Kentucky Statutes 218A.991 – Revocation or denial of operator’s license
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(1) Whenever a person who is seventeen (17) years of age or younger but not less than fourteen (14) years of age is convicted of a violation of any offense in this chapter or is adjudicated delinquent as a result of any act which would be an offense under this chapter, the court may, in addition to any other penalty:
(a) If the person has a motor vehicle or motorcycle operator’s license, recommend the revocation of the license for a period not to exceed one (1) year, if it is the person’s first offense;
(b) If the person has a motor vehicle or motorcycle operator’s license, recommend the revocation of the license for two (2) years, if it is a second or subsequent offense so long as the suggested period of revocation does not extend beyond the person’s eighteenth birthday; and
(c) If the person has no motor vehicle or motorcycle operator’s license, in the event of a first offense, recommend that no such license shall be issued to such person for the period described in paragraph (a) of this subsection and in the event of a second or subsequent offense, recommend that no license shall be issued to such person for the period described in paragraph (b) of this subsection.
(2) Each court recommending the revocation of a motor vehicle operator’s license or motorcycle operator’s license or recommending the denial of such license pursuant to this section shall notify the Transportation Cabinet of the violation and the terms of the suggested revocation or denial.
(3) Upon notice of such recommendation, the Transportation Cabinet shall forthwith revoke the license of that person, or deny to that person a license for the period recommended by the court. If through inadvertence the defendant should be issued a license, the cabinet shall forthwith cancel it.
(4) Licenses revoked pursuant to this section shall be retained by the Transportation Cabinet for the period of revocation and shall be returned to the person after the expiration of the revocation period upon payment of the reinstatement fees and satisfaction of other requirements for the reinstatement of revoked licenses as may be required by the Transportation Cabinet.
(5) Revocations of operator’s licenses and denials of licenses pursuant to this section shall be in addition to any other suspension, revocation, or denial of motor vehicle or motorcycle operator’s licenses authorized by law.
Effective: July 13, 1984
History: Created 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 115, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1984.
(a) If the person has a motor vehicle or motorcycle operator’s license, recommend the revocation of the license for a period not to exceed one (1) year, if it is the person’s first offense;
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 218A.991
- Cabinet: means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. See Kentucky Statutes 218A.010
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Person: means individual, corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Kentucky Statutes 218A.010
- Second or subsequent offense: means that for the purposes of this chapter an offense is considered as a second or subsequent offense, if, prior to his or her conviction of the offense, the offender has at any time been convicted under this chapter, or under any statute of the United States, or of any state relating to substances classified as controlled substances or counterfeit substances, except that a prior conviction for a nontrafficking offense shall be treated as a prior offense only when the subsequent offense is a nontrafficking offense. See Kentucky Statutes 218A.010
- Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
(b) If the person has a motor vehicle or motorcycle operator’s license, recommend the revocation of the license for two (2) years, if it is a second or subsequent offense so long as the suggested period of revocation does not extend beyond the person’s eighteenth birthday; and
(c) If the person has no motor vehicle or motorcycle operator’s license, in the event of a first offense, recommend that no such license shall be issued to such person for the period described in paragraph (a) of this subsection and in the event of a second or subsequent offense, recommend that no license shall be issued to such person for the period described in paragraph (b) of this subsection.
(2) Each court recommending the revocation of a motor vehicle operator’s license or motorcycle operator’s license or recommending the denial of such license pursuant to this section shall notify the Transportation Cabinet of the violation and the terms of the suggested revocation or denial.
(3) Upon notice of such recommendation, the Transportation Cabinet shall forthwith revoke the license of that person, or deny to that person a license for the period recommended by the court. If through inadvertence the defendant should be issued a license, the cabinet shall forthwith cancel it.
(4) Licenses revoked pursuant to this section shall be retained by the Transportation Cabinet for the period of revocation and shall be returned to the person after the expiration of the revocation period upon payment of the reinstatement fees and satisfaction of other requirements for the reinstatement of revoked licenses as may be required by the Transportation Cabinet.
(5) Revocations of operator’s licenses and denials of licenses pursuant to this section shall be in addition to any other suspension, revocation, or denial of motor vehicle or motorcycle operator’s licenses authorized by law.
Effective: July 13, 1984
History: Created 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 115, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1984.