HB21: AN ACT relating to the Transportation Cabinet.

Legislative Summary

Amend KRS 186.412 to require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to establish procedures and forms to allow an individual without a fixed, permanent address to submit a form signed by a shelter, health care facility, or other social service agency attesting to the applicant's residence for the purpose of issuance of a renewal operator's license or an initial or renewal personal ID card and to allow use of the forms established by the cabinet to be used for application for a duplicate operator's license or personal identification card; amend KRS 186.4122 to allow a homeless minor over the age of 16 to apply for a personal identification card without a parent or guardian signature, and to retain current procedures for proving residency for homeless individuals obtaining a personal identification card until July 1, 2025, after which time these individuals will use cabinet forms; amend KRS 186.4123 to conform; amend KRS 186.531 to set the price of a personal identification card for an individual without a fixed, permanent address at $5, eliminate the fee schedule for operator's licenses and personal identification cards issued by circuit clerks, and allow the Transportation Cabinet to enter into billing arrangements with social service agencies for payment of client's fees; Section 1 EFFECTIVE July 1, 2025.