AN ACT relating to funding health care services from increased penalties for speeding violations.

Amend KRS 189.010 to define "super speeder"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to assess a fee of $200 to any person convicted as a super speeder; assess a fee of $50 and require the suspension of driving privileges for not making a timely payment of fee imposed; require that money from fees be deposited into the Kentucky trauma care system fund, the emergency medical services education grant fund, the school AED fund,…

Introduced: January 8, 2025

Last action: February 27, 2025

To Committee On Committees (H)

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This bill would create a new "super speeder" fee in Kentucky, charging drivers convicted of certain speeding violations an extra $200, with an additional $50 penalty and license suspension for those who do not pay on time. The money collected would be directed to four specific funds supporting trauma care, emergency medical services training, automated defibrillators in schools, and rural hospital preservation. Who it may affect: drivers convicted of speeding violations, rural hospital patients and communities, students in schools with AED programs, and emergency medical services workers seeking education grants.

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