2021 Kentucky Revised Statutes Chapter 186 - Licensing of motor vehicles, operators, and trailers 186.060 Motor vehicles leased or owned by governmental units or emergency and ambulance vehicles operated by nonprofit corporations organized by units of government -- Use of official plates on motor vehicles leased by governmental entity.
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186.060 Motor vehicles leased or owned by governmental units or emergency and
ambulance vehicles operated by nonprofit corporations organized by units of
government -- Use of official plates on motor vehicles leased by governmental
entity.
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Applications for registration of motor vehicles leased or owned by a county, city,
urban-county, or board of education, or emergency and ambulance vehicles operated
by nonprofit corporations organized by units of government in the state or by the
state or federal government shall be accompanied by a statement from the head of
the department of the governmental unit that leases or owns the motor vehicle,
certifying that the motor vehicle is leased or owned and operated by the
governmental unit. The application and statement shall be forwarded by the county
clerk to the cabinet, which shall give special authority to the clerk to register it.
Upon receiving that authority, the clerk shall issue a registration receipt and the
official number plate described in KRS 186.240(6), and report the registration to the
head of the department authorizing the registration. For his services in issuing such
certificate of registration and number plate and reporting the same, the county clerk
shall be entitled to a fee of three dollars ($3) in each instance, to be paid by the
department upon whose authorization such license was issued.
After such registration of any vehicle leased or owned by a county, city, urbancounty, or board of education, or emergency and ambulance vehicles operated by
nonprofit corporations organized by units of government in the state, or by the state
or federal government and after issuance of such number plate for such vehicle so
leased or owned, no subsequent registration or renewal of same, and no subsequent
renewal of a number plate of the vehicle shall be necessary so long as the vehicle is
leased or owned by the governmental unit except in the case of loss or destruction
of the license plate. In the event of loss or destruction, the number plate shall be
replaced in the same manner as if no plate had ever been issued.
When a motor vehicle leased or owned by a county, city, urban-county, or board of
education, or emergency and ambulance vehicles operated by nonprofit corporations
organized by units of government in the state, or by the state or federal government
is transferred or sold to another governmental unit, a new license plate shall be
issued for the vehicle in the same manner as provided for in subsection (1) of this
section and shall have the same effect as given to such license plates in subsection
(2) of this section.
No person shall use on a motor vehicle, not leased or owned by a county, city,
urban-county, board of education, or emergency and ambulance vehicles operated
by nonprofit corporations organized by units of government in the state, or the state
or federal government, any license plate that has been issued for use on a motor
vehicle leased or owned by the governmental unit.
Notwithstanding the provisions of KRS 186.020 and 186.050, a governmental entity
which leases a motor vehicle may have that vehicle equipped with an official plate
under this section. Upon termination of the lease agreement, if ownership of the
motor vehicle does not revert to an entity allowed to use an official plate under this
section, the owner of the motor vehicle shall surrender the official plates and apply
for registration under the provisions of KRS 186.050.
Effective: June 29, 2021
History: Amended 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 53, sec. 3, effective June 29, 2021. -- Amended
2013 Ky. Acts ch. 33, sec. 1, effective June 25, 2013. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch.
36, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 428, sec. 9,
effective July 15, 1994. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 296, sec. 2, effective July 13,
1990; and ch. 498, sec. 2, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch.
419, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 72, sec. 1. -Amended 1964 Ky. Acts ch. 148, sec. 1. -- Amended 1948 Ky. Acts ch. 126, secs. 1,
2, and 3. -- Amended 1946 Ky. Acts ch. 122, sec. 1. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch.
208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2739g-7.
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