2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .172   Special license plates for volunteer firefighters.

186.172 Special license plates for volunteer firefighters. (1) Upon application to the county clerk of the county of his residence, any volunteer member of a volunteer fire department or fire protection district in the Commonwealth shall be issued a five (5) year license plate in the same form and character as license plates authorized by law to be used upon similar private vehicles registered in Kentucky, except that such license plates shall bear the inscription "Volunteer Fire Fighter," a registration number and an appropriate standardized insignia. Each initial or renewal application shall be accompanied by proof of current service as a volunteer firefighter as furnished by the mayor or trustee in such a city or the county judge/executive in appropriate rural areas, and the payment of a fee of fourteen dollars fifty cents ($14.50). The Transportation Cabinet shall provide the clerk with a renewal decal to be issued to applicants seeking renewal of a volunteer firefighter license plate if a new registration plate is not issued for the current registration year. The renewal decal shall be affixed to the registration plate by the owner. (2) Upon the sale, transfer, or termination of lease of a vehicle licensed as authorized by subsection (1) of this section, the owner or lessee shall remove the volunteer firefighter license plate and return it and the certificate of registration to the county clerk. The county clerk shall issue a regular license plate and certificate of registration upon payment of an eleven dollar fifty cent ($11.50) state fee and a three dollar ($3) clerk's fee. When the plate has been presented to the clerk, he shall reissue it free from payment to the Transportation Cabinet for use on any other vehicle of the same class and category owned or leased by the same applicant to whom the volunteer firefighter license plate was originally issued. (3) Upon termination of membership as a volunteer firefighter, an applicant to whom a volunteer firefighter license plate was issued under this section, shall, within thirty (30) days, return the volunteer firefighter plate to the county clerk of the county of his residence. (4) For the services performed in issuing the volunteer firefighter license plates, in annually issuing a current year renewal decal to be affixed to the volunteer firefighter license plate, the county clerk shall receive from each applicant a fee of three dollars ($3). A two dollar ($2) fee shall be charged for the reissuance of the license plate after the sale, transfer, or termination of lease of the vehicle for which it was originally issued. (5) Any applicant seeking to obtain a license plate according to this section, for a vehicle provided to him pursuant to an occupation shall conform to the requirements set forth in KRS 186.050(14). (6) The secretary of the Transportation Cabinet shall provide forms necessary to carry out the purpose of this section. Effective: July 15, 1994 History: Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 428, sec. 16, effective July 15, 1994. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 194, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 150, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1988. -- Created 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 303, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982. Page 1 of 1