AN ACT relating to roads and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 179 to define "chip seal"; require the Department of Rural and Municipal Aid to establish a pilot project to evaluate the efficacy of chip seal pavement on gravel county roads; start the pilot program on July 1, 2026, and end it on June 30, 2030; limit the amount of county road aid funds a county may use to chip seal county roads in any year; require the Department…

Budget and Financial Administration Counties Effective Dates, Emergency Highways, Streets, and Bridges Transportation

Introduced: February 11, 2026

(Acts Ch. 125)

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This bill sets up a four-year pilot program, running from 2026 to 2030, to test chip seal pavement as a way to improve gravel county roads across Kentucky. It limits how much of their county road aid funding counties can spend on chip sealing in any given year and requires the state to report annually to lawmakers on how the program is working. Who it may affect: county residents who rely on gravel roads, county governments managing road budgets, and rural communities.

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