(1) As used in this section, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (a) “Gross rental charge” has the same meaning as in KRS § 138.462;
(b) “Motor vehicle” has the same meaning as “vehicle” as defined in KRS

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 68.200

  • City: includes town. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Company: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, person, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Owner: when applied to any animal, means any person having a property interest in such animal. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

186.010(8)(a);
(c) “Peer-to-peer car sharing” has the same meaning as in KRS § 281.010;
(d) “Peer-to-peer car sharing program” has the same meaning as in KRS § 281.010; (e) “Peer-to-peer car sharing program agreement”:
1. Means the terms and conditions applicable to a shared vehicle owner and a shared vehicle driver that govern the use of a shared vehicle through a peer-to-peer car sharing program; and
2. Does not include rental or lease agreements entered into with persons operating under a U-Drive-It certificate as defined in KRS § 281.010;
(f) “Shared vehicle driver” has the same meaning as in KRS § 281.010;
(g) “Transportation network company” has the same meaning as in KRS § 281.010; (h) “Transportation network company service” has the same meaning as in KRS
281.010; and
(i) “U-Drive-It” has the same meaning as in KRS § 281.010.
(2) A county containing a designated city, consolidated local government, or urban- county government may levy a license fee on a:
(a) U-Drive-It;
(b) Peer-to-peer car sharing program; and
(c) Transportation network company.
(3) The license fee shall not exceed three percent (3%) of the gross rental charges from: (a) Rental agreements for periods of thirty (30) days or less by a:
1. U-Drive-It; or
2. Peer-to-peer car sharing program; or
(b) The provision of transportation network company services by a transportation network company.
(4) The license fee shall not apply to a U-Drive-It who receives less than seventy-five percent (75%) of its gross revenues generated in the county from gross rental charges.
(5) Any license fee levied pursuant to this subsection shall be collected by a: (a) U-Drive-It from the renters of the motor vehicles;
(b) Peer-to-peer car sharing program from the shared vehicle driver; and
(c) Transportation network company from the purchaser of the transportation network company services.
(6) Revenues from rental of motor vehicles shall not be included in the gross rental charges on which the license fee is based if:
(a) The declared gross weight of the motor vehicle exceeds eleven thousand
(11,000) pounds; or
(b) The rental is part of the services provided by a funeral director for a funeral.
(7) A fiscal court or the legislative body of an urban-county government shall provide for collection of the license fee in the ordinance by which the license fee is levied. The revenues shall be deposited in an account to be known as the motor vehicle license fee account. The revenues may be shared among local governments pursuant to KRS § 65.210 to KRS § 65.300.
(8) The county shall use the proceeds of the license fee for economic development activities. It shall distribute semiannually, by June 30 and December 31, all revenues not shared pursuant to KRS § 65.210 to KRS § 65.300, to one (1) or more of the following entities if it has established, or contracted with, the entity for the purposes of economic development and is satisfied that the entity is promoting satisfactorily the county’s economic development activities:
(a) A riverport authority established by the county pursuant to KRS § 65.520; or
(b) An industrial development authority established by the county pursuant to
KRS § 154.50-316; or
(c) A nonprofit corporation as defined in KRS § 273.161(4) which has been organized for the purpose of promoting economic development.
The entity shall make a written request for funds from the motor vehicle license fee account by May 31 and November 30, respectively.
(9) (a) As used in this section, “designated city” means a city on the registry maintained by the Department for Local Government under this subsection.
(b) On or before January 1, 2015, the Department for Local Government shall create and maintain a registry of cities that, as of August 1, 2014, were classified as cities of the first, second, and third class. The Department for Local Government shall make the information included on the registry available to the public by publishing it on its Web site.
Effective: July 14, 2022
History: Amended 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 212, sec. 40, effective July 14, 2022. — Amended
2020 Ky. Acts ch. 98, sec. 13, effective July 15, 2020. — Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch.
92, sec. 40, effective January 1, 2015. — Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 113, sec. 3, effective June 25, 2013. — Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 95, sec. 17, effective August
1, 2008. — Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1994.