8-143k. Temporary harvest permit for trucks or truck tractors engaged in farm custom harvesting operations.
8-143k
8-143k. Temporary harvest permit for trucks or truck tractors engaged in
farm custom harvesting operations.
(a) The owner of any truck or
truck tractor which is duly
registered and licensed in some other state
and is engaged in
farm custom harvesting operations
and
desiring to operate in intrastate commerce in this state for a temporary
period only, may obtain a harvest permit, in lieu of the thirty-day license
in K.S.A. 8-143b or 8-143h, and amendments thereto, authorizing the
operation of such truck or truck tractor on the
highways of
this state for a period of not to exceed 60 days from the date of
issuance of such permit.
For a foreign-based truck or truck tractor, the fee for each permit
shall be $26 or 1/6 of the annual license fee for such vehicle, whichever
sum is the larger.
Where such fee is paid on a truck or
truck tractor, no
registration or fee shall be required for a trailer or semitrailer duly
registered in this or another state and propelled by such truck or truck
tractor. Application for such harvest permit shall be made to the division
of vehicles of the department of revenue. The secretary of revenue may
adopt rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this section.
(b) For the purpose of this section, "farm custom harvesting operations"
means a
person, firm, partnership, association or corporation engaged in farm custom
harvesting operations if the truck or truck tractor is used to:
(1) Transport farm machinery, supplies, or both, to or from a farm, for
custom harvesting operations on a farm;
(2) transport custom harvested crops
only from a harvested field to initial storage or to initial market locations; or
(3) transport agricultural products produced by such owner or
commodities purchased by such owner for use on the farm owned or rented by
the owner of such vehicle.
History: L. 1990, ch. 38, § 1; L. 1990, ch. 38, § 3; Jan. 1, 1991.