2025 Kentucky Revised Statutes Chapter 186 - Licensing of motor vehicles, operators, and trailers 186.032 Voluntary inclusion of information that an owner, lesser, or operator of a motor vehicle is deaf or hard of hearing or has a communication disorder in Kentucky vehicle registration system database -- Deaf or hard of hearing protection trust fund -- Notice of availability of database designation.
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KY Rev Stat § 186.032 (2025)
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186.032 Voluntary inclusion of information that an owner, lesser, or operator of a
motor vehicle is deaf or hard of hearing or has a communication disorder in
Kentucky vehicle registration system database -- Deaf or hard of hearing
protection trust fund -- Notice of availability of database designation.
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As used in this section, "communication disorder" means a health condition or
disability that may impede effective communication with a peace officer.
The owner or lessee of a motor vehicle may inform the county clerk that he or she,
or someone who may be operating the vehicle, is deaf or hard of hearing and
request that information be included in the Kentucky vehicle registration system
database to assist law enforcement in identifying the operator of the vehicle as
possibly being deaf or hard of hearing.
The owner or lessee of a motor vehicle may inform the county clerk that he or she,
or someone who may be operating the vehicle, has a communication disorder and
request that information be included in the Kentucky vehicle registration system
database to assist law enforcement in identifying the operator of the vehicle as
possibly having a communication disorder.
(a) The deaf or hard of hearing protection trust fund is created as a separate trust
fund in the State Treasury. The trust fund shall consist of any proceeds from
gifts, grants, contributions, appropriations, or other moneys made available
for the purposes of the trust fund.
(b) The fund shall be administered by the Kentucky Commission on the Deaf or
Hard of Hearing.
(c) Notwithstanding KRS 45.229, trust fund amounts not expended at the close of
a fiscal year shall not lapse but shall be carried forward to the next fiscal year.
(d) Any interest earnings of the trust fund shall become part of the trust fund and
shall not lapse.
(e) Trust fund moneys deposited in this fund shall only be used to:
1.
Reimburse the Transportation Cabinet for the cost of including
information that someone is deaf or hard of hearing or has a
communication disorder in the Kentucky vehicle registration system
database;
2.
Support other actions to protect the safety and welfare of persons who
are deaf or hard of hearing or have a communication disorder; and
3.
Educate the public, the deaf and hard of hearing community, and the
communication disorder community on issues confronting the deaf and
hard of hearing and those with communication disorders.
(a) Every county clerk shall post a permanent notice containing information about
the availability of a deaf or hard of hearing or a communication disorder
designation in the Kentucky vehicle registration database. The notice shall be
printed in bold face type of sufficient point size to be read from a distance of
at least three (3) feet. The notice shall be posted in a conspicuous place to
ensure that every person who enters the county clerk's office will readily see
the notice.
(b)
The Transportation Cabinet shall put information on its Web site about the
availability of a deaf or hard of hearing or a communication disorder
designation in the Kentucky vehicle registration database.
Effective: January 1, 2024
History: Amended 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 1, effective January 1, 2024. -- Created
2017 Ky. Acts ch. 57, sec. 1, effective June 29, 2017.
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