KRS 224.20-750: Fleet inspection station.

(1) Any registered owner or lessee of a fleet of vehicles may apply to the cabinet for a

permit to establish at his own expense a fleet inspection station. The cabinet shall

not issue any fleet inspection station permit until it has found that the applicant:

(a) Maintains an established place of business or facility for the repair and

maintenance of the applicant's fleet of vehicles;

(b) Has obtained machinery, tools, and equipment approved by the cabinet and

adequate to conduct the required emissions inspections;

(c) Employs properly trained personnel with whom to perform the necessary

labor; and

(d) Will keep complete records of all inspections performed and repairs made and

will provide the information or data to the cabinet.

(2) An operator of a fleet inspec tion station holding a valid permit shall, upon filing an

application in the manner and form prescribed by the cabinet, receive a sufficient

number of certificate forms for each vehicle in the applicant's fleet. No inspection

certificate shall be issued to any fleet vehicle until it has been inspected and found

to comply with all the standards that the vehicle would be required to meet at any

inspection station.

(3) No holder of a fleet inspection station permit shall inspect or certify any vehicle for

which the permittee is not the registered owner or lessee.

(4) Vehicles owned by a licensed vehicle dealer and which are held for resale as a part

of the dealer's business inventory shall be deemed a part of the dealer's vehicle fleet

for purposes of this section.

(5) The cabinet shall investigate the operation of each fleet inspection station as the

conditions and circumstances of the operation may indicate. The cabinet may

require the holder of any fleet permit to submit documentation concerning the

operation of the inspection station. The cabinet may revoke and require the

surrender and forfeiture of any fleet inspection station permit and inspection

certificate forms held by a permittee if it finds that the station is not operated in

accordance with KRS 224.20-710 to 224.20-765 or that the holder of the permit has

failed or refused to submit records or documentation required by KRS 224.20 -710

to 224.20-765.

(6) The holder of a fleet inspection station permit shall pay to the cabinet a fee in an

amount to be established by regulation.