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177.390 Definitions for KRS 177.390 to 177.570.
As used in KRS 177.390 to 177.570, the following words and terms shall have the
following meanings, unless the context shall indicate another or different meaning or
intent:
(1) The word "department" shall mean the Department of Highways, or, if said
department shall be abolished, the department, board, body, or commission
succeeding to the principal functions thereof or to whom the powers given by
KRS 177.390 to 177.570 to the department shall be given by law;
(2) The word "project" or the words "turnpike project" shall mean any express
highway or superhighway or such part or parts thereof as may be constructed
under the provisions of KRS 177.390 to 177.570 by the department, including
all bridges, tunnels, overpasses, underpasses, interchanges, entrance plazas,
approaches, connecting highways, tollhouses, service stations, garages,
restaurants, and administration, storage, and other buildings and facilities
which the department may deem necessary for the operation of such project,
together with all property, rights, easements, and interests which may be
acquired by the department for the construction or the operation of such
project;
(3) The word "cost" as applied to a turnpike project shall embrace the cost of
construction, the cost of the acquisition of all land, rights of way, property,
rights, easements, and interests acquired by the department for such
construction, the cost of demolishing or removing any buildings or structures on
land so acquired, including the cost of acquiring any lands to which such
buildings or structures may be moved, the cost of all machinery and
equipment, financing charges, provision for working capital in such amount as
the department shall determine to be reasonable, interest prior to and during
construction, and, if deemed advisable by the department, for a period not
exceeding two (2) years after completion of construction, cost of traffic
estimates and of engineering and legal expenses, plans, specifications,
surveys, estimates of cost and of revenues, other expenses necessary or
incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of constructing any such
project, administrative expense, and such other expense as may be necessary
or incident to the construction of the project, the financing of such construction,
and the placing of the project in operation. Any obligation or expense
heretofore or hereafter incurred by the department for traffic surveys, borings,
preparation of plans and specifications, engineering, and other services in
connection with the construction of a project shall be regarded as a part of the
cost of such project and may be reimbursed to the Commonwealth out of the
proceeds of turnpike revenue bonds hereinafter authorized in KRS 177.400 to
177.570;
(4) The words "public highways" shall include all public highways, roads, and
streets in the Commonwealth, whether maintained by the Commonwealth or by
any county, city, town, or other political subdivision;
(5) The word "bonds" or the words "turnpike revenue bonds" shall mean revenue
bonds of the Commonwealth authorized under the provisions of KRS 177.390
to 177.570;
(6) The word "owner" shall include all individuals, copartnerships, associations, or
corporations having any title or interest in any property, rights, easements, and
interests authorized to be acquired by KRS 177.390 to 177.570.
Effective:March 25, 1960
History: Amended 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 174, sec. 1, effective March 25, 1960. -Created 1950 Ky. Acts ch. 157, sec. 3.
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