KRS 45.260: Collection of fees and other amounts due the state through the budget units.

Fees for licenses, permits or certificates of any kind due any budget unit shall be collected

by the budget unit at the time such licenses, permits or certificates are issued by it, and all

other money accruing to the budget units or to the state through the budget units shall

also, as far as practicable, be collected at the time the services are rendered or at the time

of accrual by the budget units rendering the services or assessing the charges or otherwise

giving rise to the claims in favor of the stat e. When collections cannot be so made, the

budget units concerned shall render bills to the persons liable for the amounts due or

accruing, and shall collect such bills. Each bill shall carry notice to the effect that checks

and money orders shall be made payable to the State Treasurer.