2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .162   Special license plates for members or supporters of certain groups and organizations -- Initial and renewal fees -- Combination of special license plate with personalized license plate -- Special license plates for motorcycles.

186.162 Special license plates for members or supporters of certain groups and organizations -- Initial and renewal fees -- Combination of special license plate with personalized license plate -- Special license plates for motorcycles. (1) As used in this section and in KRS 186.043, 186.164, 186.166, and 186.174: (a)  "Special license plate" means a unique license plate issued under this chapter to a group or organization that readily identifies the operator of the motor vehicle or motorcycle bearing the plate as a member of a group or organization, or a supporter of the work, goals, or mission of a group or organization. The term shall not include regular license plates issued under KRS 186.240; (b)  "Street rod" means a modernized private passenger motor vehicle manufactured prior to the year 1949, or designed or manufactured to resemble a vehicle manufactured prior to 1949; (c)  "SF" means the portion of an initial or renewal fee to obtain a special license plate that is dedicated for use by the Transportation Cabinet; (d)  "CF" means the portion of an initial or renewal fee to obtain a special license plate that is dedicated for use by a county clerk; and (e)  "EF" means the portion of an initial or renewal fee to obtain a special license plate that is mandated by this chapter to be dedicated for use by a particular group or organization. (2) The initial purchase fee and renewal fee for a special license plate created under this chapter shall be as established in this subsection and includes the name of group or organization and the total initial and renewal fee required for the plate. The amount in parentheses indicates how the total fee is required to be divided: (a)  Disabled veterans who receive assistance to purchase a vehicle from the United States Veterans' Administration and recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor: 1. Initial Fee: $0 ($0 SF/$0 CF/$0 EF). 2. Renewal Fee:  $0 ($0 SF/$0 CF/$0 EF). (b)  Former prisoners of war and survivors of Pearl Harbor: 1. Initial Fee: $20 ($12 SF/$3 CF/$5 EF to the veterans' program trust fund established under KRS 40.460). 2. Renewal Fee:  $3  ($0 SF/$3 CF/$0 EF). (c)  Members of the Kentucky National Guard: 1. Initial Fee: $20 ($12 SF/$3 CF/$5 EF to the veterans' program trust fund established under KRS 40.460). 2. Renewal Fee:  $8  ($0 SF/$3 CF/$5 EF to the veterans' program trust fund established under KRS 40.460). (d)  Recipients of the Purple Heart; members of the Civil Air Patrol; active, retired, veteran, reserve, or auxiliary members of the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard; Merchant Marines who served between December 7, 1941, and August 15, 1945; and disabled veterans who have been declared to be at least seventy percent (70%) service- connected disabled by the United States Department of Veterans' Affairs, or who receive total service-connected disability rating for compensation on individual unemployability and have not received assistance from the United States Department of Veterans' Affairs toward the purchase of a motor vehicle: 1. Initial Fee: $20 ($12 SF/$3 CF/$5 EF to the veterans' program trust fund established under KRS 40.460). 2. Renewal Fee: $20 ($12 SF/$3 CF/$5 EF to the veterans' program trust fund established under KRS 40.460). (e)  Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross, or Air Force Cross: 1. Initial Fee: $3 ($0 SF/$3 CF/$0 EF). 2. Renewal Fee:  $3 ($0 SF/$3 CF/$0 EF). (f)  Disabled license plates: 1. Initial Fee: $15 ($12 SF/$3 CF/$0 EF). 2. Renewal Fee:  $15 ($12 SF/$3 CF/$0 EF). (g)  Historic vehicles: 1. Initial Fee for two plates: $53 ($50 SF/$3 CF/$0 EF). 2. Renewal Fee: Do not renew annually. (h)  Members of Congress: 1. Initial Fee: $40 ($37 SF/$3 CF/$0 EF). 2. Renewal Fee:  $20 ($12 SF/$3 CF/$5 EF to the veterans' program trust fund established under KRS 40.460). (i)  Volunteer firefighters: 1. Initial Fee: $15 ($12 SF/$3 CF/$0 EF). 2. Renewal Fee:  $15 ($12 SF/$3 CF/$0 EF). (j)  Emergency management: 1. Initial Fee: $28 ($25 SF/$3 CF/$0 EF). 2. Renewal Fee:  $15 ($12 SF/$3 CF/$0 EF). (k)  Fraternal Order of Police: 1. Initial Fee: $40 ($37 SF/$3 CF/$0 EF). 2. Renewal Fee:  $15 ($12 SF/$3 CF/$0 EF). (l)  Law Enforcement Memorial: 1. Initial Fee: $38 ($25 SF/$3 CF/$10 EF to the Kentucky Law Enforcement Memorial Foundation, Inc.). 2. Renewal Fee:  $25 ($12 SF/$3 CF/$10 EF to the Kentucky Law Enforcement Memorial Foundation, Inc.). (m) Personalized plates: 1. Initial Fee: $40 ($37 SF/$3 CF/$0 EF). 2. Renewal Fee:  $40 ($37 SF/$3 CF/$0 EF). (n) Street rods: 1. Initial Fee: $40 ($37 SF/$3 CF/$0 EF). 2. Renewal Fee:  $15 ($12 SF/$3 CF/$0 EF). (o) Nature plates: 1. Initial Fee: $25 ($12 SF/$3 CF/$10 EF to Kentucky Heritage Land Conservation Fund established under KRS 146.570). 2. Renewal Fee:  $25 ($12 SF/$3 CF/$10 EF to Kentucky Heritage Land Conservation Fund established under KRS 146.570). (p) Amateur radio: 1. Initial Fee: $40 ($37 SF/$3 CF/$0 EF). 2. Renewal Fee:  $15 ($12 SF/$3 CF/$0 EF). (q) Kentucky General Assembly: 1. Initial Fee: $40 ($37 SF/$3 CF/$0 EF). 2. Renewal Fee:  $20 ($12 SF/$3 CF/$5 EF to the veterans' program trust fund established under KRS 40.460). (r) Kentucky Court of Justice: 1. Initial Fee: $40 ($37 SF/$3 CF/$0 EF). 2. Renewal Fee:  $8 ($0 SF/$3 CF/$5 EF to the veterans' program trust fund established under KRS 40.460). (s) Masons: 1. Initial Fee: $28 ($25 SF/$3 CF/$0 EF). 2. Renewal Fee:  $15 ($12 SF/$3 CF/$0 EF). (t) Collegiate plates: 1. Initial Fee: $50 ($37 SF/$3 CF/$10 EF to the general scholarship fund of the university whose name will be bourne on the plate). 2. Renewal Fee:  $25 ($12 SF/$3 CF/$10 EF to the general scholarship fund of the university whose name will be bourne on the plate). (u) Independent Colleges: 1. Initial Fee: $38 ($25 SF/$3 CF/$10 EF to the Association of Independent Kentucky Colleges and Universities for distribution to the general scholarship funds of the Association's members). 2. Renewal Fee:  $25 ($12 SF/$3 CF/$10 EF to the Association of Independent Kentucky Colleges and Universities for distribution to the general scholarship funds of the Association's members). (v) Child Victims: 1. Initial Fee: $38 ($25 SF/$3 CF/$10 EF to the child victims' trust fund established under KRS 41.400). 2. Renewal Fee:  $20 ($12 SF/$3 CF/$5 EF to the child victims' trust fund established under KRS 41.400). (w) Kentucky Horse Council: 1. Initial Fee: $38 ($25 SF/$3 CF/$10 EF to the Kentucky Horse Council). 2. Renewal Fee:  $20 ($12 SF/$3 CF/$5 EF to the Kentucky Horse Council). (x)  Ducks Unlimited: 1. Initial Fee: $38 ($25 SF/$3 CF/$10 EF to Kentucky Ducks Unlimited). 2. Renewal Fee:  $25 ($12 SF/$3 CF/$10 EF to Kentucky Ducks Unlimited). (y)  Spay neuter: 1. Initial Fee: $25 ($12 SF/$3 CF/$10 EF to the animal control and care fund established under KRS 258.119). 2. Renewal Fee:  $20 ($12 SF/$3 CF/$5 EF to the animal control and care fund established under KRS 258.119). (z)  Gold Star Mothers: 1. Initial Fee: $15 ($12 SF/$3 CF/ $0 EF). 2. Renewal Fee:  $15 ($12 SF/$3 CF/ $0 EF). (3) Any special license plate may be combined with a personalized license plate for a twenty-five dollar ($25) state fee in addition to all other fees for the particular special license plate established in this section and in KRS 186.164(3). The twenty- five dollar ($25) fee required under this subsection shall be divided between the cabinet and the county clerk of the county where the applicant is applying for the license plate with the cabinet receiving twenty dollars ($20) and the county clerk receiving five dollars ($5). (4) Owners and lessees of motorcycles registered under KRS 186.050(2) may be eligible to receive special license plates issued under this section or established under the provisions of KRS 186.164 after the cabinet has received three hundred (300) applications and initial state fees from the sponsoring organization. Applicants for a special license plate for a motorcycle shall be required to pay the fee for a special plate as prescribed in this section or in KRS 186.164. The fee paid for the special plate for a motorcycle shall be in lieu of the registration fee required under KRS 186.050(2). Effective: July 12, 2006 History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 40, sec. 1, effective July 12, 2006; and ch. 190, sec. 2, effective July 12, 2006. -- Created 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 133, sec. 1, effective June 20, 2005. Legislative Research Commission Note (7/12/2006). This section was amended by 2006 Ky. Acts chs. 40 and 190, which do not appear to be in conflict and have been codified together. Legislative Research Commission Note (6/20/2005). Under the authority of KRS 7.135(1)(h), during codification a manifest clerical or typographical error occurring in 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 133, sec. 1(2)(c)2., has been corrected by changing "OSF" to "SF" to conform with definitions for that section found in Section 1(1)(c) of that Act. 2006-2008 Budget Reference. See State/Executive Branch Budget, 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 252, Pt. I, A.19.(4), at 1152; and State/Executive Branch Budget Memorandum, 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 257, at 2217 (Final Budget Memorandum, at 570).