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A
Here
all
right,
thank
you
all
for
being
here
this
morning
and
we,
I
would
take
a
motion
for
the
approval
of
the
february
10
2021
meeting
minutes.
A
We
have
a
motion
by
senator
smith
and
a
second
senator
wilson,
all
in
favor
signify
by
saying
I
I'm
opposed
motion
carries
we
don't
have
anybody
attending
attending
remotely
today.
So
just
want
to
remind
everybody,
you
can
attend
meetings
remotely
if
you're
legislator
and
on
this
committee
and
but
if
you're
anywhere
other
than
your
capital
office
or
your
annex
office
you,
you
cannot
vote
remotely
unless
you're
here
on
campus.
A
So
with
that
said,
our
first
guest
this
morning
is
a
very
busy
guy
he's
standing
out
in
front
of
that
snow
plow.
We
want
to
get
be
careful
there,
secretary
gray,
there's
a
snow
plow
behind
you,
so
secretary
grey,
if
you
don't
mind,
identify
yourself
for
the
record
and
the
floors,
yours
were
anxious
to
hear
about
revenue
and
and
bid
lettings
and
anything
else.
You
want
to
enlighten
us
on
secretary
greg
all
right.
D
All
right,
sir.
Thank
you.
Mr
chairman.
I
appreciate
the
I
appreciate
you
recognizing
that
that
snow
plow
in
the
background
I
was
gonna,
say
that
I'm
in
my
office
today,
but
just
out
of
the
interest
in
in
our
remembering
what
we've
just
gone
through.
I
wanted
to
put
this
background
up,
because
I
know
everyone.
D
D
I
also
want
to
introduce
who's
with
me
today,
of
course,
is
deputy
secretary
mike
hancock,
the
transportation
cabinet's
budget
director
robin
brewer
and
the
transportation
cabinet
director
of
program
management
ron
rigney,
and
I
think
I
suspect
that
everyone
on
this
committee
knows
these
folks,
but
I
want
to
give
a
special
recognition
to
them
and
they
may
need
to
help
me
if
we've
got
some
good
questions.
I
know
that
we've
got
a
limited
amount
of
time,
though
senator
higdon,
mr
chairman,
you
said
about
10
minutes,
so
I'm
going
to
go
through.
D
So
some
of
the
things
that
we're
going
to
share
with
you
today
are
going
to
actually
speak
to
that
forward
vision
and
what
things
could
look
like.
What
they're,
looking
like
now
with
the
conditions
that
we're
in
so
I'm
going
to
show
you
in
just
a
moment
that
if
we
want
anything
more
than
just
maintaining
the
system
we
already
have
and
actually
maybe
even
declining,
because
I
want
to
talk
about
the
cost
of
highway
construction
today.
D
Now
that's
a
flat
line
revenue
stream
at
a
time
when
construction
costs
highway
construction
costs
in
just
the
last
seven
years
have
gone
up
more
than
30
percent,
so
just
hold
that
just
bear
that
in
mind
as
we
go
through
things,
so
first
the
status
of
the
road
fund.
Now,
as
many
of
you
know,
I'd
say
all
of
you
know
a
large
part
of
our
available
funding
for
the
cabinets
program
and
all
of
our
county
and
municipal
road
money
comes
from
the
motor
fuels
usage
fee.
D
Now,
as
our
revenues
fell,
the
transportation
cabinet
had
to
shift
its
philosophy
about
road
fund
expenses
and,
in
particular,
the
focus
of
the
six-year
highway
plan.
We
had
to
prioritize
our
efforts
less
revenues,
so
we
had
to
prioritize
what
are
we
going
to
focus
on
so
the
priority
one
has
become
taking
care
of
the
existing
highway
system.
D
D
This
program
includes
preventive
maintenance,
resurfacing
projects
and
pavement
restoration
when
that's
necessary,
this
taking
care
of
our
existing
highway
system
priority.
One
also
includes
implementing
a
data-driven
bridge
program,
so
pavement
preservation
and
bridge
program
to
address
for
bridges.
D
The
almost
two
billion
dollars
of
bridge
needs
across
the
state
over
the
next
10
years,
so
a
backlog
of
almost
2
billion
there
so
taken
together,
we're
talking
about
6
billion
now
over
the
next
10
years.
Now,
like
the
pavement
program,
the
bridge
program
will
focus
on
timely
preventive
maintenance
and
bridge
repair,
with
bridge
replacement
as
necessary.
D
This
priority
one
also
means
working
to
reduce
fatalities
and
injuries
in
our
highway
system
by
implementing
a
data-driven
safety
improvement
program
to
address
the
one
billion
dollars
of
highway
safety
needs
and
issues
across
kentucky
over
the
next
10
years.
So
now
we're
talking
about
seven
billion
dollars
and
priority
one
and
take
in
terms
of
taking
care
of
the
existing
highway
system
means
providing
for
the
basic
maintenance
of
the
existing
highway
system
by
increasing
our
current
maintenance
program
by
50
million
dollars
annually
and
finally,
priority
month.
D
D
D
D
It
should
be
noted
that
for
some
states
now
this
is
not
the
only
means
of
funding
transportation
programs.
Revenues
on
gasoline
tennessee,
for
instance,
also
allocates
a
portion
of
its
state
sales
tax
revenue
to
transportation.
So
what
we're?
What
we're
seeing
is
that
we're
we're
we're
actually
getting
behind
and
we're
getting
behind
further
compared
to
our
contiguous
or
neighboring
states.
Now
what
does
that
translate
into?
I
spent
most
of
my
career
private
sector
before
I
got
involved
in
government
public
service.
D
Like
many
of
you,
I
spent
my
private
sector
time
doing
what's
called
site
recruit,
site
selection,
working
for
companies
that
were
looking
for
sites
and
one
of
the
first
things
on
the
checklist
is:
what's
the
transportation
system
like
you
know,
is
it
a
robust
system?
Is
it
going
to
give
you
the
connections?
D
Often,
this
competition
is
intense.
Not
often
it's
always
intense,
it
will
require
an
industrial
commitment
will
require
that
we
invest
in
a
road
improvement,
like
ones
we're
currently
looking
to
do
in
hopkinsville,
it's
kentucky
115
connector,
near
pembroke
and
in
lebanon,
the
bypass
extension
without
road
improvements
like
trans
park
in
bowling
green
senator
wilson.
You
know
about
this
and
the
mountain
parkway
expansion
in
eastern
kentucky,
senator
smith.
You
know
about
this.
One
kentucky
simply
would
not
have
been
able
to
stimulate
the
economic
development
activities
in
those
areas
nearly
as
effective.
D
D
D
Our
heartland,
parkway
project
in
marion
and
taylor
counties
has
been
hung
up
with
federal
funding
technicalities
even
after
we
found
the
funds
to
accelerate
the
project
and
we
receive
calls
every
day
from
county
judges
or
legislators,
asking
about
a
payment
repair
or
bridge.
That's
either
been
closed
or
needs
work.
Right
now
I
have
over
20
million
dollars
of
requests
for
help
from
counties
and
cities
when
our
ability
to
respond
has
been
diminished.
D
A
Thank
you,
mr
secretary.
We
certainly
appreciate
you
taking
the
time
out
of
your
busy
schedule
to
be
with
us
this
morning
and
I
would
like
to
extend
the
thanks
of
this
committee
and
and
the
kentucky
state
senate
and
the
general
assembly
for
the
work
that
your
cabinet
and
and
your
your
local
crews
did
during
this.
This
ice
storm.
They
they
worked
tirelessly
and-
and
it
was
a
it-
was
a
battle
against
mother
nature
and
they
eventually
won,
but
it
took
a
lot
of
work
so
hats
off
to
to
your
crew.
A
On
on
that,
and
also
like
to
thank
you,
I
know
I'm
seeing
a
lot
of
the
shift
meetings
starting
to
happen
around
the
state
and
and
they're.
I
think
they're
going
making
great
efforts
to
make
sure
that
legislators
are
aware
of
those
shift
meetings
where
we
can.
We
can
participate
the
best
way
we
can
so.
I
appreciate
you
know,
that's
something
that
we've
talked
about
and-
and
I
can
tell
that
you've
put
that
word
out
to
make
sure
that
legislators
have
the
opportunity
to
be
involved.
C
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
It's
really
more
of
a
comment.
I
would
also
like
to
commend
secretary
gray
and
his
cabinet
and
all
the
employees
of
the
transportation
cabinet.
I
represent
lawrence
and
elliott
county,
which
have
been
two
of
the
worst
hit
by
the
ice
storm
and
and
they
have
really
gone
above
and
beyond,
in
district
12
and
district
9
and
district
10
to
take
care
of
some
some
problems,
and
I
want
to
commend
them
for
that.
C
I'd
also
like
to
thank
I
know,
secretary
gray,
has
been
to
my
district
on
more
than
one
occasion,
and
I
appreciate
his
being
on
the
front
lines
to
really
figure
out
what
the
infrastructure
needs
for
rural
communities
are,
and
I
think
that's
very
important
and
it's
it's
clear
that
he
he
has.
That
is
a
priority
of
his
as
well.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
and
appreciate
your
cabinets,
responsiveness
and
and
keep
up
the
good
work.
A
Secretary
gray,
I
do
have
one
question
for
you:
if
you
don't
mind
and
enough
just
to
update,
if
you
don't,
I
know
one
time
I
I
I
was
told
that
kentucky
we
were
doing
pavement
on
on
rural
and
secretary
rhodes
every
eight
to
ten
years
and
that
that
that
number
moved
out
to
like
every
12
to
15.
is
that
is
that
accurate
on
on
the
repaving
schedule
can
and-
and
I
don't
have.
D
D
I'm
going
to
lean
on
ron
rigney
here
ron
or
either
ron
or
mike.
I
know
that
with
our
with
our
revenues
being
so
constrained
that
it
is
it
is,
it
has
moved
us
out,
but
ron.
You
want
to
comment
or
might.
B
Yeah
secretary
I'll
jump
in
I,
we
certainly
will
take
a
look
at
that
senator
higdon
to
see
what
the
what
the
numbers
actually
look
like.
But
that
is
not
a
surprising
statistic
at
all.
As
the
prices
rise,
as
the
secretary
indicated
during
his
presentation
and
as
the
monies
stay
flat
going
to
our
cities
and
counties,
then
certainly
that
that
resurfacing
schedule
is
going
to
be
lengthened.
A
And
I've
often
told
people
you
can
all
you
have
to
do
to
find
out
where
we
did
not
spend
a
billion
dollars.
The
last
six
years
just
drive
kentucky
roads.
I
I'd
look
every
time
I
drive
and
it's
it's
amazing
how
how
our
roads
are
deteriorating
and
and
especially
after
this
winter,
the
the
needs
that
are
out
there
for
for
for
maintenance.
So
I
don't
see
any
other
questions,
but
I'd
like
to
thank
each
of
you
for
for
being
with
us
this
morning.
A
Certainly
robin
we
didn't
get
to
hear
from
you
and
or
ron
ron,
but
thank
you
all
for
being
online,
mr
secretary,
thank
you
for
for
your
work
and
and
all
that
your
cabinet
does
and
and
certainly
appreciate,
the
work
and
relationship
that
you
have
with
the
kentucky
state
senate
and
the
general
assembly
and
look
forward
to
hearing
from
you
again
soon.
A
D
A
Moving
right
along
on
our
agenda,
we
have
before
us
this
morning,
senator
storm
with
senate
bill
215
senator
storm.
The
floor
is
yours.
F
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
I'm
senator
storm
from
the
21st
district
and
I'm
here
to
ask
for
each
of
your
support
on
senate
bill
215..
It
is
an
act
relating
to
organized
reorganization.
F
It
codifies
an
executive
order,
2020-1027
it
reorganizes
the
employee
safety
and
health
program
from
the
office
of
human
resource
management
within
the
transportation
cabinet.
Over
to
the
newly
formed
secretary's
office
of
safety
and
in
front
of
you,
you
should
have
the
bill.
There's
only
two
changes
in
the
bill.
Basically,
on
page
two
line
15,
it
points
out
that
the
secretary's
office
of
safety,
headed
by
an
executive
director
appointed
under
prs
12.040,
which
is
obviously
a
government
governor's
appointment
and
on
page
11
again
on
line
20.
F
It
talks
about
underneath
the
office
of
secretary
there's
a
subsection
five
which
will
create
the
secretary's
office
of
safety.
I
have
jason
sowella
on
the
line
with
me
as
well,
but
basically
the
intent
is
to
prevent
work-related
injuries
and
deaths
and
incidents
that,
as
senator
wheeler
pointed
out,
we've
had
a
really
difficult
time
in
eastern
kentucky
and
I'm
sure
throughout
the
state,
with
ice
storms
and
just
recently
over
the
weekend,
I
saw
an
incident
on
mile
marker
47
in
laurel
county,
where
there
was
a
massive
pothole
that
was
created
and
on.
F
I
think
it
was
on
sunday
afternoon.
I
saw
a
group
of
these
employees
out
here,
working
to
patch
that,
and
it
was
very
dangerous-
it's
on
I-75
and
they
had
a
rolling
road
block
going
and
traffic
was
backed
up
for
miles.
So
again,
this
is
very
needed.
This
is
something
that
will
focus
on
improving
employee
safety
and
I
will
defer
to
mr
sewell
if
he
has
any
further
comments.
A
Mike
mike
is
who
is
it
on
the
line
with
us,
mike
zarilla,
jason
jason?
Do
you
have
any
comments.
A
E
G
E
E
E
A
Motion
passes
nine
yays,
no
nays
motion
for
consent
all
in,
and
we
have
a
second
all
in
favor
signify
by
saying
I
opposed
senator
storm.
This
is
not
your
first
bill.
Is
it.
F
Today
was
much
easier
than
yesterday.
A
E
E
This
is
senate
bill
236.
It
was
house
bill
555
last
year
that
came
over
here
in
caulk
cove
and
didn't
quite
make
it
across
the
finish
line.
It's
to
modernize
some
of
the
ways
our
clerks
handle
license
plates
increases
our
efficiency
and
cost
savings
in
it.
I
have
godwin
inaudible
with
the
transportation
cabinet
online
to
answer
any
questions,
and
if
there
are
none,
I'd,
ask
for
your
support
on
this
bill.
A
We
we
do
need
to
have
a
little
bit
of
discussion
on
this
this
this
bill,
because
it
does
drastically
can
change
the
way
we
do
license
plates
in
kentucky
and
we'll
check
in
with
the
transportation
cabinet
and
and
and
hear
what
they
have
to
say
about
the
about
this.
You
say
you
have
good.
God
went
on
the
line
with
us.
Yes,.
G
Sir,
yes,
mr
chairman,
good
morning,
and
thank
you
for
having
me
this
morning-
my
name
is
godwin
arnaudo
and
I
work
for
the
transportation
cabinet
and
the
division
director
for
the
division
of
motor
vehicle
licensing.
G
G
G
It's
been
estimated
that
about
eight
hundred
thousand
dollars
per
year
in
potential
revenue
is
not
billed
for
two
bridge
crossing
due
to
the
unreadability
of
the
license
plate,
but,
more
importantly,
this
flat
plate
production
will
allow
different
configurations
of
numbers
and
letters
to
give
more
unique
plate
numbering
options.
G
G
A
G
A
Thank
you
guys.
I
want
to
do
a
little
more
detail,
basically
and
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong
we're
going
to
somewhat
of
a
vinyl
plate.
That's
that's
laser
printed
on
demand
and
we're
going
away
from
the
stamped
metal
plate
is
what
this
does
and
it
also
the
county
clerks.
A
They
have
an
option
where
they
can
keep
an
inventory,
a
plate
for
their
customers,
or
they
can
choose
not
to
keep
an
inventory
and
the
plates
will.
When
someone
requests
a
plate
or
gets
a
new
vehicle,
the
plates
will
be
mailed
to
them.
What's
the
time
frame,
they
anticipate
those.
If,
if
they
do
it
that
way,
if
the
clerk
chooses
not
to
keep
an
inventory,
they
register
a
new
car.
What's
the
time
frame
for
getting
the
new
plate
in
in
the
mail.
G
Mr
chairman,
currently
the
time
frame
is
48
hours.
Does
it
turn
around
time
for
the
flat
plate
to
be
mailed
to
that
individual?
If
the
club
chooses
not
to
keep
inventory
of
those
flights.
A
G
Yes,
it
is
remember
again:
this
place
will
still
be
produced
from
the
prison
about
I
like
range
and
the
contract.
The
state
contract
was
awarded
to
iti
and
they
are
the
same
company
that
produce
a
flat
plate
for
state
of
indiana
and
a
host
of
other
states
and
with
their
system
and
the
inventory
system.
There'll
be
no
cost
really,
there's
no
increasing
cost
for
that
mailing
for
because
the
cost
of
storing
the
plates
and
because,
if
you
want
to
store
the
plates,
you
have
to
prepay
for
those
plates.
G
A
G
E
A
We
have
a
motion
for
consent.
Do
I
do
you?
Have
a
second
have
a
second
all
in
favor
of
putting
this
this
bill
senate
bill
236
on
consent,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
aye
all
opposed
it
will
be
on
consent.
Thank
you
all
senator
howe
thank
you
and
appreciate
it.
Senate
bill
236
shall
be
reported.
Favorably
godwin,
thank
you
for
being
with
us
today.
A
Next
on
the
agenda
is
senate
bill
75
and
senator
wheeler.
Remember
we
have
a
committee
sub
on
that
and
motion
on
the
side.
We
have
a
motion
on
the
sub
by
senator
wilson
and
second
by
senator
storm
senator
wheeler.
The
floor
is
yours,
and
we've
already
have
a
motion
on
the
sub
and
and
in
a
second.
So
if
you
want
to
get
started,
let's
go
ahead
and
and
take
take
care
of
that,
that's
okay!
A
So
we
have
a
motion.
So
all
in
favor
of
adoption
of
the
senate
committee
substitute
to
senate
bill
75
signified
by
saying
I
aye
those
opposed
the
sub.
Is
the
motion
passes
and
we're?
Now,
speaking
about
the
senate
committee
substitute
to
senate
bill
75,
the
floor
is
yours,
senator
wheeler
all.
C
Right,
thank
you,
mr
chairman,
and
I
want
to
thank
the
members
of
this
committee
for
being
here
today,
and
I'd
also
like
to
thank
our
chairman
and
and
brandon
white
for
the
the
input
on
this
bill
that
we're
here
talking
about
today,
senate
bill
75
is
a
legislative
effort
to
open
up
certain
state
and
county
roadways
in
rural
counties
for
the
development
of
an
atv
trail
system.
C
C
C
What
it
does
it
provides
a
process
for
vehicles
off
highway
vehicles
that
meet
certain
criteria
to
obtain
a
decal
permit
so
that
they
may
be
operated
on
designated
county
roads.
It
contains
fees
within
the
structure
in
order
to
reimburse
the
transportation
cabinet
for
the
signage
associated
with
designating
these
county
roads,
and
it
also
has
some
penalties
for
folks
that
operate
their
ohvs
on
the
roadway
without
the
appropriate.
C
Equipment
and
and
decals.
I
think
this
is
a
good
bill
that
could
really
provide
for
some
economic
development
in
eastern
kentucky,
since
it
essentially
allows
us
to
adapt
infrastructure.
That
is
already
there
towards
an
economic
purpose
by
establishing
a
series
of
rules
and
criteria
that
you
know
won't
really
cause
provide
a
lot
of
additional
cost
to
the
state
and,
as
we
see
with
what's
gone
on
in
west,
virginia
and
and
some
of
the
surrounding
states,
there
is
great
potential
here
in
fact,
especially
in
west
virginia.
C
Some
of
these
coal
towns
that
were
really
on
the
verge
of
being
wiped
off
the
map
due
to
depopulation
and
job
loss
are
actually
seeing
a
little
bit
of
a
revival.
You
know,
I
won't
sit
here
today
and
say
that
this
bill's
the
end
on
be
all
to
to
save
eastern
kentucky,
but
I
think
it's
a
a
good
tool,
a
good
step
to
put
it
on,
put
the
economy
back
in
the
right
direction.
It
would
be
a
great
economic
benefit,
and-
and
again
I
want
to
thank
brandon
and
the
chairman
they've.
C
This
bill
passed
out
of
the
senate
unanimously
last
year,
a
different
version
of
it.
We
worked
over
the
interim
and
actually
during
the
session,
the
chairman
of
brandon
and
I
to
refine
this
bill.
I
think
to
make
it
even
better,
so
I
would
ask
for
your
support
on
this
bill.
I
think
it
would
be
a
great
for
economic
development
in
eastern
kentucky
and
I
think,
voting
for
this
senate
bill.
75
is
a
vote
for
economic
development,
solidarity
for
our
state.
A
Thank
you,
senator
wheeler,
and-
and
I
want
to
also
point
out
that
laura
beth
and
john
snyder
absolutely
also
worked
with
us
on
this
field.
It
was
a
full
employment
at
times
for
staff.
It's
a
it's.
You
know,
and
I
want
to
give
credit
to.
You.
You've
been
very
agreeable
with
what
some
of
the
changes
that
that
needed
to
be.
We
felt
needed
to
be
made
and
you've
you've
done
a
good
job
with
the
bill.
A
You
know
the
bill
addresses
economic
development,
tourism
and
with
a
with
a
big
component
of
this
being
safety,
and-
and
we
want
everybody
to
be
safe-
and
I
think
that's
that
was
that
was
always.
The
underlying
goal
of
yours
is
to
be
able
to
do
this
and
make
sure
that
we
we
kept
kept
in
mind
the
safety
of
of
the
citizens
of
the
counties
that
this
will
be
located
in
plus
those
who
are
also
riding
and-
and
you
know,
the
transportation
cabinet
has
a
a
big
hand
this
this
bill.
A
Four-Wheelers,
what
have
you
but
we're
talking
about
ohvs
off
highway
vehicles
and
the
the
requirements
and
there's
a
whole
list
of
safety
requirements
they
have
to
meet,
but
this
bill
primarily
allows
for
state
roads
to
be
used
to
get
from
one
trail
to
the
to
the
other
and
the
the
the
communities
that
want
to
do
this,
there's
a
pretty
pretty
it
you've
you
put
included
in
there
a
list
of
what
they
had
to
do.
They
had
to
have
a
public
meeting
to
talk
about
this.
A
They
had
to
make
an
application
to
the
transportation
cabinet
transportation
cabinet
has
180
days
to
look
at
it
and
decide
if
they're
going.
Okay,
the
the
roads
requested
that
there's
there's
nothing
in
this
bill.
That
says
the
transportation
cabinet
has
to
approve
it,
so
their
transportation's
going
to
have
safety
in
mind
when
they
do
it
look
at
it
also.
So
the
transportation
cabinet
has
to
has
to
approve
this.
So
I
think,
there's
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
good
you've
included
a
lot
of
good
safety
measures
in
this
bill
and,
of
course
it.
A
It
also
involves
a
local
government.
Local
government
has
to
to
do
some
rules
and
regulations
to
how
how
all
the
all
the
requirements
of
this
bill
will
be
met.
So
I
look
forward
to
passing
this
and
the
implementation
like.
I
said
it
is
a
two-year
pilot
project.
A
So,
as
we
go
forward,
we
see
how
this
works
we'll
be
talking
about
making
this
bill
permanent,
we'll
be
talking
about
off
highway
vehicles
and
what
west
virginia
and
tennessee
have
basically
made
these
these
vehicles
legal
on
the
on
the
highway,
provided
they
had
all
these
these
safety
safety
safety
equipment.
So
a
lot
of
discussions
about
the
future
of
of
these
off
highway
vehicles,
and-
and
so
good
luck
to
you
on
on
on
this
and
as
it
as
it
moves
through
the
the
senate
and
then
over
to
the
house.
A
So
thank.
C
A
Motion
on
the
bill
by
senator
emery,
we
have
okay
in
a
second
by
senator
storm.
We
do
have
some
I'm
getting
ahead
of
myself.
We
do
have
some
questions.
Okay,
and
I
know
you
you'd
love
to
have
questions.
The
first
one
is
senator
wise.
E
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
senator
wheeler
good
bill.
I
appreciate
all
the
work
that's
going
on
it.
I
guess
my
question
of
looking
at
the
regional
authorities
to
be
allowed
to
do
this.
I'm
looking
on
on
page
two,
it
mentions
in
there
on
on
line
nine.
The
legislative
body
of
a
local
government's
located
in
the
boundaries
of
a
regional
authority
is
that
the
regional
authority,
that's
part
of
the
kentucky
mountain
regional
recreation
authority.
Is
this
a
separate
type
of
regional
authority
that
it's.
C
E
C
Not
yes,
I
think
the
as
I
recall
the
kentucky
mountain
regional
trail
authority
I
think
was
created
in
either
2017
or
18.
I
think
we
funded
it
for
the
first
time
in
last
year's
budget,
but
you
know
that
entity
itself,
the
the
authority
itself
is
still
in
the
process
of
developing.
C
This
allows
some
of
the
counties
and
local
governments
within
the
boundaries
of
that
authority
to
move
forward
a
little
bit
quicker
if
they
have
the
the
the
rules
in
place
and
the
regulations
and
the
plan
that
senator
higdon
mentioned.
So,
while
that,
while
the
regional
authority
is
very
important
and
I
think
in
the
long-term
goal
to
to
to
manage
this
area,
this
will
allow
some
counties
within
the
pilot
area
that
are
a
little
bit
further
along
to
try
to
get
this
trail
system
up
and
going.
E
And
mr,
if
I
may
just
follow
up,
that's
I'm
very
supportive
of
it.
I'm
just
hoping
I've
got
some
counties
that
are
right
on
the
line
of
that
regional
authority
that
were
not
included
in
the
initial
pilot,
for
that
is
there
any
discussion,
maybe
expanding
that.
I
know
right
now.
It's
focused,
like
you,
said,
on
eastern
kentucky,
but
I've
got
two
that
are
right
there
along
those
lines.
Has
there
been
any
discussion
of
maybe
adding
on
to.
C
Well,
I
I
think,
obviously
I
would
love
to
have
those
type
of
discussions
I
mean
for
the
time
being.
I
think
one
of
the
things
that
senator
higdon
and
I
have
focused
on
with
this
bill
is
to
it
is
a
pilot
project.
So
I
think
this
is
going
to
be
one
of
those
learning
experiences
for
the
commonwealth
to
see
how
successfully
we
can
implement
it,
and
if
it
is
a
successful
project
which
I
I
fully
anticipate
it
will
be.
C
E
A
So,
if
you
read,
if
you
read
in
the
in
the
sub
line
11
any
other
established,
any
other
authority
established
in
kentucky
revised
statutes
effective
at
the
date
of
this
act.
Thank.
A
So
I
don't
know
if
you
guys
can
get
you
know,
get
it
together
by
by
july
1
or
not,
but
that's
anything.
E
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
senator
willard,
just
answered
primarily.
My
question
is
looking
as
I'm
looking
at
the
printout
you
had
and
everybody
I'm
sure
thinking
of
different
areas
in
around
your
district
that
potentially
could
benefit
from
it.
I
appreciate
this
legislation.
I
think
that
kentucky
has
got
to
take
advantage
of
tourism
and
recreation
and
we
keep
talking
about
flat
line
and
how
we
can
bring
additional
revenue
in
I've
seen
that
with
some
of
the
concert
series
that
we've
had
in
jefferson
county
but
different,
the
different
recreation
stuff
throughout
commonwealth
of
kentucky.
E
E
Thank
you
just
just
a
few
questions
honestly,
because
I've
gotten
emails
from
constituents,
not
in
my
district
but
from
around
the
state
that
have
some
concerns.
So
I
just
want
to
make
sure
I
know
the
answer.
One
is
a
concern
about
having
non-highway
rated
tires
on
highways.
Does
it
increase
the
cost
of
maintenance
of
those
roads?
Do
we
have
to
consider
that
as
an
issue
you
don't
have
to
answer
now,
but
that's
that's.
C
C
That
sense,
you
know
you
would
not
be
able
to
operate
a
vehicle
on
a
trail
system
on
highway,
or,
I
think,
even
off
highway
would
probably
be
precluded
the
situation
that
you
mentioned.
So
you
know
that's
that
that
would
be
concerning.
I
think,
if
you
look
that
a
person
under
the
age
of
eight
or
16
in
this
bill
that
is
on
one
of
these
ohvs
has
to
have
a
helmet
if
they're
being
operated
on
the
public
roadway.
C
C
Honestly,
from
from
personal
knowledge,
I
don't
really
can't
answer
that
question.
Although
I
know
in
many
cases
people
will
have
pickup
trucks
with
off
highway
tires
that
will
go
on
the
roadway.
I
can't
imagine
that
that
these
vehicles
would
add
any
type
of
extensive
damage
to
the
roadway.
I
think
the
greater
concern
I've
heard
from
other
people
is,
you
know,
they're
wondering
whether
these
tires
would
grip
the
roadway
as
well,
but
no,
I
that
has
not
really
been
a
major
concern
or
a
cost
that
was
brought
up
when,
when
we
were
drafting
this
legislation.
E
Yeah,
thank
you
chairman.
We'll
get
back
to
you
on
an
official
answer
for
that,
but
I
I
don't
believe
related
to
the
damage
to
the
highway,
that
a
standard,
off-highway
tire
would
would
create
any
additional
maintenance
needs
for
for
that
type
of
vehicle.
But
I'll.
A
Jason,
if
you
will
somebody,
we
need
to
also
answer
the
about
the
the
car,
the
wagon
or
attachment
to
the
off
a
highway
vehicle.
If
we
need
to
include
language
in
this
legislation
as
a
floor
amendment
to
deal
with
that
or
the
bill
itself
is
sufficient,
so
we
would
appreciate
an
answer
on
that
and
senator
berg
I
can.
I
can
tell
you
firsthand.
A
I
got
a
lot
of
those
emails
myself
and-
and
I
relayed
a
lot
of
that
to
senator
wheeler
who's
who's
worked
and
some
of
the
concerns
was
noise
and
and
and
whatnot.
A
That's
that's
the
reason
for
the
public
meeting
that
for
people
to
voice
their
concerns
about
about
those
types
of
issues
and
one
one
thing
about
the
the
off
highway
vehicle
are
the
the
tires
one
of
the
things.
If
you
read
west
virginia's
bill
where
and
tennessee's
bill
where
they
allow
these
off-highway
vehicles
to
use
the
roadways,
that's
one
of
the
requirements
that
they
that
they
have
tires
that
are
suitable
for
highway
use.
So
and
that's
that's
to
go
anywhere
this.
A
This
is
going
to
be
a
very
limited
amount
of
highways
that
are
used.
So,
there's
not
a
need
in
this
bill
to
to
get
them
to
change
the
the
tires
and
yeah.
C
And
so
that's
like
senator
berg,
I
can
tell
you
in
in
you
know
like
in
pike
county,
we
have
a
pretty
active
trail
committee.
We
have
over
700
miles
of
documented
trail.
The
the
amount
of
roadway
that
we're
looking
at
using
is
probably
10
to
12
miles.
So
it's
it's
not
very
substantial
and
really.
Another
purpose
of
this
bill
is
to
kind
of
bring
order
to
from
chaos.
There's
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
this
activity
going
on
right
now
in
an
unregulated
fashion.
A
G
C
A
Aye
motion
passes
nine
to
zero
that
so
senate
bill
75.
As
a
minute
by
senate
committee.
Substitute
one
shall
be
reported,
favorably,
congratulations!
I
will
not
entertain
a
motion
for
consent
on
this
one.
We
need
to
hear
this
one
on
the
floor
in
case
there
is
a
floor
amendment
and
any
other
any
other
questions
or
or
concerns
that
need
to
be
be
brought
before
the
committee
today
scene.
None
a
motion
for
adjournment.