House Bill 129 provides no charge for driver’s licenses due to readdressing By KAREN KENNEDY House Bill 129, an act relating to operator’s licenses, amends KRS 186.540 and grants a free, corrected driver’s license to an individual if the individual’s street name or address was changed and the person did not physically move to a new residence. This new law target Kentuckians whose counties have expanded their 911 capabilities and changed house numbers and road names as a result. The results of this house bill currently apply to residents of Doe Valley and Ekron, since these are the two areas of Meade County that have undergone re-addressing during the past year due to the implementation of Enhanced 911 services in the county. In the future, other portions of Meade County will also be readdressed as a result of E-911, and residents of those areas will be eligible for a corrected driver’s license at no charge if their homes have been readdressed. E-911 director Mark Bennett is providing Circuit Court Clerk Debbi Medley with a list of those streets that have undergone readdressing. This list will be used to verify readdressing when an individual visits the circuit court clerk’s office in the Meade County Courthouse and requests a new license at no charge due to the E-911 readdressing. When readdressing occurred, residents whose homes were readdressed received a letter from the Meade County Sheriff’s Department advising them of their address change. If residents are still in possession of this letter, they should bring this letter with them to the circuit court clerk’s office in order to speed the process along when they are requesting their new driver’s license. However, if this letter is no longer available due to length of time since the readdressing occurred (Doe Valley was officially readdressed in October 2005), the circuit court clerk’s office will still be able to verify the address change and process the new license. Anyone not in compliance with the law at the time of readdressing will be charged for a new license. For example, an individual moved from Old State Road in Brandenburg to St. Andrews Drive in Doe Valley but never applied for a new license following the move to St. Andrews. Then, this individual’s residence in Doe Valley is readdressed due to E-911. That individual would not be eligible for a license at no charge since the person was not in compliance with the law at the time of E-911 readdressing. Any questions concerning this new law and its implications for the issuance of a new driver’s license can be answered by Circuit Court Clerk Debbi Medley or her staff.
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