8-1,125. License plates, placards and individual identification cards for persons with disability; penalty.
8-1,125
8-1,125. License plates, placards and individual identification cards
for persons with disability; penalty.
(a) Any Kansas resident who submits
satisfactory proof to the director of vehicles, on a form provided by the
director,
that such person is a person with a disability or is
responsible for the
transportation of a person with a disability shall be
issued a special license
plate or a permanent placard for any motor vehicle owned by such
person or shall be issued a temporary placard. Satisfactory proof
of disability, condition
or impairment shall include a statement from a person licensed
to practice the healing arts in any state, a licensed
optometrist, an advanced registered nurse practitioner registered under
K.S.A. 65-1131,
and
amendments thereto, a licensed physician assistant or a
Christian Science
practitioner listed in The Christian Science Journal certifying
that such person is a person with a disability. The placard
shall be suspended
immediately below the
rear view mirror
of any motor vehicle used for the transportation of a person
with a disability so
as to be maximally visible from outside the vehicle.
In addition to the special license plate or permanent placard, the
director
of vehicles shall issue to the person with a disability an
individual identification card which must be carried by the
person with a disability when the motor vehicle being operated by or used
for the
transportation of such person is parked in accordance with the
provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,126, and amendments thereto.
In addition to the temporary
placard, a person issued such temporary placard shall carry the state or county
receipt showing the name of the person who is issued such temporary placard.
A person submitting
satisfactory proof that such person's disability, condition or impairment
is permanent in nature, and upon such person's request and payment of the
fees prescribed in subsection
(b),
shall be issued a permanent placard
or a permanent placard and a special
license plate and an individual identification card.
Upon proper request, one additional permanent placard shall be issued to the
applicant who has not requested and received a special license plate. Upon
proper request, one additional temporary placard shall be issued to the
applicant certified as temporarily disabled. Temporary placards shall have an
expiration date of not longer than six months from the date of issuance.
The special license plates and placards shall
display the international symbol of access to the physically
disabled.
(b) Special license plates issued pursuant to this section shall be
issued for the same period of time as other license plates are issued or
for the remainder of such period if an existing license plate is to be
exchanged for the special license plate. There shall be no fee for such
special license plates in addition to the regular registration fee.
No
person shall be issued more than one special license plate, except that
agencies or businesses which provide transportation for persons
with a disability as a service, may obtain additional special license
plates for vehicles
which are utilized in the provision of that service.
Special license plates may be personalized license plates subject to the
provisions of K.S.A. 8-132, and amendments thereto, including the payment
of the additional fee.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in this section, placards and
individual identification cards issued pursuant to this section
shall be issued for such period of time as the person to whom issued
continues to be a person with a disability or a person
responsible for the
transportation of a person with a disability, except that
the secretary of
revenue shall make a determination of continued eligibility for a special
license plate or placard
at least every three years from the original date of issuance of
such license plate and placard.
(d) On and after July 1, 1992, the
color of the permanent placard shall be white on a blue background and the
temporary placard shall be white on a red background.
(e) In addition to such other information contained on identification
cards, cards issued or reissued on and after July 1, 2000, shall have the date
of birth and the sex of the person to whom the card is issued.
(f) Permanent placards and individual identification cards
shall be returned to the
department of revenue upon the death of the person with a
disability. Temporary
placards shall be returned to the department of revenue upon
the expiration of the placard or upon the death of the person
with a disability.
Special license plates shall be returned to the county treasurer to be
exchanged for another license plate upon the death of the
person with a disability.
The
individual identification cards issued with the special license plates shall be
returned to the department of revenue upon the death of the person with a
disability.
(g) Violation of subsection (f) is an
unclassified
misdemeanor punishable by
a fine of not more than $50.
History: L. 1986, ch. 36, § 2;
L. 1987, ch. 44, § 2;
L. 1988, ch. 45, § 2;
L. 1991, ch. 35, § 3;
L. 1992, ch. 105, § 12;
L. 1995, ch. 186, § 5;
L. 1999, ch. 68, § 2;
L. 2002, ch. 70, § 2; July 1.