8-161. Disabled veterans registration and license plates; free; parking privileges; penalties.
8-161
8-161. Disabled veterans registration and license
plates; free; parking
privileges; penalties.
(a) Any disabled veteran as defined in K.S.A. 8-160, and amendments
thereto, who resides in Kansas and who makes application to the
director of vehicles on a form furnished by
the director
for registration of a motor vehicle that is a passenger vehicle or a truck
with a gross weight of not more than 20,000 pounds and is
owned or leased and used by
such
veteran may have such motor vehicle registered, and the
director shall issue a distinctive license plate for it. Such license
plate shall be issued for the same period of time as other license plates
are issued. Such registration shall be made and such license plates issued
free of charge to the
disabled veteran.
The director of vehicles shall also issue to the disabled veteran an
individual identification card which must be carried by the disabled veteran
when the
motor vehicle being operated by the disabled veteran or used for the
transportation of such disabled veteran is parked in a designated accessible
parking space.
(b) Any Kansas resident who owns or leases a motor vehicle and who
is responsible for
the transportation of a disabled veteran or any resident disabled veteran
desiring a distinctive license plate for a vehicle other than a motor
vehicle owned or leased by the veteran may make application to the
director of
vehicles for such a license plate. Such license
plate shall be issued for
the same period of time as other license plates are issued. There shall
be no fee for such license plates in addition to the regular registration
fee.
(c) The director of vehicles shall design a special license plate to
be issued as provided in this act. No registration or
license plates
issued under this act shall be
transferable to any other person. No registration under this act shall be
made until the applicant has
filed with the director acceptable proof that the applicant is a
disabled veteran as defined by K.S.A. 8-160, and amendments thereto,
or is responsible for the transportation of such veteran. Motor
vehicles displaying the distinctive license
plates provided for in this act
shall be permitted to park in any parking space on public or private property
which is clearly marked as being reserved for the use of
persons
with a disability or persons responsible for the transportation of a person
with a disability, except
a parking space on private property which is clearly marked as being reserved
for the use of a specified person with a disability, or
park without charge in
any metered zone and shall
be exempt from any time limitation imposed on parking in any zone
designated for parking, during the hours in which parking is permitted
in any city.
Any person who willfully and falsely represents that such person has
the qualifications to obtain the distinctive license plates provided for
by this section, or who falsely utilizes the parking
privilege accorded by this section, shall be guilty of an unclassified
misdemeanor
punishable by a fine of not more than $250.
History: L. 1951, ch. 102, § 2; L. 1953, ch. 45, § 2; L.
1957, ch. 60, § 1; L. 1973, ch. 28, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 30, § 5; L.
1975, ch. 427, § 6; L. 1981, ch. 35, § 2;
L. 1986, ch. 36, § 10;
L. 1991, ch. 35, § 1;
L. 1999, ch. 125, § 4; July 1.