2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - CHAPTER 281 MOTOR CARRIERS

Definitions; Policy

• .010   Definitions for chapter.
• .011   Definitions for chapter.
• .012   Definitions.
• .013   Definitions for chapter.
• .014   Definitions for chapter.
• .015   Definitions.
• .020   Repealed, 1950.
• .025   Repealed, 1944.
• .030   Repealed, 1950.
• .040   Repealed, 1950.
• .050   Repealed, 1950.
• .060   Repealed, 1950.
• .070   Repealed, 1950.
• .080   Repealed, 1950.
• .090   Repealed, 1950.
• .100   Repealed, 1950.
• .110   Repealed, 1950.
• .120   Repealed, 1950.
• .130   Repealed, 1950.
• .140   Repealed, 1950.
• .150   Repealed, 1950.
• .160   Repealed, 1950.
• .170   Repealed, 1950.
• .180   Repealed, 1950.
• .190   Repealed, 1950.
• .200   Repealed, 1950.
• .210   Repealed, 1950.
• .220   Repealed, 1950.
• .230   Repealed, 1950.
• .240   Repealed, 1950.
• .250   Repealed, 1950.
• .260   Repealed, 1950.
• .270   Repealed, 1950.
• .280   Repealed, 1950.
• .290   Repealed, 1950.
• .300   Repealed, 1950.
• .310   Repealed, 1950.
• .320   Repealed, 1950.
• .330   Repealed, 1950.
• .340   Repealed, 1950.
• .350   Repealed, 1950.
• .360   Repealed, 1950.
• .370   Repealed, 1950.
• .380   Repealed, 1950.
• .390   Repealed, 1950.
• .400   Repealed, 1950.
• .410   Repealed, 1950.
• .420   Repealed, 1950.
• .430   Repealed, 1950.
• .440   Repealed, 1950.
• .450   Repealed, 1950.
• .460   Repealed, 1950.
• .470   Repealed, 1950.
• .480   Repealed, 1950.
• .485   Repealed, 1950.
• .490   Repealed, 1946.
• .500   Repealed, 1946.
• .510   Repealed, 1950.
• .520   Repealed, 1950.
• .525   Repealed, 1950.
• .530   Repealed, 1950.
• .540   Repealed, 1950.
• .550   Repealed, 1950.
• .560   Repealed, 1950.
• .570   Repealed, 1950.
• .580   Repealed, 1950.
• .590   Declaration of policy.

Department of Vehicle Regulation

• .595   Repealed, 1974.
• .596   Divisions permitted with prior approval.
• .600   Administrative functions and powers of department -- Farm equipment exempt from federal regulation.
• .602   Filing lien notice.
• .605   Exemption of motor vehicles used for certain purposes.
• .607   Recognition of corporate limits and population of city government units prior to merger into urban-county government -- Recognition of boundaries of service districts.
• .610   Regulation of interstate commerce.
• .612   Authorization for joining interstate compact for overdimensional permits.

Certificates and Permits

• .615   Permit for motor carrier required -- Employment illegal, when.
• .616   Repealed, 1984.
• .617   Repealed, 1996.
• .618   Construction of certificates authorizing transportation of persons.
• .6185   Disabled persons carriers -- Requirements -- Effect of changes on certificate holders and applicants.
• .619   Nonprofit bus certificate.
• .620   Application for certificate, permit, or change therein -- Fee.
• .623   Repealed, 1996.
• .624   Household goods certificate.
• .625   Hearing on application -- Notice -- Protest -- Exceptions.
• .626   Standards for deciding application for U-Drive-It permit.
• .627   Repealed, 1996.
• .630   Basis for granting or refusing certificate or permit, amendment, transfer, sale, change in routes, or abandonment of certificate or permit -- Specification of routes, service, territory, number of vehicles, multiple certificates -- Contract carrier permits -- Transfer of certificate and permits -- Consolidation -- Hearings.
• .631   Tacking of regular route certificates at common points to render through service -- Declaration of legislative purpose.
• .632   Temporary authority for service -- Renewal of temporary authority period.
• .633   Personal representative's power over decedent's certificate -- Transferring certificate when holder incorporates.
• .634   Repealed, 1962.
• .635   City bus franchises -- Department certification -- Supervisory and regulatory powers of cities -- Powers of cities as to taxicabs -- Rate regulations -- Exemption for human service transportation delivery vehicles.
• .637   Charter bus certificate.
• .640   Conduct of hearings -- Examiners -- Commissioners -- Orders.
• .641   Department may withdraw, set aside or amend final order -- Time.
• .645   New application after denial of previous application.
• .650   Renewal of certificate or permit.
• .655   Bond or insurance policy.
• .656   Abatement of operating rights upon cancellation of bond or insurance policy.
• .660   Taxicab permits to be renewed as certificates.
• .6602   County taxicab and limousine certificates.
• .665   Repealed, 1996.
• .667   Repealed, 1996.
• .670   Suspension, revocation, or alteration of certificate or permit -- Notice to carrier of license holder's failure to appear -- Suspension for carrier's driver's failure to satisfy citation or summons.

Rates and Services

• .675   Standards of certificate holder's rates and services.
• .680   Filing and public inspection of rate and service schedules and contracts -- Collective ratemaking procedures.
• .685   Adherence to rates, fares, charges, and schedules -- Prohibition against discrimination.
• .690   Changes in rates.
• .695   Powers of Department of Vehicle Regulation to regulate rates and service.
• .700   Abandonment or change of route, service or schedule.
• .705   Accounts -- Reports.

General Provisions

• .710   Nonresident carrier to have agent for service of process.
• .715   Repealed, 1996.
• .717   Publicly-operated bus service to disabled persons.
• .720   Distinguishing plates for vehicles.
• .725   Repealed, 1956.
• .726   Repealed, effective July 1, 1991.
• .728   Persons who may advertise as suppliers of limousine service.
• .730   Working hours of drivers and chauffeurs -- Exceptions -- Federal regulation.
• .735   Overcrowding of passenger vehicles -- Maximum width.
• .740   Repealed, 1990.
• .745   Passenger vehicles required to stop at railroad crossings.
• .750   Identification of motor vehicles.
• .751   Registering trailers and semitrailers -- Exemptions.
• .752   Identification for vehicles operating under reciprocal privileges.
• .755   Inspection of motor vehicles.
• .757   Prohibition against operating commercial motor vehicle with inoperable, missing, or obscured lights or reflectors.
• .760   Carriers shall comply with city and urban-county traffic rules and regulations.
• .763   Holders of commercial driver's licenses to observe traffic rules and regulations -- Notice to carrier of traffic convictions of license holder.
• .765   Enforcement of motor vehicle laws -- Arrests -- Bail bonds.
• .770   Commissioning employees of Department of State Police as law enforcement officers.
• .771   Charges against commissioned employees -- Procedure -- Hearing.
• .772   Trial board for hearings on charges against commissioned employees -- Right to hearing -- Appeals.
• .773   Repealed, 1996.
• .775   Investigations and inquiries.
• .780   Right of appeal -- How taken.
• .785   Repealed, 1996.
• .790   Injunctions.
• .795   Venue.
• .800   Public attorneys to represent Department of Vehicle Regulation.
• .801   Application determined on basis of affidavits when no protest filed.
• .802   Advertising prohibited without certificate or permit number and the name under which it is issued.
• .804   Operation of taxicab in competition with common carrier.
• .805   Repealed, 1962.
• .806   Chapter not to be construed to prohibit department from granting certificate authorizing operation of taxicabs from unincorporated community.

Taxes

• .810   Repealed, 1966.
• .811   Repealed, 1966.
• .812   Repealed, 1966.
• .813   Repealed, 1960.
• .814   Repealed, 1966.
• .815   Repealed, 1966.
• .816   Repealed, 1966.
• .817   Repealed, 1966.
• .818   Repealed, 1966.
• .820   Accounts and records for tax purposes.
• .825   Repealed, 1966.
• .826   Repealed, 1960.
• .830   Fees and taxes under this chapter are in addition to others.
• .835   Reciprocal tax exemptions for nonresident carriers operating in interstate commerce.
• .836   Department directed to negotiate with other states for purpose of developing reciprocal method of proportionate registration of fleets of motor vehicles.
• .838   Temporary permit for nonresident not covered by reciprocal agreement.
• .840   Repealed, 1966.
• .850   Automobile utility trailer lessor's permit.
• .855   Classification of trailers as private passenger automobiles for purpose of reciprocal provisions.
• .860   Annual tax on utility trailer.

Human Service Transportation Delivery

• .870   Coordinated Transportation Advisory Committee.
• .872   Program coordinators' duties relating to eligibility for participation in human service transportation delivery program -- Resolution of complaints -- Penalties.
• .873   Definitions for this section and KRS 281.874 -- Determination of participants' eligibility for special carriers transport -- Escort or assistance for person receiving transportation delivery services.
• .874   Freedom of choice for participants in human service delivery program -- Duties of broker.
• .875   Administrative regulations governing human service transportation delivery program -- Requirement for documentation -- Preferential treatment by cabinet prohibited -- Handbook.
• .876   Waiving of notice requirement with physician verification.
• .877   Coordination of human service transportation delivery program with general public transportation.
• .878   Prohibition against imposition of requirements not provided by law.
• .879   Penalties for violation of statutes relating to human service transportation delivery.

Safety

• .880   Motor carrier safety management audit program.
• .883   Administrative penalties.
• .888   Cooperative agreement authorized.

Motor Carrier Advisory Committee

• .900   Kentucky Motor Carrier Advisory Committee -- Membership.
• .905   Duties -- Meetings -- Chairman -- Annual report.

Local Regulation of Taxicabs

• .910   Local government authority over regulation of taxicabs -- Adoption -- Ordinance -- Review by cabinet -- Revocation of authority.
• .912   Safety inspection -- Proof -- Safety and out-of-service criteria -- Revocation for fraudulent inspection record.
• .914   Existing certificate holders.

Penalties

• .990   Penalties.
• .999   Prepayment of fines subject to certain conditions.