173.106 Opportunity for voluntary contribution for free public library when registering vehicle in county with compact in effect -- Procedure upon establishment of consolidated local government. In a county where the county and a city of the first class have in effect a compact under KRS 79.310 to 79.330 and have created a joint city/county library department, the county clerk, when he or she receives an application for vehicle registration pursuant to KRS 186.030, shall present the person making the application an opportunity to make a voluntary contribution for the support of the free public library. If the applicant chooses to donate to the library, he or she shall include the donation in the fee. The clerk shall pay the donations to the library department in the same fashion as taxes are paid pursuant to KRS 134.815 and shall be entitled to the same commission as that payable on county taxes pursuant to KRS 134.805. Upon the establishment of a consolidated local government in a county where a city of the first class and a county containing that city have had in effect a cooperative compact pursuant to KRS 79.310 to 79.330, and have created a joint city/county library department, the county clerk shall continue the procedure by which persons may make voluntary contributions for the support of the free public library. The donations shall be transferred to the consolidated local government for the maintenance of the library department in the same manner as moneys are transferred pursuant to KRS 134.815 and the county clerk shall be entitled to the same commission as that payable on taxes pursuant to KRS 134.805. Effective: July 15, 2002 History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 346, sec. 179, effective July 15, 2002. -- Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 100, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1994.