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KY HB172

AN ACT relating to vehicle wheels.


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Introduced
01/09/2025
In Committee
02/04/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
03/28/2025

Introduced Session

2025 Regular Session

Bill Summary

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to require vehicles operating on a highway with an iron, steel, or wooden wheel to be equipped with a rubberized strip on the portion of the wheel that is in contact with the highway; provide exceptions; amend KRS 189.990 to set penalty for violation at $20 to $100 for each offense.

AI Summary

This bill requires vehicles operating on highways with iron, steel, or wooden wheels to be equipped with a rubberized strip on the portion of the wheel that contacts the road surface, with an exception for animal-drawn vehicles weighing one ton or less used solely for transporting people. The bill amends the existing Kentucky Revised Statutes (KRS) to add a new section to Chapter 189 establishing this requirement and modifies the penalty section of KRS 189.990 to include violations of this new provision. Specifically, anyone found operating a vehicle without the required rubberized wheel strip on highways will be subject to a fine ranging from $20 to $100 for each offense. The purpose of this requirement appears to be protecting road surfaces from potential damage caused by hard, non-rubber wheel materials and ensuring smoother, safer transportation. The bill provides a narrow exemption for light animal-drawn vehicles, likely to accommodate traditional or agricultural transportation methods that might use such vehicles.

Committee Categories

Transportation and Infrastructure

Sponsors (1)

Last Action

to Transportation (H) (on 02/04/2025)

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