AN ACT relating to special license plates.

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AN ACT relating to special license plates. 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
Section 1. KRS 186.162 is amended to read as follows: 3
(1) As used in this section and in KRS 186.043, 186.164, 186.166, 186.1722, and 4
186.174: 5
(a) "Special license plate" means a unique license plate issued under this chapter 6
to a group or organi zation that readily identifies the operator of the motor 7
vehicle or motorcycle bearing the plate as a member of a group or 8
organization, or a supporter of the work, goals, or mission of a group or 9
organization. The term shall not include regular license pl ates issued under 10
KRS 186.240; 11
(b) "Street rod" means a modernized private passenger motor vehicle 12
manufactured prior to the year 1949, or designed or manufactured to resemble 13
a vehicle manufactured prior to 1949; 14
(c) "SF" means the portion of an initial or renewal fee to obtain a special license 15
plate that is dedicated for use by the Transportation Cabinet; 16
(d) "CF" means the county clerk's fee for issuing a motor vehicle registration as 17
established under KRS 186.040(1 ). If a CF amount is charged for a license 18
plate listed in this section, the applicant for that plate shall also pay the fees 19
identified in KRS 186.040(6). If a CF amount is not charged, the applicant 20
shall not be required to pay those fees; and 21
(e) "EF" means the portion of an initial or renewal fee to obtain a special license 22
plate that is mandated by this chapter to be dedicated for use by a particular 23
group or organization. 24
(2) The initial purchase fee and renewal fee for a special license plate created under this 25
chapter shall be as established in this subsection and includes the name of group or 26
organization and the total initial and renewal fee required for the plate. The amount 27
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in parentheses indicates how the total fee is required to be divided: 1
(a) Disabled veterans who receive assistance to purchase a vehicle from the 2
United States Department of Veterans' Affairs, veterans declared by the 3
United States Department of Veterans' Affairs to be one hundred percent 4
(100%) service -connected disabled, and recipients of the Congressional 5
Medal of Honor: 6
1. Initial Fee: $0 ($0 SF/$0 CF/$0 EF). 7
2. Renewal Fee: $0 ($0 SF/$0 CF/$0 EF). 8
(b) Former prisoners of war , recipients of the Purple Heart, and survivors of 9
Pearl Harbor: 10
1. Initial Fee: $23 ($12 SF/$6 CF/$5 EF to the veterans' 11
program trust fund established under KRS 40.460). 12
2. Renewal Fee: $11 ($0 SF/$6 CF/$5 EF to the veterans' 13
program trust fund established under KRS 40.460). 14
(c) Members of the Kentucky National Guard [ and recipients of the Purple 15
Heart]: 16
1. Initial Fee: $23 ($12 SF/$6 CF/$5 EF to the National 17
Guard Association of Kentucky [veterans' program trust fund 18
established under KRS 40.460]). 19
2. Renewal Fee: $11 ($0 SF/$6 CF/$5 EF to the National Guard 20
Association of Kentucky[veterans' program trust fund established under 21
KRS 40.460]). 22
(d) Members of the Civil Air Patrol; active, retired, veteran, reserve, or auxiliary 23
members of the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space 24
Force, or Coast Guard; Merchant Marines who served between December 7, 25
1941, and August 15, 1945; recipients of the Silver Star Medal, the Legion of 26
Merit Medal, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal, the Combat 27
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Action Badge, the Combat Infantry Badge, or the Bronze Star Medal; persons 1
who wish to receive Gold Star Mothers, Gold Star Fathers, or Gold Star 2
Spouses license plates beyond the two (2) exempted from fees under KRS 3
186.041(6); individuals eligible for a special military service academy license 4
plate under KRS 186.041(8); individuals eligib le for a special military unit 5
license plate under KRS 186.163; and disabled veterans who have been 6
declared to be between fifty percent (50%) and ninety -nine percent (99%) 7
service-connected disabled by the United States Department of Veterans' 8
Affairs: 9
1. Initial Fee: $23 ($12 SF/$6 CF/$5 EF to the veterans' 10
program trust fund established under KRS 40.460). 11
2. Renewal Fee: $23 ($12 SF/$6 CF/$5 EF to the veterans' 12
program trust fund established under KRS 40.460). 13
(e) Recipients of the Distinguished Servi ce Cross, Navy Cross, or Air Force 14
Cross: 15
1. Initial Fee: $6 ($0 SF/$6 CF/$0 EF). 16
2. Renewal Fee: $6 ($0 SF/$6 CF/$0 EF). 17
(f) Disabled license plates: 18
1. Initial Fee: $18 ($12 SF/$6 CF/$0 EF). 19
2. Renewal Fee: $18 ($12 SF/$6 CF/$0 EF). 20
(g) Historic vehicles: 21
1. Initial Fee for two plates: $56 ($50 SF/$6 CF/$0 EF). 22
2. Renewal Fee: Do not renew annually. 23
(h) Members of Congress: 24
1. Initial Fee: $43 ($37 SF/$6 CF/$0 EF). 25
2. Renewal Fee: $23 ($12 SF/$6 CF/$5 EF to the veterans' 26
program trust fund established under KRS 40.460). 27
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(i) Firefighters: 1
1. Initial Fee: $28 ($12 SF/$6 CF/$10 EF to the Kentucky 2
Firefighters Association). 3
2. Renewal Fee: $28 ($12 SF/$6 CF/$10 EF to the Kentucky 4
Firefighters Association). 5
(j) Emergency management: 6
1. Initial Fee: $31 ($25 SF/$6 CF/$0 EF). 7
2. Renewal Fee: $18 ($12 SF/$6 CF/$0 EF). 8
(k) Fraternal Order of Police: 9
1. Initial Fee: $41 ($25 SF/$6 CF/$10 EF to the Kentucky 10
FOP Death Benefit Fund). 11
2. Renewal Fee: $28 ($12 SF/$6 CF/$10 EF to the Kentucky 12
FOP Death Benefit Fund). 13
(l) Law Enforcement Memorial: 14
1. Initial Fee: $41 ($25 SF/$6 CF/$10 EF to the Kentucky 15
Law Enforcement Memorial Foundation, Inc.). 16
2. Renewal Fee: $28 ($12 SF/$6 CF/$ 10 EF to the Kentucky 17
Law Enforcement Memorial Foundation, Inc.). 18
(m) Personalized plates for a motor vehicle that is required to be registered under 19
the provisions of KRS 186.050(1), (3)(a), or (4)(a), or a motorcycle required 20
to be registered under the provisions of KRS 186.050(2): 21
1. Initial Fee: $43 ($37 SF/$6 CF/$0 EF). 22
2. Renewal Fee: $43 ($37 SF/$6 CF/$0 EF). 23
(n) Street rods: 24
1. Initial Fee: $43 ($37 SF/$6 CF/$0 EF). 25
2. Renewal Fee: $18 ($12 SF/$6 CF/$0 EF). 26
(o) Nature plates: 27
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1. Initial Fee: $28 ($12 SF/$6 CF/$10 EF to Kentucky 1
Heritage Land Conservation Fund established under KRS 146.570). 2
2. Renewal Fee: $28 ($12 SF/$6 CF/$10 EF to Kentucky 3
Heritage Land Conservation Fund established under KRS 146.570). 4
(p) Amateur radio: 5
1. Initial Fee: $43 ($37 SF/$6 CF/$0 EF). 6
2. Renewal Fee: $18 ($12 SF/$6 CF/$0 EF). 7
(q) Kentucky General Assembly: 8
1. Initial Fee: $43 ($37 SF/$6 CF/$0 EF). 9
2. Renewal Fee: $23 ($12 SF/$6 CF/$5 EF to the veterans' 10
program trust fund established under KRS 40.460). 11
(r) Kentucky Court of Justice: 12
1. Initial Fee: $43 ($37 SF/$6 CF/$0 EF). 13
2. Renewal Fee: $11 ($0 SF/$6 CF/$5 EF to the veterans' 14
program trust fund established under KRS 40.460). 15
(s) Masons: 16
1. Initial Fee: $41 ($25 SF/$6 CF/$10 EF to the Masonic 17
Homes of Kentucky). 18
2. Renewal Fee: $28 ($12 SF/$6 CF/$10 EF to the Masonic 19
Homes of Kentucky). 20
(t) Collegiate plates: 21
1. Initial Fee: $53 ($37 SF/$6 CF/$10 EF to the gen eral 22
scholarship fund of the university whose name will be borne on the 23
plate). 24
2. Renewal Fee: $28 ($12 SF/$6 CF/$10 EF to the general 25
scholarship fund of the university whose name will be borne on the 26
plate). 27
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(u) Independent Colleges: 1
1. Initial Fee: $41 ($25 SF/$6 CF/$10 EF to the Association of 2
Independent Kentucky Colleges and Universities for distribution to the 3
general scholarship funds of the Association's members). 4
2. Renewal Fee: $28 ($12 SF/$6 CF/$10 EF to the Association of 5
Independent Kentucky Colleges and Universities for distribution to the 6
general scholarship funds of the Association's members). 7
(v) Child Victims: 8
1. Initial Fee: $41 ($25 SF/$6 CF/$10 EF to the child victims' 9
trust fund established under KRS 41.400). 10
2. Renewal Fee: $28 ($12 SF/$6 CF/$10 EF to the child victims' 11
trust fund established under KRS 41.400). 12
(w) Kentucky Horse Council: 13
1. Initial Fee: $41 ($25 SF/$6 CF/$10 EF to the Kentucky 14
Horse Council). 15
2. Renewal Fee: $28 ($12 SF/$6 CF/$10 EF to the Kentucky 16
Horse Council). 17
(x) Ducks Unlimited: 18
1. Initial Fee: $41 ($25 SF/$6 CF/$10 EF to Kentucky Ducks 19
Unlimited). 20
2. Renewal Fee: $28 ($12 SF/$6 CF/$10 EF to Kentucky Ducks 21
Unlimited). 22
(y) Spay neuter: 23
1. Initial Fee: $28 ($12 SF/$6 CF/$10 EF to the animal control 24
and care fund established under KRS 258.119). 25
2. Renewal Fee: $28 ($12 SF/$6 CF/$10 EF to the animal control 26
and care fund established under KRS 258.119). 27
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(z) Gold Star Mothers, Gold Star Fathers, or Gold Star Spouses: 1
1. Initial Fee: $0 ($0 SF/$0 CF/ $0 EF). 2
2. Renewal Fee: $0 ($0 SF/$0 CF/ $0 EF). 3
3. A person may receive a maximum of two (2) plates under this paragraph 4
free of charge and may purchase additional plates for fees as established 5
in subsection (2)(d) of this section. 6
(aa) I Support Veterans: 7
1. Initial Fee: $28 ($12 SF/$6 CF/$10 EF to the Kentucky 8
Department of Veterans' Affairs). 9
2. Renewal Fee: $28 ($12 SF/$6 CF/$10 EF to the Kentucky 10
Department of Veterans' Affairs). 11
(ab) Gold Star Siblings, Gold Star Sons, or Gold Star Daughters: 12
1. Initial Fee: $28 ($12 SF/$6 CF/$10 EF to the veter ans' 13
program trust fund established under KRS 40.460). 14
2. Renewal Fee: $28 ($12 SF/$6 CF/$10 EF to the veterans' 15
program trust fund established under KRS 40.460). 16
(ac) POW/MIA Awareness: 17
1. Initial Fee: $41 ($25 SF/$6 CF/$10 EF to the veterans' 18
program trust fund established under KRS 40.460). 19
2. Renewal Fee: $28 ($12 SF/$6 CF/$10 EF to the veterans' 20
program trust fund established under KRS 40.460). 21
(ad) Personalized plates for a recreational vehicle that is required to be registered 22
under the provisions of KRS 186.050(11): 23
1. Initial Fee: $51 ($45 SF/$6 CF/$0 EF). 24
2. Renewal Fee: $51 ($45 SF/$6 CF/$0 EF). 25
(ae) Friends of Kentucky Agriculture: 26
1. Initial Fee: $28 ($12 SF/$6 CF/$10 EF to the agricultural 27
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program trust fund established under KRS 246.247). 1
2. Renewal Fee: $23 ($12 SF/$6 CF/$5 EF to the agricultural 2
program trust fund established under KRS 246.247). 3
(af) Special license plates established under KRS 186.164: 4
1. Initial Fee: $41 ($25 SF/$6 CF/$10 EF). 5
2. Renewal Fee: $41 ($25 SF/$6 CF/$10 EF). 6
(3) Any special license plate may be combined with a personalized license plate for a 7
twenty-five dollar ($25) state fee in addition to all other fees for the particular 8
special license plate established in this section and in KRS 186.164(3). The twenty-9
five dollar ($25) fee required under this subsection shall be divided between the 10
cabinet and the county clerk of the county where the applicant is applying for the 11
license plate with the cabinet receiving twenty dollars ($20) and the county clerk 12
receiving five dollars ($5). 13
(4) (a) A sponsoring organization of any special license plate issued under this 14
section or any special license plate established under the provisions of KRS 15
186.164 may petition the cabinet for the production of that special li cense 16
plate for motorcycles. 17
(b) The cabinet shall make all of the special military license plates in this section 18
available for motorcycles owned or leased by eligible individuals. 19
(c) Owners and lessees of motorcycles registered under KRS 186.050(2) may be 20
eligible to receive special license plates approved by the cabinet under 21
paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection. Applicants for a special license plate 22
for a motorcycle shall be required to pay the fee for a special plate as 23
prescribed in this section or in KRS 186.164. The fee paid for the special plate 24
for a motorcycle shall be in lieu of the registration fee required under KRS 25
186.050(2). 26
(5) The Transportation Cabinet shall: 27
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(a) Identify the cost of issuing a child victims' trust fund special lice nse plate 1
under subsection (2)(v) of this section; and 2
(b) Transfer any revenue received from the initial or renewal SF fee that is in 3
excess of the cost identified in paragraph (a) of this subsection to the child 4
victims' trust fund established under KRS 41.400. 5