277.300 Notice of fatal accident to be given to Transportation Cabinet. If any accident on a railroad is attended with loss of life, the company operating the road on which the accident occurred shall notify the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet within five (5) days after the accident occurred and shall furnish the cabinet all information requested by it concerning the cause of the accident. Effective: December 1, 2000 History: Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 417, sec. 14, effective December 1, 2000. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 777. Legislative Research Commission Note (12/1/2000). The contingency on the effectiveness of this statute set by 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 417, sec. 18, was met, the voters of the Commonwealth having ratified at the general election on November 7, 2000, a constitutional amendment (see 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 399) abolishing the Railroad Commission.