Howard v. Transportation Cabinet

Respectfully, I dissent.

It seems plain to me that the two statutes in question, KRS 281.765 and 281.770, as written, addressed different problems and had different purposes.

KRS 281.770 was enabling legislation to permit the Commissioner of the Department of State Police to commission vehicle enforcement officers (VEOs), who, when so commissioned, “shall have all the powers of peace officers in respect to the enforcement of this chapter [confined to ‘Motor Carriers’] and all the statutes and regulations relating to motor vehicles operated as private or for-hire carriers.” The statute goes on…