KRS 44.045: Motor vehicles, purchase for state use -- License plates -- Markings and

administrative regulations.

(1) A passenger motor vehicle or vehicles may be purchased by the Finance and

Administration Cabinet for the use of the Governor and the Lieutenant Governor.

(2) Motor vehicles, including passenger motor vehicles, may be purchased by the

Finance and Administration Cabinet as are deemed necessary by the secretary of the

Finance and Administration Cabinet or by the secretary of the Transportation

Cabinet for the discharge of the authorized duties and functions of the various

agencies of the state. The vehicles shall be used for official purposes only and for

no other purposes. The assignment of passenger motor vehicles to specific

individuals shall be discouraged but may be made upon approval by the secretary of

the Finance and Administration Cabinet of a written request to make the assignment

by the head of the agency involved.

(3) (a) All motor vehicles purchased pursuant to this section shall be issued official

license plates and shall bear on one (1) door on each side the great seal of the

Commonwealth, and the words "For official use only."

(b) It shall not be necessary that the vehicles purchased pursuant to subsections

(1), (4), and (5) of this section bear the seal and the words.

(4) (a) The Department of Revenue, Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, and the

Department of Law may, upon approval by the secretary of the Finance and

Administration Cabinet of a written request by the head of the ag ency

involved, register a vehicle or vehicles under KRS 186.020 and be issued

regular license plates.

(b) Except as provided in KRS 16.060 and 16.070 involving off -duty police

employment by officers or individuals employed as Trooper R Class or CVE

R Class, the vehicles shall be used for investigatory purposes only and for no

other purposes.

(5) The Administrative Office of the Courts may register a vehicle or vehicles used by

Justices and Judges of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals under KRS 186.020

and be issued regular license plates.

(6) The secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet may promulgate

administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A necessary to

govern the use of those state -owned vehicles acquired pursuant to the provisions of

this section.

(7) Any person violating subsections (2) and (4) of this section shall, on conviction, be

subject to the penalties prescribed in KRS 44.990.