KRS § 186.050 — KY Code / Title XVI / Chapter 186 / Section 186.050
186.050 Registration fees -- Voluntary donation for wildlife management and conservation activities and the agricultural program trust fund -- Collection of electric vehicle ownership fees
Status: in_force

186.050 Registration fees -- Voluntary donation for wildlife management and

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.

(2) (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).

(3) (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 (15)

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

(4) (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.

(13) (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.