2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 186 - LICENSING OF MOTOR VEHICLES, OPERATORS, AND TRAILERS 186.060 Motor vehicles leased or owned by governmental units or emergency and ambulance vehicles operated by nonprofit corporations organized by units of government -- Use of official plates on motor vehicles leased by governmental entity.
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186.060 Motor vehicles leased or owned by governmental units or emergency
and ambulance vehicles operated by nonprofit corporations organized by
units of government -- Use of official plates on motor vehicles leased by
governmental entity.
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Applications for registration of motor vehicles leased or owned by a county,
city, urban-county, or board of education, or emergency and ambulance
vehicles operated by nonprofit corporations organized by units of government
in the state or by the state or federal government shall be accompanied by a
statement from the head of the department of the governmental unit that leases
or owns the motor vehicle, certifying that the motor vehicle is leased or owned
and operated by the governmental unit. The application and statement shall be
forwarded by the county clerk to the cabinet, which shall give special authority
to the clerk to register it. Upon receiving that authority, the clerk shall issue a
registration receipt and the official number plate described in KRS
186.240(1)(c), and report the registration to the head of the department
authorizing the registration. For his services in issuing such certificate of
registration and number plate and reporting the same, the county clerk shall be
entitled to a fee of three dollars ($3) in each instance, to be paid by the
department upon whose authorization such license was issued.
After such registration of any vehicle leased or owned by a county, city,
urban-county, or board of education, or emergency and ambulance vehicles
operated by nonprofit corporations organized by units of government in the
state, or by the state or federal government and after issuance of such number
plate for such vehicle so leased or owned, no subsequent registration or
renewal of same, and no subsequent renewal of a number plate of the vehicle
shall be necessary so long as the vehicle is leased or owned by the
governmental unit except in the case of loss or destruction of the license plate.
In the event of loss or destruction, the number plate shall be replaced in the
same manner as if no plate had ever been issued.
When a motor vehicle leased or owned by a county, city, urban-county, or
board of education, or emergency and ambulance vehicles operated by
nonprofit corporations organized by units of government in the state, or by the
state or federal government is transferred or sold to another governmental unit,
a new license plate shall be issued for the vehicle in the same manner as
provided for in subsection (1) of this section and shall have the same effect as
given to such license plates in subsection (2) of this section.
No person shall use on a motor vehicle, not leased or owned by a county, city,
urban-county, board of education, or emergency and ambulance vehicles
operated by nonprofit corporations organized by units of government in the
state, or the state or federal government, any license plate that has been
issued for use on a motor vehicle leased or owned by the governmental unit.
Notwithstanding the provisions of KRS 186.020 and 186.050, a governmental
entity which leases a motor vehicle may have that vehicle equipped with an
official plate under this section. Upon termination of the lease agreement, if
ownership of the motor vehicle does not revert to an entity allowed to use an
official plate under this section, the owner of the motor vehicle shall surrender
the official plates and apply for registration under the provisions of KRS
186.050.
Effective:June 25, 2013
History: Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 33, sec. 1, effective June 25, 2013. -Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 36, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended
1994 Ky. Acts ch. 428, sec. 9, effective July 15, 1994. -- Amended 1990 Ky.
Acts ch. 296, sec. 2, effective July 13, 1990; and ch. 498, sec. 2, effective July
13, 1990. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 419, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1986. -Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 72, sec. 1. -- Amended 1964 Ky. Acts ch. 148,
sec. 1. -- Amended 1948 Ky. Acts ch. 126, secs. 1, 2, and 3. -- Amended 1946
Ky. Acts ch. 122, sec. 1. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective
October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2739g-7.
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