Money
not to be drawn from Treasury unless appropriated -- Annual publication of accounts --
Certain revenues usable only for highway purposes.
No
money shall be drawn from the State Treasury, except in pursuance of appropriations made
by law; and a regular statement and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public
money shall be published annually. No money derived from excise or license taxation
relating to gasoline and other motor fuels, and no moneys derived from fees, excise or
license taxation relating to registration, operation, or use of vehicles on public
highways shall be expended for other than the cost of administration, statutory refunds
and adjustments, payment of highway obligations, costs for construction, reconstruction,
rights-of-way, maintenance and repair of public highways and bridges, and expense of
enforcing state traffic and motor vehicle laws.
Text as
Ratified on: November 6, 1945.
History: 1945 amendment was proposed by 1944 Ky. Acts ch. 9, sec. 1; original version
ratified August 3, 1891, and revised September 28, 1891.