8-132. License plates or decals to be furnished; time for new license plates; personalized license plates, display and cost; rules and regulations.
8-132
8-132. License plates or decals to be furnished;
time for new license
plates; personalized license plates, display
and cost; rules and regulations.
(a) Subject to the provisions of this section and K.S.A. 8-1,125, and
amendments thereto, the division
of vehicles shall furnish to every owner whose
vehicle shall be registered one license plate for such vehicle. Such
license plate shall have displayed on it the registration number assigned
to the vehicle and to the owner thereof, the name of the state, which
may be abbreviated, and the year or years for which it is issued. The
same type of license plates shall be issued for passenger motor vehicles,
rented without a driver, as are issued for private passenger vehicles.
(b) During calendar year 1975 commencing on the effective date of
this act, and during every fifth calendar year thereafter, the division
of vehicles shall furnish one license plate for any type
of vehicle an owner registers or has the registration thereof renewed, but
during the
succeeding four-year period following calendar year 1975 and during the
succeeding four-year period following every fifth calendar year
subsequent to 1975, the division of vehicles shall not furnish any license
plate for the renewal of a vehicle's registration.
During calendar year 1976 and during each calendar year thereafter in which
a license plate is not issued for the renewal of registration
of a vehicle, the division of vehicles shall furnish one decal for the license
plate issued for a vehicle as provided in K.S.A. 8-134, and amendments thereto,
for each registration
and renewal of registration of such vehicle. Notwithstanding the foregoing
provisions of this subsection, whenever, in the discretion of the director
of vehicles, it is determined that the license plates currently being issued
and displayed are not deteriorating to the extent that their replacement
is warranted, the director may adopt rules and regulations to extend the
five-year issuance cycle provided for in this subsection by one year at
a time, and in the same manner the director may further extend such cycle
by one year at a time, successively as the director determines appropriate.
If the cycle is extended at the expiration of the extended term, new
license
plates shall again be issued in the manner and for the term provided in
such rules and regulations, except that
the owner of a motor vehicle currently registered may continue to display the
license
plate currently being issued and displayed
for a period not to exceed three
registration years from the date of the expiration of the extended term.
The division shall furnish one
decal for each such license plate in accordance with the provisions of
this
subsection.
(c) Two personalized license
plates may be issued to any
owner or lessee of a passenger vehicle or a truck licensed for a gross
weight of not more than 20,000 pounds, who makes
proper application to the division of vehicles not less than 60 days
prior to such owner's or lessee's renewal of registration
date. Such application shall be on a form prescribed by the division and
accompanied by a fee of $40, which shall be in
addition to any other fee required to renew the registration of such
passenger vehicle under the laws of this state. One such personalized
license plate shall be displayed on the rear of the vehicle and, at the option
of the owner or lessee, the other license plate may be displayed on the front
of the vehicle, except that no registration decal shall be issued pursuant to
K.S.A. 8-134, and amendments thereto, for any such license plate displayed on
the front of such vehicle. One personalized license
plate may be issued to any owner of a motorcycle upon proper application in
the same manner provided in this subsection (c) for passenger vehicles and
trucks. The $40 fee shall be paid only once
during the registration period for which such license
plates were issued, and any subsequent
renewals during the
registration period shall be subject only to the registration fee prescribed
by K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto. The division shall design distinctive,
personalized license plates to be issued which
shall contain not more than seven letters or numbers on truck or
passenger vehicle license plates and not more than five letters
or numbers on motorcycle license plates, or a combination thereof, to
be designated by the applicant in lieu of the letters and numbers required
by K.S.A. 8-147, and amendments thereto, other than the letters required
to designate the county in which such vehicle is registered. Unless the
letters or numbers designated by the applicant have been
assigned to another vehicle, or unless the letters or numbers designated by the
applicant
have a profane, vulgar, lewd or indecent meaning or connotation, as
determined by the director of vehicles, the division shall assign such
letters or numbers to the applicant's vehicle, and the letters or
numbers, or combination thereof, so assigned shall be deemed the
registration number of such vehicle. Subject to the foregoing
provisions, all license plates issued under
this section shall be manufactured in accordance with K.S.A. 8-147, and
amendments thereto. Such license
plates shall be issued for a registration period of five years commencing
in 1985 and each five years
thereafter.
The secretary of revenue shall
adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the
provisions of this act, including, without limitation, rules and regulations
concerning (1) the procedure for insuring that duplicate license
plates are not issued throughout the state,
(2) the procedure for reserving
distinctive license plates for the purpose
of obtaining the same on each annual renewal of registration, (3) the procedure
for allowing the transfer of personalized license plates from one vehicle
to another for which such license plates were
originally issued, when the title to
the original vehicle has not been transferred and the name or names of
the owner or owners listed on the titles to both vehicles are identical,
and (4) procedures necessary to coordinate this act with other laws of
this state governing registration of vehicles. The director of vehicles
shall remit all moneys received by the division of vehicles under this
section to the state treasurer in accordance with
the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of
each
such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount
in the state treasury to the credit of the state highway
fund.
History: L. 1929, ch. 81, § 10;
L. 1943, ch. 80, § 1;
L. 1945, ch. 87, § 1;
L. 1951, ch. 100, § 2;
L. 1951, ch. 103, § 1;
L. 1955, ch. 46, § 1;
L. 1959, ch. 46, § 13;
L. 1972, ch. 342, § 30;
L. 1974, ch. 35, § 1;
L. 1975, ch. 30, § 1;
L. 1977, ch. 30, § 1;
L. 1978, ch. 31, § 1;
L. 1983, ch. 29, § 1;
L. 1984, ch. 29, § 2;
L. 1986, ch. 36, § 11;
L. 1999, ch. 125, § 2;
L. 2001, ch. 5, § 25;
L. 2002, ch. 100, § 1;
L. 2006, ch. 5, § 1;
L. 2009, ch. 89, § 2; Apr. 23.