(1) A transporter's license may be issued as a primary license to a motor carrier authorized to transact business in the Commonwealth by the Transportation Cabinet or the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration or to another person engaged in business as a common carrier. A person holding a transporter's license may transport alcoholic beverages or cannabis -infused beverages to or from the licensed premises of any licensee under this chapter to an individual consumer if both the consignor and consignee in each case are authorized by the law of the states of their residence to sell, purchase, deliver, ship, or r eceive the alcoholic beverages or cannabis-infused beverages. (2) (a) A transporter may deliver or ship to consumers over twenty -one (21) years of age in packages clearly marked either, as appropriate: 1. "Alcoholic Beverages, adult signature (21 years of age or over) required"; or 2. "Cannabis-infused Beverages, adult signature (21 years of age or over) required"; and shall request adult-signature-only service from the carrier. (b) Deliveries or shipments of alcoholic beverages or cannabis -infused beverages shall only be made into areas of the state in which alcoholic beverages or cannabis-infused beverages may be lawfully sold. When the shipper requests adult-signature-only service, it shall be a violation for a common carrier not to inspect government -issued identification for proof of age. No properly licensed common carrier or any of its employees acting on behalf of a consignor in the course and scope of a delivery or shipment of alcoholic beverages or cannabis -infused beverages to a consumer shall be liable for a violation of this subsection or any provision of KRS 242.250, 242.260, or 242.270 prohibiting the delivery or shipment of alcoholic beverages or cannabis-infused beverages into areas of the state in which alcoholic beverages or cannabis-infused beverages are not lawfully sold. (3) Except for a common carrier that has been assigned a USDOT number issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the holder of a transporter's license shall cause each truck or vehicle to display the name of the licensee and the state license numbers in a manner prescribed by an administrative regulation promulgated by the board. (4) Except for an application by a common carrier that has been assigned a USDOT number issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, an application for a transporter's license shall include a statement that the applicant, if issued a license, sha ll allow any authorized investigators of the department to stop and examine the cargo of any truck or vehicle in which alcoholic beverages or cannabisinfused beverages are being transported within the boundaries of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. (5) A lice nsee may move, within the same county, alcoholic beverages or cannabis - infused beverages from one (1) of the licensee's licensed premises to another without a transporter's license. A licensee may move alcoholic beverages or cannabis-infused beverages from one (1) of the licensee's licensed premises located in one (1) county to a licensed premises located in another county, without a transporter's license, with prior written approval of the administrator for good cause shown. The licensee shall keep and mai ntain, in one (1) of its licensed premises, adequate books and records of the transactions involved in transporting alcoholic beverages or cannabis-infused beverages from one (1) licensed premises to another in accordance with standards established in admi nistrative regulations promulgated by the board. The records shall be available to the department and the Department of Revenue upon request. (6) Distilled spirits and wine may be transported by any licensed retailer selling distilled spirits or wine, by t he package or by the drink, from the premises of a licensed wholesaler to the licensed premises of the retail licensee. Both the wholesaler and the retailer engaging in activity under this subsection shall be responsible for maintaining records documenting the transactions.
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