KRS 234.120: License and minimum liability insurance requirements -- Fees -- More

than one place of business -- Proof of financial responsibility -- License

suspension or revocation.

(1) Subject to the exceptions provided in subsection (2), no person shall engage in any

of the businesses set out in this subsection without first having provided proof to the

commissioner of ability to respond in damages for personal injury and property

damages in the amount prescribed, and having obtained from the commissioner the

required license or licenses and paid the prescribed fee therefor:

(a) Selling or delivering to the ultimate consumer or user of liquefied petroleum

gas; selling liquefied petroleum gas regulating equipment; repairing,

installing, or connecting of containers , liquefied petroleum gas appliances, or

liquefied petroleum gas utilization equipment; or filling of D.O.T. liquefied

petroleum gas containers for ultimate consumer or wholesale dealer. In -state

liquefied petroleum gas dealers, except those holding a vali d license on July

15, 1994, shall maintain a liquefied petroleum gas storage facility with an

eighteen thousand (18,000) gallon minimum capacity within the boundaries of

Kentucky. Out-of-state liquefied petroleum gas dealers, except those holding a

valid license on July 15, 1994, shall maintain an eighteen thousand (18,000)

gallon minimum capacity liquefied petroleum gas storage facility within fifty

(50) miles of the Kentucky border. Until January 1, 2002, the fee for this

license shall be one hundred dollars ($100). Beginning on January 1, 2002, the

fee for this license shall be two hundred dollars ($200), and the license shall

be issued for a period of two (2) years. The minimum liability insurance for

this license shall be one million dollars ($1,000,000).

(b) Selling or delivering liquefied petroleum gas in prefilled or filled -on-site

containers of one hundred (100) pound liquefied petroleum gas capacity or

less; selling of liquefied petroleum gas regulating equipment; assembly,

repairing, installing, or connecting of liquefied petroleum gas containers,

liquefied petroleum gas appliances, or any liquefied petroleum gas utilization

equipment. Until January 1, 2002, the fee for this license shall be fifty dollars

($50). Beginning on January 1, 2002, the fee for this license shall be one

hundred dollars ($100), and the license shall be issued for a period of two (2)

years. The minimum liability insurance for this license shall be five hundred

thousand dollars ($500,000).

(c) Selling or filling of D.O.T. lique fied petroleum gas containers of forty -five

(45) pounds or less capacity, or selling liquefied petroleum gas at a specific

site for use as a motor vehicle fuel. Until January 1, 2002, the fee for this

license shall be fifty dollars ($50). Beginning on Janu ary 1, 2002, the fee for

this license shall be one hundred dollars ($100), and the license shall be issued

for a period of two (2) years. The minimum liability insurance for this license

shall be five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).

(d) Storing, for r esale, liquefied petroleum gas in D.O.T. containers of forty -five

(45) pounds or less capacity, or selling D.O.T. containers, storage cabinets,

racks, docks, for storage of forty -five (45) pound capacity or less. Until

January 1, 2001, the fee for this lic ense shall be twenty -five dollars ($25).

Beginning on January 1, 2001, the fee for this license shall be fifty dollars

($50), and the license shall be issued for a period of two (2) years. The

minimum liability insurance for this license shall be one hundr ed thousand

dollars ($100,000).

(e) Assembling, repairing, installing, or connecting of liquefied petroleum gas

containers, or regulating equipment, or liquefied petroleum gas appliances, or

any liquefied petroleum gas utilization equipment. Until January 1, 2001, the

fee for this license shall be twenty -five dollars ($25). Beginning on January 1,

2001, the fee for this license shall be fifty dollars ($50), and the license shall

be issued for a period of two (2) years. The minimum liability insurance for

this license shall be five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).

(2) Any person engaged in any business for which a license is required under the

provisions of subsection (1) and who engages in the business at more than one (1)

office or place of business in this state shall obtain a separate license for each such

office or place of business and shall pay therefor the required license fee; except

that for the purposes of issuance of licenses under subsection (1) all facilities for the

storage only of liquefied petroleum gas for resale within a radius of twenty (20)

miles of an office or place of business shall be considered a part of the office or

place of business and shall not require separate licensure.

(3) The commissioner shall further have the authority t o promulgate and enforce

reasonable administrative regulations requiring proof of ability to respond in

damages for personal injury and property damages in the minimum amounts

required under the provisions of subsection (1), prior to the issuance of a lice nse.

The commissioner shall also have authority to suspend or revoke any license issued

under this section for willful or gross negligence or for violation of any applicable

administrative regulations promulgated under KRS 227.300, but any licensee whose

license is suspended or revoked shall be afforded the opportunity for an

administrative hearing conducted in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B.