KRS § 186.0425 — KY Code / Title XVI / Chapter 186 / Section 186.0425
186.0425 Accessible parking registration plate for vehicle used to transport persons with a disability -- Extension of legal parking period
Status: in_force

186.0425 Accessible parking registration plate for vehicle used to transport persons

with a disability -- Extension of legal parking period.

(1) On the application of any agency or organization which transports persons with a

disability described in KRS 186.042 as part of the service provided by that agency

or organization to the county clerk for an accessible parking registration plate for a

vehicle used in the transportation of persons with a disability, the Transportation

Cabinet shall issue the agency or organization an accessible parking registration

plate or renewal decal designating the vehicle licensed as being owned or leased by

an agency or organization which transports persons with a disability. The license

plate or renewal decal may be issued for a passenger car as set forth in KRS

186.050(1) or for a commercial vehicle as set forth in KRS 186.050(3)(a). The

registration plates issued shall bear the international symbol of access adopted by

Rehabilitation International in 1969, reading from left to right, and shall be

followed by the numbers or letters the cabinet finds expedient. The cabinet shall not

charge any fee, other than the regular fee for annual registration, for the issuance of

the registration plate or renewal decal.

(2) The application for a license plate for an agency or organization which transports

persons with a disability shall be made on a form prepared by the Transportation

Cabinet. For every agency or organization seeking an accessible parking license

plate, the application shall contain at least the following:

(a) Name of the agency or organization requesting use of an accessible parking

placard for a person with a disability;

(b) Number of vehicles being used in the transportation of persons with a

disability; and

(c) A statement from the director of the agency or organization verifying the need

for the parking placard.

(3) Upon the sale, transfer, or termination of lease of a vehicle licensed as authorized

under this section, the owner or lessee shall remove the license plate and return it

and the certificate of registration to the county clerk. The clerk shall issue a regular

license plate and certificate of registration upon the payment of an eleven dollar

fifty cent ($11.50) state fee and a three dollar ($3) clerk's fee. When the accessible

parking plate has been presented to the clerk, he shall reissue the plate free of

charge by the Transportation Cabinet and upon payment of a two dollar ($2) clerk's

fee, for use on any other vehicle owned or leased by the same agency or

organization who purchased the accessible parking plate for the current licensing

period. The license plate and decal on the other vehicle shall be turned into the

county clerk, who shall forward the license plate to Frankfort.

(4) When a motor vehicle bearing plates issued to an agency or organization which

transports persons with a disability as prescribed in this section is being operated for

the benefit of a person with a disability who is in the motor vehicle at the time it is

being operated, the motor vehicle may be parked for a period of two (2) hours in

excess of the legal parking period permitted by local authorities, except where local

ordinances or police regulations prohibit parking on a highway for the purpose of

creating a fire lane or where the ordinances or police regulations provide for the

accommodation of heavy traffic during morning, afternoon, or evening hours or

where the motor vehicle is parked in such a manner as to clearly be a traffic hazard.

(5) Registration under this section shall expire July 31.

(6) The cabinet may promulgate the administrative regulations necessary to further the

purpose of this section.