49.050 Jurisdiction of Board of Claims as to municipal maintenance of state-owned traffic control devices

49.050 Jurisdiction of Board of Claims as to municipal maintenance of state-owned

traffic control devices.

(1) The Board of Claims 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.

(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 devices pursuant to a contract 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.

(3) 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.