KRS 280.020: Certificate of convenience and necessity required to operate toll bridge or

ferry connecting with state primary road system.

No person shall operate a toll bridge or toll ferry without first having obtained from the

Department of Highways a certificat e declaring that public convenience and necessity

require such operation, except such toll bridge companies and toll ferry companies as

hold perpetual and irrevocable franchises for such operation, and such companies shall be

subject to all of the other provisions of KRS 280.010 to 280.110.