2021 Kentucky Revised Statutes Chapter 186 - Licensing of motor vehicles, operators, and trailers 186.240 Cabinet to furnish forms and plates -- Records -- Receipts -- Reflectorized license plate program fund -- Use of receipts -- Accounting by clerk -- Audit.
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186.240 Cabinet to furnish forms and plates -- Records -- Receipts -- Reflectorized
license plate program fund -- Use of receipts -- Accounting by clerk -- Audit.
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It shall be the duty of the cabinet to carry out the provisions of KRS 186.005 to
186.260, and:
(a) Provide to the clerk in each county access to all forms provided for in KRS
186.005 to 186.260;
(b) Keep a numerical record of all registration numbers issued in the state and
also keep a record of motor or vehicle identification numbers required by KRS
186.160; and
(c) Furnish to each clerk, originally each year upon estimate, and thereafter upon
requisition at all times, a sufficient supply of standard, noncommercial plates
and the supplies necessary to provide evidence of registration for all classes of
vehicles required to be registered.
(d) Prescribe a plate of practical form and size for police identification purposes
that shall contain:
1.
The registration identifier;
2.
An indication that Kentucky is the issuing jurisdiction;
3.
For standard plates for noncommercial vehicles, the county in which the
plate is issued;
4.
For plates for commercial vehicles, the year the license expires and
words or information the Department of Vehicle Regulation may
prescribe by administrative regulation, pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A;
and
5.
At the discretion of the cabinet, a state slogan.
License plates issued pursuant to this chapter shall conform to the provisions of
subsection (1)(c) and (d) of this section. The Transportation Cabinet shall provide
for the issuance of reflectorized plates for all motor vehicles, and shall collect a fee,
in addition to the fee set out in KRS Chapter 186 and KRS 281.631, of fifty cents
($0.50). The fifty cents ($0.50) fee to reflectorize license plates shall be used by the
cabinet as provided in subsection (3) of this section.
The reflectorized license plate program fund is established in the state road fund
and appropriated on a continual basis to the cabinet to administer the moneys as
provided in this subsection. The fifty cents ($0.50) fee collected by the cabinet to
reflectorize license plates shall be deposited into the program fund and used to issue
reflectorized license plates. If at the end of a fiscal year, money remains in the
program fund, it shall be retained in the fund and shall not revert to the state road
fund. The interest and income earned on money in the program fund shall also be
retained in the program fund to carry out the provisions of this subsection. The
Transportation Cabinet shall issue reflectorized license plates under the provisions
of this subsection on a schedule to be determined at the discretion of the cabinet.
Except as directed under subsection (3) of this section, the Transportation Cabinet
shall receive all moneys forwarded by the clerk in each county and turn it over to
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the State Treasurer for the benefit of the state road fund.
The Transportation Cabinet shall require an accounting by the clerk in each county
for any moneys received by him under the provisions of this chapter, after the
deduction of his fees under this chapter, and for all receipts, forms, plates, and
insignia consigned to him. The Auditor of Public Accounts, pursuant to KRS
43.071, shall annually audit each county clerk concerning his responsibilities for the
collection of various fees and taxes associated with motor vehicles. The secretary of
the Transportation Cabinet, with the advice, consultation, and approval of the
Auditor, shall develop and implement an inventory and accounting system which
shall insure that the audits mandated in KRS 43.071 are performed in accordance
with generally accepted auditing standards. The Transportation Cabinet shall pay for
the audits mandated by KRS 43.071.
When applied for under KRS 186.060 or 186.061, motor or vehicle numbers
assigned shall be distinctive to show that they were designated by the cabinet.
Effective: June 29, 2021
History: Amended 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 53, sec. 2, effective June 29, 2021. -- Amended
2015 Ky. Acts ch. 19, sec. 40, effective June 24, 2015. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts
ch. 50, sec. 1, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 180, sec. 1,
effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 221, sec. 1, effective July 14,
1992. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 296, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1990; and ch.
498, sec. 5, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 86, sec. 1,
effective July 15, 1986; and ch. 429, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended
1980 Ky. Acts ch. 229, sec. 1, effective January 1, 1983. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts
ch. 133, sec. 14; and ch. 366, sec. 2, effective June 19, 1976. -- Amended 1974 Ky.
Acts ch. 74, Art. IV, sec. 20(2), (9). -- Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 139, sec. 13,
effective January 1, 1967. -- Amended 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 62, sec. 16, effective
January 1, 1963. -- Amended 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 153, sec. 7. -- Amended 1950 Ky.
Acts ch. 190, sec. 6, effective June 15, 1950. -- Amended 1948 Ky. Acts ch. 126, sec.
4. -- Amended 1946 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 5. -- Amended 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 78, secs.
6 and 11. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942,
from Ky. Stat. sec. 2739g-63.
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