2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 186 - LICENSING OF MOTOR VEHICLES, OPERATORS, AND TRAILERS 186.166 Perpetual production of certain special license plates -- Design of Purple Heart license plates.
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186.166 Perpetual production of certain special license plates -- Design of
Purple Heart license plates.
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The Transportation Cabinet shall, unless directed otherwise by the General
Assembly, perpetually produce the following special license plates: military
license plates, U.S. Congressional license plates, firefighter license plates,
emergency management license plates, Fraternal Order of Police license
plates, Law Enforcement Memorial license plates, street rod license plates,
nature license plates, amateur radio license plates, Kentucky General
Assembly license plates, Kentucky Court of Justice license plates, Masonic
Order license plates, collegiate license plates, independent college and
university license plates, child victims' trust fund license plates, Kentucky Horse
Council license plates, Ducks Unlimited license plates, Gold Star Mothers
license plates, Silver Star Medal license plates, Bronze Star Medal license
plates, spay neuter license plates, and I Support Veterans license plates.
The design of the plates identified for perpetual production under this section
may be revised upon request of a group or organization requesting a design
revision under the provisions of KRS 186.164(15).
(a) The design of a Purple Heart license plate shall not include any
representation of the word "Kentucky" that is a registered trademark or
slogan which appears on a general issue license plate.
(b) The design of a Purple Heart license plate shall include a representation
of the Purple Heart medal and the words "Combat Wounded."
Effective:June 25, 2013
History: Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 117, sec. 1, effective June 25, 2013. -Amended 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 10, sec. 3, effective upon contingency. -- Amended
2010 Ky. Acts ch. 72, sec. 3, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 2008 Ky. Acts
ch. 164, sec. 3, effective July 15, 2008. -- Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 40,
sec. 3, effective July 12, 2006; and ch. 190, sec. 1, effective July 12, 2006. -Created 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 133, sec. 3, effective June 20, 2005.
Legislative Research Commission Note (6/25/2013). 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 117, sec.
2, provides that the design specifications indicated in subsection (3)(b) of this
statute "shall be included in the first regularly scheduled replating of the Purple
Heart license plate after [June 25, 2013]."
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/12/2012). The amendment to this
statute in 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 10, sec. 3, takes effect on July 12, 2012. The
effective date of that amendment was subject to a contingency, but the
contingency was removed in 2012. Section 5 of 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 139, which is
effective July 12, 2012, repeals 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 10, sec. 4, which established
the contingency.
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