Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XVI. Motor Vehicles § 186.779.Limitation on regulatory authority of other public agencies regarding fully autonomous vehicles and automated driving systems

(1) The provisions of Sections 1 to 8 of this Act are intended to be a comprehensive scheme of legislation governing the operational and performance standards of fully autonomous vehicles and automated driving systems. No public agency shall prohibit the operation of fully autonomous vehicles or automated driving systems or impose any rule, regulation, or ordinance in conflict with Sections 1 to 8 of this Act or that otherwise differentiates the treatment of fully autonomous vehicles and automated driving systems from non-autonomous vehicles.

(2) Nothing in subsection (1) of this section shall be interpreted or construed to prohibit a city, county, charter county government, consolidated local government, or urban-county government from exercising the powers and authorities provided by law to govern the public streets and roadways within their respective jurisdictions, provided that any action does not impose additional requirements in conflict with Sections 1 to 8 of this Act or otherwise differentiate the treatment of fully autonomous vehicles and automated driving systems from nonautonomous vehicles.