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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 281 MOTOR CARRIERS
281.880 Motor carrier safety management audit program -- Safety inspections and ratings.
Download pdfinterstate motor carriers. (b) The Department of Kentucky State Police may perform safety inspections on vehicles operated by a motor carrier on public highways and may enter onto
property owned, leased, controlled, or operated by a motor carrier to inspect
any of its vehicles or inspect or copy records relating to vehicle safety,
maintenance, or financial responsibility. (2) The Department of Kentucky State Police may issue motor carrier safety ratings to any private or for-hire motor carrier which is based in Kentucky, has a terminal in
Kentucky, or operates consistently in Kentucky. The safety rating scale and factors
determining a carrier's safety rating shall be established by administrative regulation
and shall be compatible with the scale and factors established by the Federal
Highway Administration in Title 49 of the United States Code of Federal
Regulations, Part 385, relating to safety ratings, in effect as of July 13, 1990, or as
amended after that date. (3) The Department of Kentucky State Police may determine the safety fitness of a motor carrier and may require the maintenance of or upgrade to a satisfactory safety
rating. Effective: June 25, 2009
History: Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 75, sec. 18, effective June 25, 2009. -- Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 284, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts
ch. 466, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1990.
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