KRS 281.880: Motor carrier safety management audit program -- Safety inspections and

ratings.

(1) (a) The Department of Kentucky State Police shall establish a motor carrier safety

management audit program applicable to private or for -hire, intrastate or

interstate motor carriers.

(b) The Department of Kentucky State Police may perform safety inspections on

vehicles operated by a motor carrier on public highways and may enter onto

property owned, leased, controlled, or operated by a motor carrier to inspect

any of its vehicles or inspect or copy records relating to vehicle safety,

maintenance, or financial responsibility.

(2) The Department of Kentucky State Police may issue motor carrier safety ratings to

any private or for -hire motor carrier which is based in Kent ucky, has a terminal in

Kentucky, or operates consistently in Kentucky. The safety rating scale and factors

determining a carrier's safety rating shall be established by administrative regulation

and shall be compatible with the scale and factors establish ed by the Federal

Highway Administration in Title 49 of the United States Code of Federal

Regulations, Part 385, relating to safety ratings, in effect as of July 13, 1990, or as

amended after that date.

(3) The Department of Kentucky State Police may deter mine the safety fitness of a

motor carrier and may require the maintenance of or upgrade to a satisfactory safety

rating.