2018 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 186 - LICENSING OF MOTOR VEHICLES, OPERATORS, AND TRAILERS .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, Fathers, and Spouses license plates, Gold Star Siblings,
Sons, and Daughters license plates, Silver Star Medal license plates, Bronze Star
Medal license plates, spay neuter license plates, service academy 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: January 1, 2018
History: Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 50, sec. 3, effective January 1, 2018. -- Amended
2014 Ky. Acts ch. 91, sec. 3, effective January 1, 2015. -- 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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