SB199: AN ACT relating to motor vehicles and making an appropriation.

Legislative Summary

Amends KRS 138.513 to correct a statutory reference; amends KRS 138.555 and 186A.520 to replace references to the National Automobile Dealers Association valuation manual with references to a vehicle valuation manual adopted by the Department of Revenue; amends sections of KRS 138.660 to 138.7291 to streamline application and tax filing procedures for motor carriers; amends KRS 174.990 and 224-43.350 to conform; amends KRS 186.018 to require that the Transportation Cabinet indefinitely keep driving history records of holders of commercial driver’s license (CDLs) and commercial learner’s permits; amends KRS 186.040 to set a reinstatement fee of $40 for a suspended or revoked registration, and to divide the fee evenly between the county clerk and the Transportation Cabinet; amends KRS 186.050 to specify that motor vehicles in excess of 10,000 pounds are commercial vehicles, to set registration fees for these vehicles, and to allow county clerks to retain $1 of the electric vehicle fee assessed under KRS 138.475; amends KRS 186.060 to streamline procedures for application and issuance of registration for vehicles owned or leased by units of government; amends KRS 186.1911 to establish a $5 fee for a replacement vehicle identification number plate; creates a new section of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to require the Transportation Cabinet to report annually to the Legislative Research Commission for referral to the Interim Joint Committee on Transportation on identity document activity at each regional licensing office; amends KRS 186.410 to eliminate the stand-alone moped license; amends KRS 186.4122 to prohibit individuals from having more than one operator’s license or personal identification card; amends KRS 186.4123 to make technical corrections; amends KRS 186A.035 to apply the year-round vehicle registration system to motor vehicles with a gross weight of 10,000 pounds or less, to provide exceptions, and to require owners to supply their birth date during registration; amends KRS 186A.120 to allow that a transfer involving a motor vehicle sale from an individual in one county to an individual in a different county be processed by the county clerk of either county; amends KRS 281.720 to exempt vehicles operating on a peer-to-peer certificate from the requirement to display a motor carrier license plate; amends sections of KRS Chapter 281A regarding CDLs to define terms, to change references from “commercial driver’s instruction permit” to “commercial learner’s permit” throughout the chapter, to streamline procedures for application and testing of CDL applicants who are not residents of Kentucky, to specify the need for federally mandated entry-level driver training, to eliminate references to a moped license, to expand the testing exemption for CDL applicants who have military driving experience to include the knowledge test, to establish a lifetime CDL revocation penalty for any individual who uses a commercial motor vehicle in the commission of human trafficking, and to allow the Transportation Cabinet to adopt Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulations in 49 C.F.R. pt. 383; and repeals KRS 174.450, which relates to a license to operate a municipal solid waste transportation vehicle, and KRS 281A.310, which relates to CDLs for nonresidents enrolled in instruction programs; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2025.