{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-247.234","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 247.234","heading":"Business required to register -- Fee -- Permit required to operate --","body":"Liability insurance -- Inspections -- Injunction -- Pre-opening inspections --\nUnpaid civil penalties to remain in effect and on record.\n(1) Every owner of an amuseme nt ride or attraction business shall register the business\nwith the department annually.\n(2) The business registration required by subsection (1) of this section shall be valid\nuntil December 31 of the calendar year in which the registration is filed and shall be\nissued upon payment of a registration fee, in accordance with administrative\nregulations promulgated by the department.\n(3) (a) No amusement ride or attraction shall be operated in this state without a\npermit issued by the department to the owner o f the amusement ride or\nattraction. The permit shall be kept on site during the operation of the\namusement ride or attraction and viewable upon request.\n(b) A permit shall be issued to each owner to operate the permitted amusement\nride or attraction in thi s state. A permit fee, which shall be determined by\nadministrative regulations promulgated by the department, shall be levied for\neach amusement ride or attraction permit issued.\n(c) The registrant shall furnish proof of liability insurance in effect on th e\noperation of each amusement ride or attraction providing coverage, with an\ninsurer authorized to issue a policy in this state, in the amount of not less than\none million dollars ($1,000,000) due to all bodily injuries or deaths per\noccurrence, or in lieu thereof, if the applicant's amusement ride or amusement\nattraction is one that is permanently located or erected on a site in this state,\nthe applicant shall be required only to provide proof of financial responsibility\nin the sum of one million dollars ( $1,000,000). Every registrant and insurance\ncarrier of these policies shall notify the department at least thirty (30) days\nprior to cancellation of a policy for mobile amusement rides or attractions and\nat least ten (10) days prior to cancellation of a po licy for permanent\namusement rides or attractions.\n(d) In addition to proof of adequate insurance coverage, the applicant shall\nfurnish any other information the department may require, including but not\nlimited to written notice of each intended operating  site that will be open to\nthe general public to be received by the department at least fourteen (14) days\nprior to operation at that site. In cases of emergency, notice of a change in\nfuture plans may be given to the department by telephone.\n(e) The department shall require an annual inspection of each amusement ride or\nattraction before it may be operated in this state. Inspections performed by\ndepartment employees shall be subject to a fee based on the complexity of the\namusement ride or attraction and s hall not be less than ten dollars ($10) or\nmore than five hundred dollars ($500). The cost of all inspections performed\nby department employees shall be paid by the owner of the amusement ride or\nattraction and shall be prepaid. The department shall design ate persons\nqualified by education or experience, who are capable of determining\namusement safety in accordance with administrative regulations promulgated\nunder KRS 247.232 to 247.236, as amusement safety inspectors. Any person\nwho is not an employee of t he department and who is designated as an\namusement safety inspector shall register with the department and pay an\nannual registration fee, which shall be determined by administrative\nregulations promulgated by the department.\n(f) A Kentucky inspection tag  shall be affixed to every individual amusement\nride or attraction, or other location as determined by the department, before it\nmay be operated in this state. A Kentucky inspection tag shall be valid for one\n(1) year from the date it was issued.\n(4) (a) In addition to the inspection required in subsection (3)(e) of this section, the\ndepartment may inspect amusement rides and attractions without notice at any\ntime while operating in this state. There shall not be any charge for additional\ninspections in which safety violations are not found. In regard to situations in\nwhich safety violations are found, the department may charge an inspection\nfee not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) for any future inspection\nnecessary. The corrections of these safet y violations shall comply with\naccepted standards of safety, and shall be accomplished prior to operating the\nequipment in this state.\n(b) In regard to situations in which safety violations are found that cannot be\ncorrected immediately, the amusement ride or attraction shall cease to operate\nin this state by order of the amusement safety inspector.\n(c) Any owner who continues to operate an amusement ride or attraction after an\norder to cease operation has been issued shall have his or her business\nregistration suspended and the amusement ride or attraction permit revoked,\nand may be subject to further penalties provided in KRS 247.233. In addition,\nthe county attorney of each county and the department are hereby authorized\nto seek an injunction against the owner or operator of any amusement ride or\nattraction being operated in violation of KRS 247.232 to 247.236.\n(d) Revenue generated by this section and KRS 247.233 shall be used for the\nimplementation and administration of KRS 247.232 to 247.236; the balanc e,\nif any, shall not lapse but shall be carried forward to the next fiscal year.\n(5) (a) An owner of an amusement ride or attraction shall:\n1. Conduct a pre-opening inspection and test of the ride or attraction prior\nto admitting the public each day the ri de or attraction is intended to be\nused; and\n2. Maintain for at least the previous twelve (12) months a signed record of\nthe required pre -opening inspections and tests and any other pertinent\ninformation as required by the department.\n(b) The department may revoke the registration of any owner who fails to conduct\nthe required pre -opening inspections and tests or to maintain the required\nreports.\n(6) All unpaid civil penalties assessed upon a person for violations of KRS 247.232 to\n247.236 shall remain in e ffect and shall permanently remain on record with the\ndepartment regardless of whether the person:\n(a) Operates amusement rides or attractions under his or her name, another name,\nan assumed name, or as a sole proprietorship;\n(b) Is employed by another per son operating amusement rides individually, as a\nsole proprietorship, or as part of a partnership or corporation; or\n(c) Operates amusement rides or attractions as a member of a partnership or\ncorporation.","path":["KRS Chapter 247"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=57229","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:57Z","sha256":"087bc973ee620d1717967ab7f44504050d7dcaad5fca23aedb58a36847e4153c","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-247.233","next":"us-ky/krs-247.235"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}