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176.050 Duties of department.
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The department shall:
(a) Investigate all problems relating to the construction and maintenance of
roads in the state;
(b) Examine all projects and ascertain the feasibility of all routes;
(c) Obtain information as to the proper type of road for any project;
(d) Examine all types of road materials which may be used in the
construction or maintenance of any road to be constructed by the
department or under its direction or supervision;
(e) Require the design plans for all road projects constructing a new route to
identify, if at all feasible, one (1) or more publicly owned sites at least four
(4) acres in size, along the proposed new route that will be used as waste
sites during the construction phase of the project but that have the
potential for a city, county, or other governmental entity to turn the site
into an industrial park upon completion of the road project, regardless of
whether the site currently has the infrastructure necessary to support an
industrial park;
(f) Consult with all legislative bodies affected by a new road construction
project during the design phase for the purpose of soliciting local
government officials' preferences for the location of waste sites that could
be turned into an industrial park;
(g) From time to time, examine and have examined and audited all of its
books, papers and records;
(h) Cause to be made all necessary surveys in the establishment and
construction of the system of public highways; all necessary maps, prints,
plans and specifications of all work to be done on the roads; estimates of
costs; advertisement for bids; contracts for construction or maintenance;
and all necessary forms in connection therewith; and
(i) Promulgate administrative regulations under KRS Chapter 13A for the
care and maintenance of roads after they have been constructed.
The department may publish bulletins containing useful information concerning
the construction and maintenance of roads.
An invoice or bill to be paid out of the road or bridge funds shall not be
approved by the department for payment until it has been carefully examined
by the department to ascertain if the bill or invoice is in every respect a proper
and legitimate charge against the road or bridge funds. The commissioner may
call before him any person who may have information respecting any bill or
invoice.
Effective:March 27, 1998
History: Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 181, sec. 1, effective March 27, 1998. -Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky.
Stat. sec. 4356t-3e, 4356t-3f.
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