KRS § 179.400 Counties receiving state aid -- Fiscal court to appropriate money for road purposes -- Contract or cooperative agreement with department for construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of county roads and bridges.

179.400 Counties receiving state aid -- Fiscal court to appropriate money for road purposes -- Contract or cooperative agreement with department for construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of county roads and bridges. (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. 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.