8-147. Manufacture of license plates and decals for registered vehicles; KCC identification tags.
8-147
8-147. Manufacture of license plates and decals
for registered vehicles; KCC identification tags.
As used in this section "license plate"
means the plate
used to externally evidence registration of a vehicle under chapter 8 of
Kansas Statutes Annotated. Prior to November 1 of each year, the
director of vehicles shall furnish the secretary of revenue with
complete and detailed specifications for the manufacture of all license
plates and registration decals, together with the number required for delivery
in the succeeding year for use during the
following year, and the state corporation commission shall furnish the
secretary of revenue with complete and detailed specifications for the
manufacture of identification tags together with the number required for
delivery in the succeeding year for use in the following year. The
secretary of revenue shall cause to be manufactured all
license plates and registration decals and state corporation commission
identification tags based on such specifications and estimates.
For such
purpose, the secretary of revenue shall enter into a contract for the
manufacture of license plates, tags and decals with
any organization or institution designated in K.S.A. 39-1208, and
amendments thereto.
Any such contract may provide that the secretary of revenue shall
furnish or cause to be furnished the materials and supplies necessary
for the manufacture and distribution of license plates,
tags and decals if, in the opinion of the secretary of revenue, a
reduction in the cost of manufacturing and distribution of the license plates,
tags and decals under such contract will be
achieved. Subject to the foregoing, the cost to the state for the
manufacture of the license plates, tags and decals
pursuant to any contract entered into under this section shall be
substantially equivalent to such costs under prior contracts, with the
cost of license plates increased in the amount of the cost
of coating with reflective material, but any such contract shall not be
subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 75-3739, and amendments
thereto. Except as
authorized by other provisions of
law, license plates, beginning in the year in which new license plates are
issued pursuant to K.S.A. 8-132, and amendments thereto, shall be
lettered,
numbered and designed as provided in this section. Each license plate shall
contain a combination of three letters followed by a combination of three
numerals, except that once all allowable combinations of letters and
numerals have been used, each license plate shall contain an arrangement of
numerals or letters, or both, as shall be assigned by the secretary of
revenue. The arrangement of numerals and letters of license plates shall be
uniform throughout each classification of registration. The secretary may
provide for the arrangement of the numerals and letters in groups or otherwise
and for other distinguishing marks on such license plates.
The secretary
of revenue shall design
decals to be affixed to the license plates to identify the county by two
letters chosen from the name of the county distinctly indicative of the
name of the county in which the vehicle is registered and the date registration
is to expire. The letters
and numerals of such license plates shall be in such
contrast of colors to the background of the license plate as to make such
letters and numerals
easily read. As new license plates
are issued, the face of every license plate shall be
completely coated with a reflective material. The reflectorized
material shall be of such nature as to provide effective and dependable
performance in the promotion of highway safety and vehicle
identification throughout the service period for which the
license plates are issued. The sum of $.50 shall be added to the cost
of each reflectorized license plate. The director shall change the color
of such license
plates every time new
license plates are issued under subsection
(b) of K.S.A. 8-132, and amendments thereto. The quantity of
license plates and registration decals to be furnished each county shall
be computed upon the basis of the number of motor vehicles registered
and reregistered in such county for the preceding year, and additional license
plates and decals shall be furnished as required.
Any contract entered into pursuant to this section for the manufacture
of license plates and decals shall provide that the license plates and decals,
other than prorate license plates and
prorate backing plates, shall be shipped directly to the treasurer of
the county where they are to be used. Any such contract for the
manufacture of state corporation commission identification tags shall
provide that such tags shall be shipped directly to the state
corporation commission.
History: L. 1929, ch. 81, § 25; L. 1943, ch. 80, § 4; L.
1945, ch. 87, § 3; L. 1947, ch. 98, § 1; L. 1949, ch. 103, § 1; L.
1951, ch. 100, § 5; L. 1953, ch. 43, § 1; L. 1969, ch. 47, § 3; L.
1973, ch. 27, § 1; L. 1974, ch. 35, § 9; L. 1975, ch. 35, § 1; L.
1977, ch. 33, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 33, § 1; L. 1983, ch. 29, § 4;
L. 1984, ch. 29, § 1;
L. 2005, ch. 3, § 1; July 1.