(A) Except as provided by KRS 189.2226, KRS 189.222 and KRS 189.221(6), the Department, in respect to state and federal highways, and county judge/executives, in respect to county highways, may prescribe, by notice as provided in division (B) of this section, load and speed limits lower than the limits prescribed in § 75.03 and § 71.20 (D), respectively, if in their judgment any highway may, by reason of its design, deterioration, rain or other natural causes, be damaged or destroyed by motor trucks or semitrailer trucks, if their gross weight or speed exceeds certain limits. The Department or fiscal court, may, by like notice, regulate or prohibit the operation of motor trucks or semitrailer trucks on state highways or county roads for limited periods of specified days, or parts of days, if their load and speed exceed those limits, if in their judgment, regulation or prohibition is necessary, by reason of traffic density or intensive use by the traveling public, to provide for the public safety and convenience on the highway.
(B) The Department, in respect to bridges on the extended weight coal haul system defined in KRS 177.9771, may prescribe, by notice, as provided in division (C), gross weight limits lower than the limits prescribed in KRS 177.9771, when in its judgment any bridge on the extended weight coal haul road system may, by reason of its design or deterioration, be damaged or destroyed to the point of catastrophic failure by motor vehicles, if their gross weight exceeds certain limits. For the purpose of this section, all bridges shall conform with KRS 177.9771(4)(a) through (d).
(C) The notice or the substance of it shall be posted at conspicuous places at the termini of and at all intermediate crossroads and road junctions with the section of the highway to which the notice applies. After a notice has been posted, a person shall not operate any motor truck or semitrailer truck contrary to its provisions.
(D) A fiscal court shall require all persons applying for a permit issued under KRS 189.212 to enter into a cooperative agreement with the fiscal court. The cooperative agreement shall provide for an equitable apportionment of the incremented costs for design, maintenance, construction, or reconstruction of those roads and bridges on which the person will be operating under the permit issued in KRS 189.212. A fiscal court may require as part of a cooperative agreement for the person to give the fiscal court a bond to ensure payment of the equitable costs associated with the permit issued under KRS 189.212. All funds collected under this division shall be expended on those roads covered by the cooperative agreement.
(E) A fiscal court shall not be relieved of expending it normal routine maintenance on all roads covered by cooperative agreements under the provisions of KRS 189.230.
(F) A person who entered a cooperative agreement with a fiscal court under provisions of division (D) of this section may terminate the agreement buy submitting written notice to the fiscal court. If a person terminates a cooperative agreement with a fiscal court, the permit issued under KRS 189.212 shall immediately be revoked by the fiscal court.
(KRS 189.230) Penalty, see § 70.99 (B), (CC)