RELATES TO:
KRS
186.531, Chapter 281A
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
KRS
281A.150, sets the maximum fee allowed to be
charged for various commercial driver's licenses. It further requires the
Transportation Cabinet to set the exact fees by administrative regulation.
KRS
281A.300 requires state and national criminal
records checks of wanted or "hot file" records of any person initially applying
for, or initially renewing, a commercial driver's license. It further allows a
fee to be charged that is an amount not greater than the actual cost of
processing the request and conducting the search. This administrative
regulation establishes the fees that are to be divided between the
Transportation Cabinet, Department of State Police and the circuit court clerk
(through the Administrative Office of the Courts).
Section 1. Commercial Driver's License
Application Fee.
(1) Except as set forth in
subsection (2) of this section, an applicant for a commercial driver's license
shall pay an application fee of forty (40) dollars to the circuit court
clerk.
(2) An applicant for a
commercial driver's license who applies for a Class B or C commercial license
in order to only drive a school bus, church bus, mass transit bus or nonprofit
bus shall pay a fee of nine (9) dollars to the circuit court clerk.
Section 2. Instruction Permit. An
applicant for a commercial driver's license instruction permit shall pay a fee
of thirty-five (35) twelve (12) dollars to the circuit court clerk. This fee
shall include the fees for required vision, knowledge, and skills
testing.
Section 3. Renewals. An
applicant for renewal of a commercial driver's license shall pay a fee of
forty-seven (47) dollars to the circuit court clerk. This fee shall include the
twenty-seven (27) dollar commercial driver's license renewal fee and the twenty
(20) dollar operator's license fee required by
KRS
186.531 for a four (4) year
license.
Section 4. Transfer from
Another Jurisdiction. An applicant for a commercial driver's license who
possesses a valid commercial driver's license issued by another licensing
jurisdiction shall pay a fee of sixty (60) dollars to the circuit court clerk.
This fee shall include the twenty (20) dollar operator's license fee required
by
KRS
186.531 for a four (4) year
license.
Section 5. Duplicate
Commercial Driver's License. An applicant for a duplicate commercial driver's
license shall pay a fee of twelve (12) dollars to the circuit court
clerk.
Section 6. Endorsements. an
applicant for an additional commercial driver's license endorsement shall pay a
fee of five (5) dollars to the circuit court clerk.
Section 7. Pursuant to
KRS
281A.300, a criminal records check of wanted
or "hot file" records shall be required for persons initially applying for, or
initially renewing, a Kentucky commercial driver's license instruction permit
or commercial operator's license. The fee for the criminal records check of
wanted or "hot file" records is three (3) dollars and shall be paid to the
circuit court clerk and transmitted to the Kentucky State Police.
