RELATES TO:
KRS
61.820,
61.826,
174.120,
174.125
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
KRS
174.120 requires the Transportation Cabinet
to develop and coordinate a bikeway program in assistance and cooperation with
local governments and other agencies.
KRS
174.125 establishes the Kentucky Bicycle and
Bikeway Commission (KBBC) within the Transportation Cabinet to serve as an
advisor to the secretary in matters related to the interests of the bikeway
program and the bicycling public. This administrative regulation implements the
procedures related to
KRS
174.120 and
174.125.
Section 1. Quarterly Meetings.
(1) KBBC shall conduct at least four (4)
quarterly meetings each year at a time and place agreed upon by the chairman
and the commission members. Meetings shall be conducted as established in
KRS
61.820 and
61.826.
(2) The secretary shall call at least one (1)
yearly meeting with KBBC in order to review issues related to the bikeway
program.
(3) A schedule of the
quarterly meetings including the time and place of meetings for the coming year
shall be set by the commission pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection at
its last meeting of the calendar year and forwarded to the secretary of the
Transportation Cabinet.
(4)
(a) The schedule for meetings shall be
altered upon motion approval by a quorum of the commission.
(b) The altered meeting schedule shall be
forwarded to the secretary.
(5)
(a)
Notice of regular quarterly meetings of the commission shall be given to each
member of the commission and the secretary of the Transportation Cabinet in
writing by either regular or electronic mail not less than seven (7) days prior
to the meeting.
(b) The notice
shall contain a date, time, place, and agenda for the meeting.
(6) Minutes of all meetings shall
be kept by the commission, and a copy of the minutes shall be forwarded to the
secretary within ten (10) days of the meeting.
Section 2. Special Meetings. A special
meeting may be called as designated by the commission or the secretary and
shall require three (3) days notice to all parties.
Section 3. Grant Applications.
(1) A completed grant application for the
Paula Nye Memorial Educational Grant for funds received from sales of the
"Share the Road" license plate shall be reviewed by the commission.
(2) A copy of the selected grant applications
and a memorandum supporting the commission's decision in selecting the
applications shall be sent to the secretary within thirty (30) days of the
closing date of receipt for all applications.
(3) The secretary shall approve or deny the
commission's decision within thirty (30) days of his or her receipt of the
applications and the memorandum.
(4) The secretary's failure to approve or
deny the commission's decision within thirty (30) days of receipt of the
applications and memorandum shall be deemed the same as approval.
Section 4. Audit of Funds.
(1) Funds obtained by the commission through
monetary donations for purchase of the "Share the Road" license plate shall be
subject to an audit as established in
KRS
186.164 and
601 KAR
9:130.
(2)
A copy of the findings of the audit shall be forwarded to the Secretary of
Transportation.
(3) The audit shall
be reviewed and approved or denied by the Office of Audits within the
Transportation Cabinet.
