177.390 Definitions for KRS 177.390 to 177.570.
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<![CDATA[177.390 Definitions for KRS 177.390 to 177.570. As used in KRS 177.390 to 177.570, the following words and terms shall have the <br>following meanings, unless the context shall indicate another or different meaning or <br>intent: <br>(1) The word "department" shall mean the Department of Highways, or, if said department shall be abolished, the department, board, body, or commission <br>succeeding to the principal functions thereof or to whom the powers given by KRS <br>177.390 to 177.570 to the department shall be given by law; (2) The word "project" or the words "turnpike project" shall mean any express highway or superhighway or such part or parts thereof as may be constructed under the <br>provisions of KRS 177.390 to 177.570 by the department, including all bridges, <br>tunnels, overpasses, underpasses, interchanges, entrance plazas, approaches, <br>connecting highways, tollhouses, service stations, garages, restaurants, and <br>administration, storage, and other buildings and facilities which the department may <br>deem necessary for the operation of such project, together with all property, rights, <br>easements, and interests which may be acquired by the department for the <br>construction or the operation of such project; (3) The word "cost" as applied to a turnpike project shall embrace the cost of construction, the cost of the acquisition of all land, rights of way, property, rights, <br>easements, and interests acquired by the department for such construction, the cost <br>of demolishing or removing any buildings or structures on land so acquired, <br>including the cost of acquiring any lands to which such buildings or structures may <br>be moved, the cost of all machinery and equipment, financing charges, provision for <br>working capital in such amount as the department shall determine to be reasonable, <br>interest prior to and during construction, and, if deemed advisable by the <br>department, for a period not exceeding two (2) years after completion of <br>construction, cost of traffic estimates and of engineering and legal expenses, plans, <br>specifications, surveys, estimates of cost and of revenues, other expenses necessary <br>or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of constructing any such <br>project, administrative expense, and such other expense as may be necessary or <br>incident to the construction of the project, the financing of such construction, and <br>the placing of the project in operation. Any obligation or expense heretofore or <br>hereafter incurred by the department for traffic surveys, borings, preparation of <br>plans and specifications, engineering, and other services in connection with the <br>construction of a project shall be regarded as a part of the cost of such project and <br>may be reimbursed to the Commonwealth out of the proceeds of turnpike revenue <br>bonds hereinafter authorized in KRS 177.400 to 177.570; (4) The words "public highways" shall include all public highways, roads, and streets in the Commonwealth, whether maintained by the Commonwealth or by any county, <br>city, town, or other political subdivision; (5) The word "bonds" or the words "turnpike revenue bonds" shall mean revenue bonds of the Commonwealth authorized under the provisions of KRS 177.390 to 177.570; (6) The word "owner" shall include all individuals, copartnerships, associations, or corporations having any title or interest in any property, rights, easements, and <br>interests authorized to be acquired by KRS 177.390 to 177.570. Effective: March 25, 1960 <br>History: Amended 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 174, sec. 1, effective March 25, 1960. -- Created 1950 Ky. Acts ch. 157, sec. 3. ]]>