49.050 Jurisdiction of Kentucky Claims Commission as to municipal maintenance of state-owned traffic control devices
(1) The commission created by KRS 49.010 is hereby vested with full power, authority, and jurisdiction to investigate, hear proof, and compensate persons for damages sustained to either person or property as a proximate result of negligence on the part of any municipality, or any of its officers, agents, or employees while acting within the scope of their employment by the municipality, or any agency thereof, relating to the maintenance by the municipality of state-owned traffic control devices pursuant to a contract with the Commonwealth
devices pursuant (2) Claims for personal injury or property damage against any municipality, or any of its officers, agents, or employees while acting within the scope of their employment of the municipality, arising out of negligence in the maintenance of state-owned traffic control with the Commonwealth, shall be limited and reduced in the same manner as described in KRS 49.040 with respect to claims against the Commonwealth
It is the intention of subsections (1) and (2) of this section to provide every municipality and agency thereof, and their respective officers, agents, or employees with the same liability protection, restrictions, and reductions when such municipalities and agencies are performing maintenance on state-owned traffic control devices pursuant to a contract with the Commonwealth as the Commonwealth and its agencies, officers, and employees would enjoy if performing the work itself
to a contract (3) Effective:June 29, 2017 History: Repealed, reenacted, renumbered, and amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 74, sec. 5, effective June 29, 2017. -- Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 225, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1990
Formerly codified as KRS 44.071
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