177.035 Cost of relocation of publicly and privately owned utility equipment and appliances to be borne by department -- Conditions.

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Page 1 of 2 177.035 Cost of relocation of publicly and privately owned utility equipment and appliances to be borne by department -- Conditions. (1) If the department determines that it is necessary for any fireplugs, pipes, mains, conduits, cables, wires, towers, poles, and other equipment and appliances, <br>belonging to any municipality or a municipally owned utility, or any water district <br>established pursuant to KRS Chapter 74, any water association established pursuant <br>to KRS Chapter 273, any local school district, or any sanitation district established <br>pursuant to KRS Chapter 220, to be removed or relocated on, along, over, or under <br>a highway, in order to construct, reconstruct, relocate, or improve any highway, the <br>municipality, municipally owned utility, water district, local school district, or the <br>sanitation district shall relocate or remove them in accordance with the order of the <br>department. The costs and expenses of relocation or removal required by this <br>section, including the costs of installing facilities in a new location, and the cost of <br>any lands, or any rights or interest in lands, and any other rights, acquired to <br>accomplish the relocation or removal, shall be ascertained and paid by the <br>department as a part of the cost of improving or constructing highways. (2) The term &quot;utility&quot; as used in subsections (3) to (5) of this section shall mean any utility not referenced in subsection (1) of this section, and the term shall mean any <br>utility as defined in KRS 278.010. (3) If a utility has facilities located within the public right-of-way pursuant to KRS 416.140, the department may reimburse the utility the cost to relocate the utility's <br>facilities to a location either within or without the public right-of-way if the <br>relocation is required due to a highway construction project, subject to the following <br>conditions: <br>(a) The utility shall be required to submit to the department for the department's approval a plan for relocating the utility's facilities. The plan shall include: <br>1. A proposal for the relocation, including plans and a cost estimate <br>developed in accordance with department guidelines; and 2. A reasonable schedule of calendar days for completing the relocation <br>that has been agreed to by the department. If, due to circumstances <br>beyond the utility's control, the utility or the department cannot meet the <br>specified completion date included in the plan, the department may grant <br>an extension to the utility for a time period agreed upon by both parties; <br>and (b) The utility shall be required to have either: 1. Entered into a written agreement with the department to include the <br>relocation of the facilities as part of the department's construction <br>contract. The utility may, with the approval of the department, perform a <br>portion of the relocation work under this subparagraph with contractors <br>or employees of the utility; or 2. Entered into a written agreement with the department for the utility to <br>remove all of its facilities that conflict with the highway construction <br>project, as determined by the department, prior to letting the Page 2 of 2 construction contract. The utility may perform a portion or all of the <br>relocation work under this subparagraph with contractors or employees <br>of the utility. (4) A utility that enters into an agreement with the department under subsection (3)(b) of this section shall be required to complete the relocation work in compliance with <br>the schedule included in the plan required to be submitted under subsection (3)(a) of <br>this section. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply if the department fails <br>to undertake the highway construction project within the time period specified in <br>the agreement, and in this instance, the department shall be required to reimburse <br>the utility any allowable cost the utility has incurred to relocate its facilities in <br>compliance with the plan approved by the department. (5) The department shall reimburse a utility as authorized in subsection (3) of this section if the department is satisfied that the utility's facilities have been relocated in <br>conformance with the plan approved by the department. The utility shall have <br>twelve (12) months from the completion date of the relocation, according to the <br>schedule of calendar days, to submit a reimbursement request for relocation costs to <br>the department. (6) The provisions of this section shall not amend or affect in any way the provisions of KRS 179.265. Effective: July 13, 2004 <br>History: Amended 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 154, sec. 1, effective July 13, 2004. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 112, sec. 1, effective March 29, 1994; and repealed and reenacted <br>by ch. 279, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1994. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 281, sec. 1, <br>effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 207, sec. 1, effective July 15, <br>1988. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. IV, sec. 20(1). -- Created 1972 Ky. <br>Acts ch. 361, sec. 1. Legislative Research Commission Note.(9/10/90). Section 2 of the enrolled version of House Bill 301 of the 1990 Regular Session, 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 191, purported to <br>amend KRS 177.035, but the inclusion of that section of the bill was the result of an <br>error in enrolling a Senate amendment which was not accepted by the House and <br>from which the Senate subsequently receded. Pursuant to KRS 446.017, Section 2 of <br>the enrolled version of House Bill 301 is void and has been severed from that bill. <br>The above statutory text is a recodification of KRS 177.035, as amended by the 1990 <br>Regular Session, without the amendment contained in Section 2 of House Bill 301. <br>The original 1990 codification of KRS 177.035 and its accompanying note are <br>superseded and without effect.