(1) The Kentucky Emergency Operations Plan and local emergency operations plans shall include measures for, and the Governor for the state or portion thereof, the county judge/executive for a county other than an urban-county, or a portion thereof, and the mayor for a city or an urban-county or portion thereof, may issue written executive orders providing for:
- (a) The control of traffic in order to provide for rapid and safe movement in evacuation over public highways and streets during any disaster or emergency;
- (b) The control and alteration of speed limits and traffic regulations on public highways during any disaster or emergency; and
- (c) The prohibition or limitation of use of motor vehicles on public highways during any disaster or emergency.
- (2) The Governor may extend the provisions of subsection (1) of this section to the public thoroughfares of any political subdivision of the Commonwealth.
- (3) The Governor may order agencies of state government and political subdivisions of the Commonwealth to take steps necessary to effectuate plans made or orders issued pursuant to this section.
- (4) During a declared emergency or disaster, the Governor, county judge/executive, or mayor, may, for their respective jurisdictions, place these plans in effect.
Effective: July 15, 1998
History: Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 226, sec. 14, effective July 15, 1998.