SB 199

Bill Subjects

Driver Licensing Local Mandate Motor Carriers Motor Vehicles Taxation Technical Corrections Transportation

Abstract

Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 281A regarding commercial driver's licenses (CDLs) to define terms; change references from "commercial driver's instruction permit" to "commercial learner's permit" (CLP) throughout KRS Chapter 281A; streamline procedures for application and testing of CDL applicants who are not residents of Kentucky; specify the need for federally mandated entry level driver training; eliminate references to a moped license; expand the testing exemption for CDL applicants who have military driving experience to include the knowledge test; establish a lifetime CDL revocation penalty for any individual who uses a commercial motor vehicle in the commission of human trafficking; require the Transportation Cabinet to adopt Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulation in 49 C.F.R. pt. 383; amend KRS 186.410 to eliminate the stand-alone moped license; amend KRS 186.018 to require the Transportation Cabinet to keep driving history records of CDL and CLP holders indefinitely; amend KRS 186.4122 to prohibit individuals from having more than one operator's license or personal identification card; amend KRS 186.4123 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 186.531 to set fees for personal ID cards issued to homeless individuals; amend KRS 186.060 to streamline procedures for the application and issuance of registration for vehicles owned or leased by units of government; amend KRS 186.1911 to establish a $5 fee for a replacement vehicle identification number plate; amend KRS 186.040 to set a reinstatement fee $40 for a suspended or revoked registration, divide fee evenly between the county clerk and the Transportation Cabinet; amend KRS 186A.035, regarding vehicle registration, to apply the year-round registration system to motor vehicles with a gross weight of 10,000 pounds or less and require owners to supply their birth date during the process of registration; amend KRS 281.720 to exempt vehicles operating on a peer-to-peer certificate from the requirement to display a motor carrier license plate; amend various sections of KRS 138.660 to 138.7291 to streamline application and tax filing procedures for motor carriers; amend KRS 138.513 to correct a statutory reference; amend KRS 174.990 and 224-43.350 to conform; repeal KRS 174.450, which relates to a license to operate a municipal solid waste transportation vehicle, and 281A.310, which relates to CDLs for nonresidents enrolled in instruction programs.