(1) The Kentucky Motor Carrier Advisory Committee is created as an agency of the
Commonwealth to carry out the functions and duties conferred upon it by KRS

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 281.900

  • Cabinet: means the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • 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
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Property: means general or specific commodities, including hazardous and nonhazardous materials. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

281.905.
(2) The committee shall consist of the secretary of the Transportation Cabinet, the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet, the Speaker of the House, the President of the Senate, or their respective designated representatives, and nine (9) representatives of the motor carrier industry engaged in operations in the Commonwealth in the transportation of persons or property.
(3) On July 15, 1990, the Governor shall appoint the motor carrier industry representative to the committee. Members shall be appointed by the Governor for three (3) years, except that initial appointments to the board shall be staggered in the following manner:
(a) Three (3) members shall serve for a period of one (1) year;
(b) Three (3) members shall serve for a period of two (2) years; and
(c) Three (3) members shall serve for a period of three (3) years.
(4) Motor carrier industry representatives of the committee shall qualify for membership by taking the constitutional oath of office and shall be provided with certificates of appointments. The members of the committee shall serve without per diem or compensation.
Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 674, effective June 20, 2005. — Amended
1996 Ky. Acts ch. 194, sec. 62, effective July 15, 1996. — Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 486, sec. 34, effective July 15, 1994. — Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 107, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1990.