(1) The financial plan for each fiscal year shall be adopted, with any modifications made by the General Assembly, by the passage of a branch budget bill for each branch of government, and any revenue and other acts as necessary.
(2) With regard to the Transportation Cabinet, the General Assembly shall:

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 48.300

  • Biennial highway construction plan: means the specifically identified individual transportation projects or portions thereof identified for funding during the upcoming biennium, which correspond to the first two (2) years of the six (6) year road plan. See Kentucky Statutes 48.010
  • branch budget: means an enactment by the General Assembly which provides appropriations and establishes fiscal policies and conditions for the biennial financial plan for the judicial branch, the legislative branch, and the executive branch, which shall include a separate budget bill for the Transportation Cabinet. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Budget: means the complete financial plan for each fiscal year contained in a branch budget bill provided for by this chapter. See Kentucky Statutes 48.010
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Joint resolution: A legislative measure which requires the approval of both chambers.
  • Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

(a) Enact, as a separate bill, a branch budget for the Transportation Cabinet;
(b) Enact, as a separate bill, the biennial highway construction plan, as amended by the General Assembly, including identification of projects from the last four (4) years of the six (6) year road plan that may be moved forward, and the conditions and requirements under which the identified projects may be moved forward; and
(c) Adopt the last four (4) years of the six (6) year road plan, as amended by the
General Assembly, as a joint resolution.
Effective: March 24, 2023
History: Amended 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 92, sec. 41, effective March 24, 2023. — Amended 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 73, sec. 10, effective June 8, 2011. — Amended 2009
Ky. Acts ch. 78, sec. 10, effective June 25, 2009. — Amended 2001 Ky. Acts ch. 58, sec. 5, effective June 21, 2001. — Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 507, sec. 13, effective July 13, 1990. — Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 410, sec. 4, effective July 13, 1984. — Created 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 450, sec. 21, effective July 1, 1983.
2022-2024 Budget Reference. See Judicial Branch Budget, 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 162, Section 1 at 980.
2022-2024 Budget Reference. See State/Executive Branch Budget, 2022 Ky. Acts ch.
199, Section 1 at 1634.
2022-2024 Budget Reference. See Legislative Branch Budget, 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 200, Section 1 at 1763.
2022-2024 Budget Reference. See Transportation Cabinet Budget, 2022 Ky. Acts ch.
214, Section 1 at 2016.