Kentucky Statutes 281.880 – Motor carrier safety management audit program — Safety inspections and ratings
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(1) (a) The Department of Kentucky State Police shall establish a motor carrier safety management audit program applicable to private or for-hire, intrastate or interstate motor carriers.
(b) The Department of Kentucky State Police may perform safety inspections on vehicles operated by a motor carrier on public highways and may enter onto property owned, leased, controlled, or operated by a motor carrier to inspect any of its vehicles or inspect or copy records relating to vehicle safety, maintenance, or financial responsibility.
(2) The Department of Kentucky State Police may issue motor carrier safety ratings to any private or for-hire motor carrier which is based in Kentucky, has a terminal in Kentucky, or operates consistently in Kentucky. The safety rating scale and factors determining a carrier’s safety rating shall be established by administrative regulation and shall be compatible with the scale and factors established by the Federal Highway Administration in Title 49 of the United States Code of Federal Regulations, Part 385, relating to safety ratings, in effect as of July 13, 1990, or as amended after that date.
(3) The Department of Kentucky State Police may determine the safety fitness of a motor carrier and may require the maintenance of or upgrade to a satisfactory safety rating.
Effective: June 25, 2009
History: Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 75, sec. 18, effective June 25, 2009. — Amended
2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 284, effective June 26, 2007. — Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 466, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1990.
(b) The Department of Kentucky State Police may perform safety inspections on vehicles operated by a motor carrier on public highways and may enter onto property owned, leased, controlled, or operated by a motor carrier to inspect any of its vehicles or inspect or copy records relating to vehicle safety, maintenance, or financial responsibility.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 281.880
- Department: means the Department of Vehicle Regulation. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
- Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Motor carrier: means any person in either a private or for-hire capacity who owns, controls, operates, manages, or leases, except persons leasing to authorized motor carriers, any motor vehicle for the transportation of passengers or property upon any highway, and any person who engages in the business of automobile utility trailer lessor, vehicle towing, driveaway, or U-Drive-It. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
- Property: means general or specific commodities, including hazardous and nonhazardous materials. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
- State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
(2) The Department of Kentucky State Police may issue motor carrier safety ratings to any private or for-hire motor carrier which is based in Kentucky, has a terminal in Kentucky, or operates consistently in Kentucky. The safety rating scale and factors determining a carrier’s safety rating shall be established by administrative regulation and shall be compatible with the scale and factors established by the Federal Highway Administration in Title 49 of the United States Code of Federal Regulations, Part 385, relating to safety ratings, in effect as of July 13, 1990, or as amended after that date.
(3) The Department of Kentucky State Police may determine the safety fitness of a motor carrier and may require the maintenance of or upgrade to a satisfactory safety rating.
Effective: June 25, 2009
History: Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 75, sec. 18, effective June 25, 2009. — Amended
2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 284, effective June 26, 2007. — Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 466, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1990.