David Thompson, from the Commonwealth Office of Technology, walked County Clerk Shelia Booher and Nathan Collins through the new process of issuing vehicle registration decals Thursday. The state has implemented the new system and is expected to be operational in all 120 counties by the end of April.

The Clinton County Clerk’s Office has implemented a new way to license vehicles which should save time and money for the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

The Kentucky Department of Transportation has put in a new system across the Bluegrass that will be featured in all 120 counties. Clinton County’s new system was installed recently by David Thompson from the Commonwealth Office of Technology.

Before the day was over, Clinton County was registering vehicles with the new system and according to County Clerk Shelia Booher, she thinks it will be easier in the long run.

“After we get used to it, it will be better,” Booher said. “The state furnishes the paper the decal is on and we will buy the other paper.”

For citizens of Clinton County, one noticeable difference is there will no longer be color-coded decals. The new decals will have black lettering on a while background. The year and month of registration expiration will be in bold numbers, with the license plate number associated with the registered vehicle printed on the bottom. The decals are printed on the registration receipt with a special feature that allows them to be peeled off and applied to a license plate.

The traditional blue and white paper that was considered the vehicle registration receipt will also change. Certificates now will be printed on an 8 1/2 by 11 inch sheet of white paper.

The Kentucky Department of Transportation has set a goal of having installed the new system in all 120 counties by the end of April 2015.

As of now, boat registrations will be the same as they have been in the past, however, according to Booher, that will also change as well.

“They said they would have the boat registration done by next year,” Booher said. “It will all be done the same way. Overall it will be better. Once we remember to scan everything it will be fine. At first I thought it was going to be tough, but we worked on it Friday and Saturday and everything went fine so far.”

Customers with the old registration decals will keep them until they expire.