Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 186.400 (2026)

Duties of Transportation Cabinet -- Administration of laws

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(1) The administration of the provisions of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 shall be vested in the Transportation Cabinet. The Transportation Cabinet may prescribe regulations for the enforcement of KRS 186.400 to 186.640. The Transportation Cabinet also shall enforce regulations governing the acts of motor vehicle operators under KRS 186.400 to 186.640 and require reports which it deems necessary. (2) The cabinet shall provide or cause to be provided to appropriate persons or officials an adequate supply of forms for the administration of KRS 186.400 to 186.640. The style of those forms and the method of their use shall be prescribed by the cabinet and shall be adequate to protect the safety interests of the state. The Transportation Cabinet shall prescribe the method of financial control. (3) (a) The Transportation Cabinet shall collect all moneys due the state under KRS 186.531 for operators' licenses and personal identification cards issued, and shall deposit those moneys with the state treasurer. (b) At least once each year the secretary of the Transportation Cabinet shall cause a reconciliation to be made between the record of receipts by the Transportation Cabinet and the receipt of applications by the Transportation Cabinet. Effective: March 27, 2020 History: Amended 2020 Ky. Acts ch. 51, sec. 1, effective March 27, 2020. -- Amended 1956 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 7, Art. X, sec. 11, effective September 1, 1956. - - Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 2739m-55, 2739m-70.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1957–2004 · leading case: Sturgill v. Beard, 303 S.W.2d 908 (Ky. Ct. App. 1957).
Sturgill v. Beard, 303 S.W.2d 908 (Ky. Ct. App. 1957). · cites it 8× “" Pursuant to the provisions of KRS 186.400, the Department adopted three regulations designated as PSfty-DI-I, 2, and 3, establishing a "Point System," which, to explain briefly, automatically fixes penalty points following conviction of moving traffic violations, and provides…”
Schuetz v. Commonwealth, Dep't of Transp., 753 A.2d 915 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2000). · cites it 6× “The Notice only indicates that it has the authority to enter the Compact pursuant to Public Law 85-684 and that there is a “desired date of entry.”
Commonwealth, Transp. Cabinet v. Weinberg, 150 S.W.3d 75 (Ky. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 2× “3 The Cabinet derived its specific authority to promulgate 601 KAR 13:025 from KRS 186.400 and KRS 186.570. KRS 186.400 specifically grants the Cabinet the authority to promulgate regulations to carry out the directives of KRS 186.”
Commonwealth v. Raines, 847 S.W.2d 724 (Ky. 1993). “KRS 186.400 does grant the Transportation Cabinet, an executive agency, authority to administer the laws and to prescribe regulations with respect to motor vehicle operators’ licenses.”
Commonwealth, Dep't of Pub. Saf. v. McCuiston, 431 S.W.2d 724 (Ky. Ct. App. 1968). “580, and in pertinent part provides: “(2) Any person aggrieved by any ruling of the department relating to the denial, revocation, suspension or cancellation of an operator’s license, or any other safety provision of KRS 186.400 to 186.640, other than orders for revocation or…”
Commonwealth Transp. Cabinet v. Hobson, 870 S.W.2d 228 (Ky. Ct. App. 1993). “This rule, promulgated pursuant to KRS 186.400, requires that the Cabinet not issue a Kentucky operator’s license during the period in which any state has revoked an applicant’s driving privileges.”
Commonwealth Dep't of Pub. Saf. v. Glasscock, 415 S.W.2d 106 (Ky. Ct. App. 1966). “580(2), which we quote: “Any person aggrieved by any ruling of the department relating to the denial, revocation, suspension or cancellation of an operator’s license, or any other safety provision of KRS 186.400 to 186.640, other than orders of revocation or suspension when the…”
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