KRS 189.2226: Definitions -- Vehicles hauling building materials.

(1) As used in this section:

(a) "Bill of lading" means a document evidencing the purchase of, or delivery

order for, building materials issued by a person engaged in a business that sold

or leased the building materials;

(b) "Building materials" means equipment or materials associated with new home

construction, home remodeling, or home maintenance, including but not

limited to:

1. Agriculture products;

2. Asphalt;

3. Concrete;

4. Crushed stone;

5. Excavation equipment;

6. Fill dirt and rock;

7. Glass;

8. Landscaping materials;

9. Lumber or other wood products;

10. Minerals;

11. Roofing materials; and

12. Steel products;

(c) "Home" means:

1. A site where a single or multi -family housing unit is being initially

constructed for which a building permit for construction has been issued

by the authorized local government in the city or county in which

construction will take place; and

2. A site whe re construction of a single or multi -family housing unit is

complete and persons inhabit the housing unit; and

(d) "State road" means a state or federal highway but does not mean an interstate

or county road.

(2) Other statutes to the contrary in this chap ter notwithstanding, any vehicle hauling

building materials to a home shall be allowed, subject to the provisions of this

section, to travel on any state road without a permit and without being subject to a

fine, if the weight of the vehicle is within the limits of the registration issued to the

vehicle and within the axle limits for the vehicle, even if the vehicle's gross weight

or length, including vehicle and load, exceed the limits prescribed by this chapter or

in other aspects fail to comply with this chapter.

(3) A vehicle hauling building materials under this section shall be allowed to travel the

most direct route, in the opinion of the operator, to the vehicle's point of destination,

provided any road traveled as the most direct route shall not be further than fifteen

(15) miles from a state road that is classified to carry the registered weight of the

vehicle. If a vehicle is traveling a road classified by the cabinet as a single "A"

highway, the vehicle or its load cannot exceed ninety -six (96) in ches in width. If a

vehicle or its load exceed ninety -six (96) inches in width, the operator shall be

required to obtain the appropriate overdimensional permit required by this chapter

to travel the proposed route. The operator of a vehicle hauling buildin g materials

under this section shall have in his or her possession a bill of lading.

(4) All vehicles hauling building materials under this section shall be prohibited from

exceeding the established width and posted bridge weight limits for any route the

vehicle travels. A vehicle that exceeds the width or bridge limits for its posted

routes shall be required to obtain the appropriate overdimensional or overweight

permit required by this chapter.