.045 Motor vehicles, purchase for state use -- License plates -- Markings and administrative regulations.
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44.045 Motor vehicles, purchase for state use -- License plates -- Markings and
administrative regulations.
(1)
A passenger motor vehicle or vehicles may be purchased by the Finance and
Administration Cabinet for the use of the Governor and the Lieutenant Governor.
(2)
Motor vehicles, including passenger motor vehicles, may be purchased by the
Finance and Administration Cabinet as are deemed necessary by the secretary of the
Finance and Administration Cabinet or by the secretary of the Transportation
Cabinet for the discharge of the authorized duties and functions of the various
agencies of the state. The vehicles shall be used for official purposes only, and for
no other purposes. The assignment of passenger motor vehicles to specific
individuals shall be discouraged, but may be made upon approval by the secretary
of the Finance and Administration Cabinet of a written request to make the
assignment by the head of the agency involved.
(3)
All motor vehicles purchased pursuant to this section shall be issued official license
plates and shall bear on one (1) door on each side the great seal of the
Commonwealth, and the words "For official use only." It shall not be necessary that
the vehicles purchased pursuant to subsections (1), (4), and (5) of this section bear
the seal and the words.
(4)
The Revenue and Justice Cabinets and the Department of Law and the Crime
Commission may, upon approval by the secretary of the Finance and Administration
Cabinet of a written request by the head of the agency involved, register a vehicle or
vehicles under KRS 186.020 and be issued regular license plates. The vehicles shall
be used for investigatory purposes only, and for no other purposes.
(5)
The Administrative Office of the Courts may register a vehicle or vehicles used by
Justices and Judges of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals under KRS 186.020
and be issued regular license plates.
(6)
The secretary of the Transportation Cabinet may adopt administrative regulations
pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A necessary to govern the use of those state-owned
vehicles acquired pursuant to the provisions of this section.
(7)
Any person violating subsections (2) and (4) of this section shall, on conviction
thereof, be subject to the penalties prescribed in KRS 44.990.
Effective: July 15, 1996
History: Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 305, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended
1990 Ky. Acts ch. 28, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts
ch. 74, Art. II, sec. 9(1); and ch. 74, Art. V, sec. 24(1). -- Created 1968 Ky. Acts
ch. 175, sec. 1.