenient use of a county road for public travel. See Kentucky Statutes 179.010
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

Effective: June 25, 2009
History: Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 13, sec. 14, effective June 25, 2009. — Amended
2005 Ky. Acts ch. 98, sec. 11, effective June 20, 2005. — Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 350, sec. 8, effective July 13, 1984. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4356t-14.