{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-189a.340","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 189A.340","heading":"Ignition interlock licenses -- Provider fees.","body":"(1) (a) If a person's license is suspended pursuant to this chapter and the initial\nsuspension was for a violation of KRS 189A.010(1)(a), (b), (e), or (f), the sole\nlicense the person shall be eligible for is an ignition interlock license pursuant\nto this section.\n(b) If a person's license is suspended pursuant to this chapter and the initial\nsuspension was for a violation of KRS 189A.010(1)(c) or (d), the person shall\nbe eligible for an ignition interlock license pursuant to this section and may be\neligible for a hardship license pursuant to KRS 189A.410.\n(2) (a) A person may apply for an ignition interlock license anytime, including after\nreceiving the notices under KRS 189A.105 or after his or her license has been\nsuspended pursuant to this chapter.\n(b) If at the time the person applies for an ignition interlock license, the person's\nlicense has been suspended pursuant to this chapter, the person shall be\nauthorized to drive to:\n1. An ignition interlock device provider to have a functioning ignition\ninterlock device installed in his or her motor vehicle or motorcycle; and\n2. The Transportation Cabinet to obtain an ignition interlock license;\nThis paragraph shall only apply within fourteen (14) days of the date printed\non the ignition interlock approval letter issu ed by the Transportation Cabinet\nand if the person has the ignition interlock approval letter in the motor vehicle\nor motorcycle.\n(3) Before the Transportation Cabinet shall issue an ignition interlock license, the\nperson shall:\n(a) Submit an application for an ignition interlock license;\n(b) Provide proof of motor vehicle insurance;\n(c) Provide an ignition interlock certificate of installation issued by an ignition\ninterlock device provider; and\n(d) Provide any other information required by administrative regulations\npromulgated by the Transportation Cabinet under KRS 189A.350.\n(4) An ignition interlock license shall restrict the person to operating only a motor\nvehicle or motorcycle equipped with a f unctioning ignition interlock device, unless\nthe person qualifies for an employer exemption under subsection (6) of this section.\nThis restriction shall remain in place for:\n(a) If a person's license was suspended pretrial pursuant to KRS 189A.200, the\nrequired suspension period under KRS 189A.200(6);\n(b) If a person's license was suspended pursuant to KRS 189A.070 or 189A.107:\n1. The required suspension period under KRS 189A.070(1); and\n2. a. If the maximum suspension period under KRS 189A.070(1)(a) has\nnot yet been met, until the Transportation Cabinet has received a\ndeclaration from the person's ignition interlock device provider, in\na form provided or approved by the cabinet, certifying that none of\nthe violations outlined in subdivision b. of this subpa ragraph has\noccurred:\ni. For a first offense within a ten (10) year period of KRS\n189A.010(1)(a), (b), (c), (d), or (e) or for any offense of KRS\n189A.010(1)(f), in the ninety (90) consecutive days; and\nii. For all subsequent offenses within a ten (10) yea r period of\nKRS 189A.010(1)(a), (b), (c), (d), or (e), one hundred twenty\n(120) consecutive days;\nprior to the date of releasing the ignition interlock device\nrestriction.\nb. If any of the following occur, it shall be a violation of the ninety\n(90) or one hundred twenty (120) consecutive day requirement:\ni. Failure to take any random breath alcohol concentration test\nunless a review of the digital image confirms that the motor\nvehicle or motorcycle was not occupied by a driver at the\ntime of the missed test;\nii. Failure to pass any random retest with a breath alcohol\nconcentration of 0.02 or lower unless a subsequent test\nperformed within ten (10) minutes registers a breath alcohol\nconcentration lower than 0.02, and the digital image\nconfirms the same person provided both samples;\niii. Failure of the person, or his or her designee, to appear at the\nignition interlock device provider when required for\nmaintenance, repair, calibration, monitoring, inspection, or\nreplacement of the device;\niv. Failure of the pe rson to pay fees established pursuant to\nsubsection (7) of this section;\nv. Tampering with an installed ignition interlock device with\nthe intent of rendering it defective; or\nvi. Altering, concealing, hiding, or attempting to alter, conceal,\nor hide, the person's identity from the ignition interlock\ndevice's camera while providing a breath sample;\n(c) If a person's license was suspended pursuant to KRS 189A.090, for the\nrequired suspension period under KRS 189A.090(2); or\n(d) If a person's license suspensi on was extended pursuant to KRS 189A.345, the\nrequired suspension period under KRS 189A.345(1).\n(5) (a) The time period a person:\n1. Holds a valid ignition interlock license pursuant to this section; or\n2. Receives alcohol or substance abuse treatment in a n inpatient residential\nfacility;\nshall apply on a day -for-day basis toward satisfying the suspension periods\ndetailed in subsection (4) of this section.\n(b) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this subsection, the Transportation\nCabinet shall give the  person a day -for-day credit for any time period the\nperson:\n1. Held a valid ignition interlock license; or\n2. Received alcohol or substance abuse treatment in an inpatient residential\nfacility.\n(c) A person shall not receive day -for-day credit for days the person utilized the\nemployer exemption in accordance with subsection (6) of this section and\ndrove an employer's motor vehicle or motorcycle not equipped with a\nfunctioning ignition interlock device.\n(6) (a) A person with an ignition interlock license may operate a motor vehicle or\nmotorcycle not equipped with a functioning ignition interlock device if:\n1. The person is required to operate an employer's motor vehicle or\nmotorcycle in the course and scope of employment; and\n2. The business entity that owns the motor vehicle or motorcycle is not\nowned or controlled by the person.\n(b) To qualify for the employer exemption, the person shall provide the\nTransportation Cabinet with a sworn statement from h is or her employer\nstating that the person and business entity meet the requirements of paragraph\n(a) of this subsection.\n(7) (a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this subsection, an ignition interlock\ndevice provider may charge the following fees:\n1. An installation fee for an alternative fuel vehicle or a vehicle with a push\nbutton starter not to exceed one hundred thirty dollars ($130), an\ninstallation fee for all other vehicles not to exceed one hundred dollars\n($100);\n2. A monthly fee not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100);\n3. A removal fee not to exceed thirty dollars ($30);\n4. A reset fee not to exceed fifty dollars ($50); or\n5. A missed appointment fee not to exceed thirty-five dollars ($35).\n(b) A person who is issued an ignition interlock l icense shall pay fees as\nestablished in his or her lease agreement with the ignition interlock device\nprovider for any ignition interlock device installed in his or her motor vehicle\nor motorcycle. However, the fees shall never be more than allowed under\nparagraph (a) of this subsection and are subject to paragraph (c) of this\nsubsection.\n(c) Any person who has an income:\n1. At or below two hundred percent (200%) but above one hundred fifty\npercent (150%) of the federal poverty guidelines, shall pay only seventy-\nfive percent (75%) of fees established pursuant to paragraph (a) of this\nsubsection;\n2. At or below one hundred fifty percent (150%) but above one hundred\npercent (100%) of the federal poverty guidelines, shall pay only fifty\npercent (50%) of fees es tablished pursuant to paragraph (a) of this\nsubsection; or\n3. At or below one hundred percent (100%) of the federal poverty\nguidelines, shall pay only twenty -five percent (25%) of fees established\npursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection;\nAs used in t his paragraph, \"federal poverty guidelines\" has the same meaning\nas in KRS 205.5621. The Transportation Cabinet shall determine the person's\nincome and where that income places the person on the federal poverty\nguidelines.\n(d) Neither the Commonwealth, the  Transportation Cabinet, nor any unit of state\nor local government shall be responsible for payment of any costs associated\nwith an ignition interlock device.\n(8) For a person issued an ignition interlock license under this section who is residing\noutside of Kentucky, the Transportation Cabinet may accept an ignition interlock\ncertificate of installation from an ignition interlock device provider authorized to do\nbusiness in the state where the person resides if the ignition interlock device meets\nthe requirements of that state.","path":["KRS Chapter 189A"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=49873","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:44Z","sha256":"c485d63178c64d03b5db8456af0e30194c8b1abb4615e7ff532d197de9a29821","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-189a.330","next":"us-ky/krs-189a.345"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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