Kentucky · Kentucky Revised Statutes — Motor Vehicles (Ch. 186–189A)
KRS (Motor Vehicles) § 189.530: Providing motor vehicle to person intoxicated or under influence of substance which may impair driving ability -- Possession of open alcoholic beverage container in a motor vehicle prohibited -- Exceptions -- Definitions -- Election of offenses to prosecute
What this law says, in plain English
It is illegal to provide a motor vehicle to someone known to be intoxicated or impaired, and to possess an open alcoholic beverage in a vehicle's passenger area on public highways, with limited exceptions for compensated transportation and recreational vehicles.
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