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186.051 Year-round registration system -- Cabinet may designate separate registration years -- Staggered registration system for commercial motor vehicles.

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186.051 Year-round registration system -- Cabinet may designate separate registration years -- Staggered registration system for commercial motor <br>vehicles. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, the cabinet shall by January 1, 1978, establish a year-round system for the registration of vehicles under the provisions of <br>KRS 186.050(1). The system shall be designed so as to distribute the work load as <br>uniformly as practicable within the various offices of the county clerks, as well as <br>the cabinet, on a year-round basis. In implementing a year-round registration <br>system, the cabinet may establish separate and distinct registration years. Each <br>registration year so designated shall begin on the first day of a calendar month and <br>expire on the last day of the last calendar month in a registration period. <br>Registration periods may be designated to include less than twelve (12) consecutive <br>months and registration fees shall be computed at a rate of one-twelfth (1/12) of the <br>appropriate annual registration fee per month in each registration period. The <br>cabinet may establish a registration year of more than twelve (12) months except <br>that registration fees for designated periods of more than twelve (12) months may <br>be paid at the option of the owner. The cabinet may promulgate reasonable <br>administrative regulations to carry out the orderly implementation and <br>administration of the year-round registration system. Any transaction relating to <br>registration or registration renewal which would cause an unexpired Kentucky <br>motor vehicle license plate to be surrendered shall have that unexpired fee prorated <br>or credited against any additional fee required by a subsequent registration. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, the cabinet shall by April 1, 1980, establish a year-round system for the registration of vehicles under the provisions of <br>KRS 186.050(3)(a). The system shall be designed so as to distribute the work load <br>as uniformly as practicable within the various offices of the county clerks, as well as <br>the cabinet, on a year-round basis. In implementing a year-round registration <br>system, the cabinet may establish separate and distinct registration years. Each <br>registration year so designated shall begin on the first day of a calendar month and <br>expire on the last day of the last calendar month in a registration period. <br>Registration periods may be designated to include less than twelve (12) consecutive <br>months and registration fees shall be computed at a rate of one-twelfth (1/12) of the <br>appropriate annual registration fee per month in each registration period. The <br>cabinet may establish a registration year of more than twelve (12) months except <br>that registration fees for designated periods of more than twelve (12) months may <br>be paid at the option of the owner. The cabinet may promulgate reasonable <br>administrative regulations to carry out the orderly implementation and <br>administration of the year-round registration system. (3) The Transportation Cabinet shall promulgate administrative regulations to establish a staggered registration system for those commercial motor vehicles registered <br>pursuant to KRS 186.050(13). Effective: July 15, 1998 <br>History: Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 153, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 241, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1988. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 239, sec. 5, effective June 17, 1978; and ch. 384, sec. 331, effective June 17, <br>1978. -- Created 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 133, sec. 25.