186.050 Registration fees -- Voluntary donation for wildlife management and
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conservation activities and the agricultural program trust fund -- Collection of
electric vehicle ownership fees.
(1)The annual registration fee shall be eleven dollars and fifty cents ($11.50) for:
(a)Motor vehicles, including pickup trucks and passenger vans; and
(b)Motor carrier vehicles, as defined in KRS 281.010, primarily designed for
carrying passengers or passengers for hire and having been designed or
constructed to transport not more than fifteen
(15)passengers, including the
operator.
(a)Except as provided in KRS 186.041 and 186.162, the annual registration fee
for each motorcycle shall be nine dollars ($9).
(b)The annual registration fee for a street-legal special purpose vehicle shall be
ten dollars ($10).
(a)All motor vehicles having a declared gross weight of vehicle and any towed
unit of more than ten thousand (10,000) pounds are classified as commercial
vehicles and the annual registration fee shall be as set forth in paragraph
(b)of
this subsection.
(b)The registration fee for all motor vehicles engaged in hauling passengers for
hire which are designed or constructed to transport more than fifteen
passengers including the operator shall be one hundred dollars ($100). The
registration fee for all other commercial vehicles, except as provided in
subsections
(4)to
(10)and
(13)of this section, shall be as follows:
Declared Gross Weight of Vehicle Registration
and Any Towed Unit Fee
10,001-14,000 30.00
14,001-18,000 50.00
18,001-22,000 132.00
22,001-26,000 160.00
26,001-32,000 216.00
32,001-38,000 300.00
38,001-44,000 474.00
44,001-55,000 699.00
55,001-62,000 1,037.00
62,001-73,280 1,280.00
73,281-80,000 1,440.00
(a)1. Any farmer owning a truck having a gross weight of twenty-six
thousand (26,000) pounds or less may have it registered as a farmer's
truck and obtain a license for eleven dollars and fifty cents ($11.50). The
applicant's signature upon the certificate of registration and ownership
shall constitute a certificate that the applicant is a farmer engaged in the
production of crops, livestock, or dairy products, that the applicant owns
a truck of the gross weight of twenty-six thousand (26,000) pounds or
less, and that during the next twelve
(12)months the truck shall not be
used in for-hire transportation and may be used in transporting persons,
food, provender, feed, machinery, livestock, material, and supplies
necessary for the applicant's farming operation, and the products grown
on the applicant's farm.
2. Any farmer owning a truck having a gross weight of twenty-six
thousand one (26,001) pounds to thirty-eight thousand (38,000) pounds
may have it registered as a farmer's truck and obtain a license for eleven
dollars and fifty cents ($11.50). The applicant's signature upon the
certificate of registration and ownership shall constitute a certificate that
the applicant is a farmer engaged in the production of crops, livestock,
or dairy products, that the applicant owns a truck of the gross weight
between twenty-six thousand one (26,001) pounds and thirty-eight
thousand (38,000) pounds, and that during the next twelve
(12)months
the truck shall not be used in for-hire transportation and may be used in
transporting persons, food, provender, feed, machinery, livestock,
material, and supplies necessary for the applicant's farming operation
and the products grown on the applicant's farm.
(b)Any farmer owning a truck having a declared gross weight in excess of thirty-
eight thousand (38,000) pounds shall not be required to pay the fee set out in
subsection
(3)of this section and, in lieu thereof, shall pay forty percent
(40%) of the fee set out in subsection
(3)of this section and shall be exempt
from any fee charged under the provisions of KRS 281.752. The applicant's
signature upon the registration receipt shall be considered to be a certification
that the applicant is a farmer engaged solely in the production of crops,
livestock, or dairy products, and that during the current registration year the
truck will be used only in transporting persons, food, provender, feed, and
machinery used in operating the applicant's farm and the products grown on
the applicant's farm.
(c)An initial applicant for, or an applicant renewing, his or her registration
pursuant to this subsection, may at the time of application make a voluntary
contribution to be deposited into the agricultural program trust fund
established in KRS 246.247. The recommended voluntary contribution shall
be set at ten dollars ($10) and automatically added to the cost of registration
or renewal unless the individual registering or renewing the vehicle opts out
of contributing the recommended amount. The county clerk shall collect and
forward the voluntary contribution to the cabinet for distribution to the
Department of Agriculture.
(5)Any person owning a bus used solely in transporting school children and school
employees may have the bus registered as a school bus and obtain a license for
eleven dollars and fifty cents ($11.50) by filing with the county clerk, in addition to
other information required, an affidavit stating that the bus is used solely in the
transportation of school children and persons employed in the schools of the
district, that the words "School Bus" are printed on each side of the bus and on the
rear door in letters at least six
(6)inches high, and of a conspicuous color, and the
bus will be used during the next twelve
(12)months only for the purpose stated.
(6)Any church or religious organization owning a bus used solely in transporting
persons to and from a place of worship or for other religious work may have the bus
registered as a church bus and obtain a license for eleven dollars and fifty cents
($11.50) by filing with the county clerk, in addition to other information required,
an affidavit stating that the bus will be used only for the transporting of persons to
and from a place of worship, or for other religious work, and that there has been
printed on the bus in large letters the words "Church Bus," with the name of the
church or religious organization owning and using the or bus, and that during the
next twelve
(12)months the bus will be used only for the purpose stated.
(7)Any person owning a motor vehicle with a gross weight of fourteen thousand
(14,000) pounds or less on which a wrecker crane or other equipment suitable for
wrecker service has been permanently mounted may register the vehicle and obtain
a license for eleven dollars and fifty cents ($11.50) by filing with the county clerk,
in addition to other information required, an affidavit that a wrecker crane or other
equipment suitable for wrecker service has been permanently mounted on the
vehicle and that during the next twelve
(12)months the vehicle will be used only in
wrecker service. If the gross weight of the vehicle exceeds fourteen thousand
(14,000) pounds, the vehicle shall be registered in accordance with subsection
(3)of
this section. The gross weight of a vehicle used in wrecker service shall not include
the weight of the vehicle being towed by the wrecker.
(8)Motor vehicles having a declared gross weight in excess of eighteen thousand
(18,000) pounds, which when operated in this state are used exclusively for the
transportation of property within the limits of the city named in the affidavit
hereinafter required to be filed, or within ten
(10)miles of the city limits of the city
if it is a city with a population equal to or greater than three thousand (3,000) based
upon the most recent federal decennial census, or within five
(5)miles of its limits
if it is a city with a population of less than three thousand (3,000) based upon the
most recent federal decennial census, or anywhere within a county containing an
urban-county government, shall not be required to pay the fee as set out in
subsection
(3)of this section, and in lieu thereof shall pay seventy-five percent
(75%) of the fee set forth in subsection
(3)of this section and shall be exempt from
any fee charged under the provisions of KRS 281.752. Nothing in this section shall
be construed to limit any right of nonresidents to exemption from registration under
any other provisions of the laws granting reciprocity to nonresidents. Operations
outside of this state shall not be considered in determining whether or not the
foregoing mileage limitations have been observed. When claiming the right to the
reduced fee, the applicant's signature on the certificate of registration and
ownership shall constitute a certification or affidavit stating that the motor vehicle
when used within this state is used only for the transportation of property within the
city to be named in the affidavit and the area above set out and that the vehicle will
not be used outside of a city and the area above set out during the current
registration period.
(9)Motor vehicles having a declared gross weight in excess of eighteen thousand
(18,000) pounds, which are used exclusively for the transportation of primary forest
products from the harvest area to a mill or other processing facility, where the mill
or processing facility is located at a point not more than fifty
(50)air miles from the
harvest area or which are used exclusively for the transportation of concrete blocks
or ready-mixed concrete from the point at which the concrete blocks or ready-
mixed concrete is produced to a construction site where the concrete blocks or
ready-mixed concrete is to be used, where the construction site is located at a point
not more than thirty
(30)air miles from the point at which the concrete blocks or
ready-mixed concrete is produced shall not be required to pay the fee as set out in
subsection
(3)of this section, and in lieu thereof, shall pay seventy-five percent
(75%) of the fee set out in subsection
(3)of this section and shall be exempt from
any fee charged under the provisions of KRS 281.752. The applicant's signature
upon the certificate of registration and ownership shall constitute a certification that
the motor vehicle will not be used during the current registration period in any
manner other than that for which the reduced fee is provided in this section.
(10)Any owner of a commercial vehicle registered for a declared gross weight in excess
of eighteen thousand (18,000) pounds, intending to transfer same and desiring to
take advantage of the refund provisions of KRS 186.056(2), may reregister the
vehicle and obtain a "For Sale" certificate of registration and ownership for one
dollar ($1). Title to a vehicle so registered may be transferred, but the registration
shall not authorize the operation or use of the vehicle on any public highway. No
refund may be made under the provisions of KRS 186.056(2) until the title to the
vehicle has been transferred to the purchaser thereof. Provided, however, that
nothing herein shall be so construed as to prevent the seller of a commercial vehicle
from transferring the registration of the vehicle to any purchaser thereof.
(11)The annual registration fee for self-propelled vehicles containing sleeping or eating
facilities shall be twenty dollars ($20) and the multiyear license plate issued shall be
designated "Recreational vehicle." The foregoing shall not include any motor
vehicle primarily designed for commercial or farm use having temporarily attached
thereto any sleeping or eating facilities, or any commercial vehicle having sleeping
facilities.
(12)The registration fee on any vehicle registered under this section shall be increased
fifty percent (50%) when the vehicle is not equipped wholly with pneumatic tires.
(a)The Department of Vehicle Regulation is authorized to negotiate and execute
an agreement or agreements for the purpose of developing and instituting
proportional registration of motor vehicles engaged in interstate commerce, or
in a combination of interstate and intrastate commerce, and operating into,
through, or within the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The agreement or
agreements may be made on a basis commensurate with, and determined by,
the miles traveled on, and use made of, the highways of this Commonwealth
as compared with the miles traveled on and use made of highways of other
states, or upon any other equitable basis of proportional registration.
Notwithstanding the provisions of KRS 186.020, the cabinet shall promulgate
administrative regulations concerning the registration of motor vehicles under
any agreement or agreements made under this section and shall provide for
direct issuance by it of evidence of payment of any registration fee required
under the agreement or agreements. Any proportional registration fee required
to be collected under any proportional registration agreement or agreements
shall be in accordance with the taxes established in this section.
(b)Any owner of a commercial vehicle who is required to title his or her motor
vehicle under this section shall first title the vehicle with the county clerk
pursuant to KRS 186.020 for a state fee of one dollar ($1). Title to the vehicle
may be transferred; however title without proper registration shall not
authorize the operation or use of the vehicle on any public highway. Any
commercial vehicle properly titled in Kentucky may also be registered in
Kentucky, and, upon payment of the required fees, the department may issue
an apportioned registration plate to the commercial vehicle.
(c)Any commercial vehicle that is properly titled in a foreign jurisdiction, which
vehicle is subject to apportioned registration, as provided in paragraph
(a)of
this subsection, may be registered in Kentucky, and, upon proof of proper title
and payment of the required fees, the department may issue an apportioned
registration plate to the commercial vehicle. The department shall promulgate
administrative regulations in accordance with this section.
(14)Any person seeking to obtain a special license plate for an automobile that has been
provided to the applicant pursuant to an occupation shall meet both of the following
requirements:
(a)The automobile shall be provided for the full-time exclusive use of the
applicant; and
(b)The applicant shall obtain permission in writing from the vehicle owner or
lessee on a form provided by the cabinet to use the vehicle and for the vehicle
to bear the special license plate.
(15)An applicant for any motor vehicle registration issued pursuant to this section shall
have the opportunity to make a donation of two dollars ($2) to promote a hunger
relief program through specific wildlife management and conservation efforts by
the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources in accordance with KRS 150.015. If
an applicant elects to make a contribution under this subsection, the two dollar ($2)
donation shall be added to the regular fee for any motor vehicle registration issued
pursuant to this section. One
(1)donation may be made per issuance of each
registration. The fee shall be paid to the county clerk and shall be transmitted by the
State Treasurer to the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to be used
exclusively for the purpose of wildlife management and conservation activities in
support of hunger relief. The county clerk may retain up to five percent (5%) of the
fees collected under this subsection for administrative costs associated with the
collection of this donation. Any donation requested under this subsection shall be
voluntary and may be refused by the applicant at the time of issuance or renewal of
a license plate.
(16)In addition to the fees outlined in this section, the county clerk shall collect from the
registrants of electric vehicles and electric motorcycles the electric vehicle
ownership fees imposed in KRS 138.475. The county clerk may retain one dollar
($1) of the fee collected under this subsection.