KRS 218A.991: Revocation or denial of operator's license.

(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 C abinet 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 requ irements 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.