KRS 175.425: Purpose and status of turnpike authority.

The Turnpike Authority of Kentucky is created solely to perform essential governmental

functions and to serve the public purposes of constructing, acquiring, financing and

operating turnpike and other road projects for the use, safety, convenience and gene ral

welfare of the traveling public. In accomplishing such public purposes, the Turnpike

Authority of Kentucky shall be and constitute a de jure municipal corporation and

political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.