234.120 License and minimum liability insurance requirements -- Fees -- More
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than one place of business -- Proof of financial responsibility -- License
suspension or revocation.
(1)Subject to the exceptions provided in subsection (2), no person shall engage in any
of the businesses set out in this subsection without first having provided proof to the
commissioner of ability to respond in damages for personal injury and property
damages in the amount prescribed, and having obtained from the commissioner the
required license or licenses and paid the prescribed fee therefor:
(a)Selling or delivering to the ultimate consumer or user of liquefied petroleum
gas; selling liquefied petroleum gas regulating equipment; repairing,
installing, or connecting of containers, liquefied petroleum gas appliances, or
liquefied petroleum gas utilization equipment; or filling of D.O.T. liquefied
petroleum gas containers for ultimate consumer or wholesale dealer. In-state
liquefied petroleum gas dealers, except those holding a valid license on July
15, 1994, shall maintain a liquefied petroleum gas storage facility with an
eighteen thousand (18,000) gallon minimum capacity within the boundaries of
Kentucky. Out-of-state liquefied petroleum gas dealers, except those holding a
valid license on July 15, 1994, shall maintain an eighteen thousand (18,000)
gallon minimum capacity liquefied petroleum gas storage facility within fifty
(50)miles of the Kentucky border. Until January 1, 2002, the fee for this
license shall be one hundred dollars ($100). Beginning on January 1, 2002, the
fee for this license shall be two hundred dollars ($200), and the license shall
be issued for a period of two
(2)years. The minimum liability insurance for
this license shall be one million dollars ($1,000,000).
(b)Selling or delivering liquefied petroleum gas in prefilled or filled-on-site
containers of one hundred
(100)pound liquefied petroleum gas capacity or
less; selling of liquefied petroleum gas regulating equipment; assembly,
repairing, installing, or connecting of liquefied petroleum gas containers,
liquefied petroleum gas appliances, or any liquefied petroleum gas utilization
equipment. Until January 1, 2002, the fee for this license shall be fifty dollars
($50). Beginning on January 1, 2002, the fee for this license shall be one
hundred dollars ($100), and the license shall be issued for a period of two
years. The minimum liability insurance for this license shall be five hundred
thousand dollars ($500,000).
(c)Selling or filling of D.O.T. liquefied petroleum gas containers of forty-five
(45)pounds or less capacity, or selling liquefied petroleum gas at a specific
site for use as a motor vehicle fuel. Until January 1, 2002, the fee for this
license shall be fifty dollars ($50). Beginning on January 1, 2002, the fee for
this license shall be one hundred dollars ($100), and the license shall be issued
for a period of two
(2)years. The minimum liability insurance for this license
shall be five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).
(d)Storing, for resale, liquefied petroleum gas in D.O.T. containers of forty-five
(45)pounds or less capacity, or selling D.O.T. containers, storage cabinets,
racks, docks, for storage of forty-five
(45)pound capacity or less. Until
January 1, 2001, the fee for this license shall be twenty-five dollars ($25).
Beginning on January 1, 2001, the fee for this license shall be fifty dollars
($50), and the license shall be issued for a period of two
(2)years. The
minimum liability insurance for this license shall be one hundred thousand
dollars ($100,000).
(e)Assembling, repairing, installing, or connecting of liquefied petroleum gas
containers, or regulating equipment, or liquefied petroleum gas appliances, or
any liquefied petroleum gas utilization equipment. Until January 1, 2001, the
fee for this license shall be twenty-five dollars ($25). Beginning on January 1,
2001, the fee for this license shall be fifty dollars ($50), and the license shall
be issued for a period of two
(2)years. The minimum liability insurance for
this license shall be five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).
(2)Any person engaged in any business for which a license is required under the
provisions of subsection
(1)and who engages in the business at more than one
office or place of business in this state shall obtain a separate license for each such
office or place of business and shall pay therefor the required license fee; except
that for the purposes of issuance of licenses under subsection
(1)all facilities for the
storage only of liquefied petroleum gas for resale within a radius of twenty
miles of an office or place of business shall be considered a part of the office or
place of business and shall not require separate licensure.
(3)The commissioner shall further have the authority to promulgate and enforce
reasonable administrative regulations requiring proof of ability to respond in
damages for personal injury and property damages in the minimum amounts
required under the provisions of subsection (1), prior to the issuance of a license.
The commissioner shall also have authority to suspend or revoke any license issued
under this section for willful or gross negligence or for violation of any applicable
administrative regulations promulgated under KRS 227.300, but any licensee whose
license is suspended or revoked shall be afforded the opportunity for an
administrative hearing conducted in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B.