281A.150 Applicants to apply in person -- Fees -- Acceptance of payment methods.
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(1)Every person seeking a commercial driver's license or a commercial learner's permit
shall first apply in person to the cabinet. The application shall be in the form
prescribed by KRS 281A.140 as provided by the cabinet. Except as provided in
KRS 281A.160(6), each time a person applies for a commercial driver's license, a
commercial learner's permit, or seeks to upgrade or change his or her commercial
driver's license, the person shall be required to:
(a)Update the application; and
(b)Submit the appropriate fee to the cabinet.
(2)In addition to the fees for an operator's license under KRS 186.531, the cabinet
shall set fees by administrative regulation, in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A,
for the following applications that shall not exceed:
(a)Forty dollars ($40) for each application for a commercial driver's license. The
fee shall be based on the class, type of license, endorsement, restriction, or
tests to be taken;
(b)Thirty-five dollars ($35) for each application for a commercial learner's
permit;
(c)Fifteen dollars ($15) for each application for a change or addition in class or
type of license, endorsement, or restriction; and
(d)Forty dollars ($40) for each application for a duplicate if it is the first
duplicate applied for within the time period for which the original license was
issued. Sixty dollars ($60) for a second or subsequent duplicate applied for
within the time period for which the original license was issued. The fees
required for a duplicate shall be in addition to fees charged under subsection
(2)(c) of this section.
(3)In addition to the fees for an operator's license KRS 186.531, the cabinet shall set
fees by administrative regulation in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A, for the
following commercial driver's licenses that shall not exceed:
(a)Forty-five dollars ($45) for each initial or renewal of a commercial driver's
license;
(b)Sixty dollars ($60) for each transfer of a commercial driver's license; and
(c)Thirty dollars ($30) for each initial or renewal of a commercial driver's
license with an "S" endorsement.
(4)All fees remitted to the cabinet shall be nonrefundable regardless of whether the
applicant completes the requirements for a commercial driver's license or is tested.
(5)All fees collected for the issuance of a commercial driver's license or a commercial
learner's permit shall be deposited into trust and agency accounts to be used
exclusively for the administration and implementation of this chapter, except as
prescribed in subsection
(6)of this section. The accounts shall not lapse but shall be
continuing from year to year.
(6)All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be allocated between the
Transportation Cabinet and Department of Kentucky State Police, except a fifty
cent ($0.50) issuance fee shall be allocated to the general fund from issuance of a
commercial driver's license permit and a three dollar ($3) issuance fee shall be
allocated to the general fund from issuance of a commercial driver's license.
(7)Any applicant who seeks reinstatement of his or her commercial driving privilege
after a suspension, withdrawal, revocation, or disqualification shall pay a
reinstatement fee of fifty dollars ($50) in addition to those fees required by
subsection
(2)of this section and shall satisfy the requirements of KRS 281A.160.
This fee shall not be required if his or her commercial driving privilege was
withdrawn only as a result of the withdrawal of his or her privilege to drive a
noncommercial motor vehicle.
(8)As payment for any fee identified in this section, the cabinet:
(a)Shall accept cash and personal checks; and
(b)May accept other methods of payment in accordance with KRS 45.345.