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AN ACT relating to roads and declaring an emergency. 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 179 IS CREATED TO 3
READ AS FOLLOWS: 4
(1) As used in this section: 5
(a) "Chip seal" means a pavement surface treatment that combines one (1) or 6
more layers of asphalt with one (1) or more layer s of gravel or fine 7
aggregate; and 8
(b) "Reclaimed asphalt pavement" or "RAP" means removed or reprocessed 9
pavement materials containing asphalt and aggregates generated when 10
asphalt pavements are removed for reconstruction, resurfacing, or to obtain 11
access to buried utilities. 12
(2) Beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2030, the Department of Rural and 13
Municipal Aid shall oversee a pilot project evaluating the use of chip seal and 14
RAP on gravel roads. 15
(3) Subject to the limitations in subsection (4) of this section, a county ma y use funds 16
allocated to it under KRS 177.320(2) to use chip seal or RAP on existing gravel 17
roads in that county's road system. 18
(4) The maximum percentage of county road aid funds a county may use in any 19
fiscal year on chip seal or RAP for county roads und er subsection (3) of this 20
section shall be equal to the percentage of roads in that county's county road 21
system that are surfaced with gravel on July 1 of that fiscal year. 22
(5) No later than October 31, 2027, and annually thereafter until October 31, 2030, 23
the Department of Rural and Municipal Aid shall submit a report to the 24
Legislative Research Commission for referral to the Interim Joint Committee on 25
Appropriations and Revenue and the Interim Joint Committee on Transportation 26
on the use of chip seal and RAP on county roads. 27
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(6) The report required under subsection (5) of this section shall include: 1
(a) 1. A listing of road miles chip sealed, by county; 2
2. The cost per mile of chip sealing, by county; 3
3. An evaluation of the durability of chip seal pavement; and 4
4. An evaluation of chip seal pavement quality; and 5
(b) 1. A listing of road miles using RAP, by county; 6
2. The cost per mile of using RAP, by county; 7
3. An evaluation of the durability of RAP; and 8
4. An evaluation of RAP pavement quality. 9
SECTION 2. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 176 IS CREATED TO 10
READ AS FOLLOWS: 11
(1) As used in this section, "reclaimed asphalt pavement" or "RAP" has the same 12
meaning as in Section 1 of this Act. 13
(2) The Transportation Cabinet shall not restrict the use of recycled asphalt products 14
used on a project, provided that the asphalt mixture meets the performance 15
standards and criteria used by the cabinet. 16
(3) No later than October 31, 2026, and annually thereafter, the cabinet shall submit 17
a report to the Legislative Research Commission for referral to the Interim Joint 18
Committee on Appropriations and Revenue and the Interim Joint Committee on 19
Transportation on the use of RAP in projects undertaken by the cabinet. This 20
report shall include an analysis of the use of RAP as opposed to traditional 21
asphalt according to the following criteria: 22
(a) The amount of road miles using each substance; 23
(b) The cost per mile of each substance; 24
(c) An comparison of pavement durability; and 25
(d) An comparison of pavement quality. 26
Section 3. Whereas, the pilot project set out under Section 1 of this Act is most 27
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efficiently and effectively administered at the beginning of the fiscal year, an emergency 1
is declared to exist, and this Act takes effect July 1, 2026. 2