KRS 177.360: Allocation of funds for state -maintained roads -- Apportionments to be

made on basis of revenue estimates -- Uniform financial information report

required -- Procedures to identify project needs in unincorporated areas of

consolidated local governments.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (5) of this section, the Department of Rural and

Municipal Aid shall allocate the funds set apart under KRS 177.320(1) for

construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of state -maintained secondary and

rural highways as follows:

(a) One-fifth (1/5) shall be apportioned equally among the one hundred twenty

(120) counties;

(b) One-fifth (1/5) shall be apportioned among the one hundred twenty (120)

counties on the basis of the ratio which the rural population o f each county

bears to the total rural population of the state. "Rural population" as used here

means the population in a county outside cities, towns, and urban areas having

a population of twenty -five hundred (2,500) or more as shown by the most

recent decennial census of the United States Bureau of the Census, and county

population shall be determined by the most recent decennial census of the

United States Bureau of the Census;

(c) One-fifth (1/5) shall be apportioned among the one hundred twenty (120)

counties on the basis of the ratio that the public road mileage outside of cities,

towns, and urban areas having a population of twenty -five hundred (2,500) or

more bears to the total mileage of such roads for the entire state; and

(d) Two-fifths (2/5) sha ll be apportioned among the one hundred twenty (120)

counties on the basis of the ratio which the square -mile rural area of the

county bears to the total square -mile rural area of the state. "Rural area" as

used here means that area of the county outside o f cities, towns, and urban

areas having a population of twenty -five hundred (2,500) or more and shown

by the most recent decennial census of the United States Bureau of the

Census.

(2) A sum not exceeding six percent (6%) of the allocation provided by KRS

177.320(1) to each county shall be deducted at the beginning of each fiscal year and

adjusted quarterly to cover the maintenance, administrative, engineering, and other

costs of the program.

(3) Of the total amount apportioned by the provisions of this sec tion, a sum not

exceeding six percent (6%) may be deducted and placed by the Department of

Rural and Municipal Aid in a special emergency account to be expended at the

direction of the commissioner to meet unforeseen emergencies on rural and

secondary roads and bridges.

(4) Apportionments as required by the provisions of this section shall be made on the

basis of revenue estimates supplied by the Finance and Administration Cabinet and

adjusted quarterly in accordance with the most recent revision of the est imates by

the Finance and Administration Cabinet.

(5) Any county eligible to receive county road aid moneys in accordance with KRS

177.320 and this section shall be required to submit a uniform financial information

report to the Department for Local Gover nment in accordance with KRS 65.905

before any payment of county road aid funds shall be made. The Department for

Local Government shall notify the Department of Rural and Municipal Aid no later

than March 1 annually of any county that has not submitted a uniform financial

information report. The Department of Rural and Municipal Aid shall, upon

notification by the Department for Local Government, immediately suspend all

county road aid moneys to the county until the county complies with the provisions

of KRS 65.900 to 65.925 and submits the uniform financial information report to

the Department for Local Government. The Department for Local Government

shall immediately notify the Department of Rural and Municipal Aid to reinstate

county road aid moneys to a ny county affected by this subsection as soon as the

county submits the uniform financial information report.

(6) In distributing county road aid funds received by a consolidated local government

established under KRS Chapter 67C, a consolidated local gove rnment shall

establish procedures to identify project needs in unincorporated areas that prioritize

consideration of the following factors:

(a) Population growth;

(b) Population density; and

(c) Economic development potential.