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CHAPTER 31
( HB 293 )
AN ACT relating to vehicle wheels.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:
SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 189 IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a person shall not operate a vehicle on a highway with
an iron, steel, or wooden wheel unless the wheel is equipped with a rubber strip or a rubber compound strip
on the portion of the wheel that is in contact with the surface of the highway.
(2) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to animal-drawn vehicles with a gross weight of one (1) ton or