8-1,141. Distinctive license plates; procedure for issuance; requirements; fees; exceptions; discontinuance of certain plates.
8-1,141
8-1,141. Distinctive license plates; procedure for
issuance; requirements; fees; exceptions; discontinuance of certain
plates.
(a) Any new distinctive license plate authorized for issuance on and
after July 1, 1994, shall be subject to the personalized license plate fee
prescribed by subsection (c) of K.S.A. 8-132, and amendments thereto. This
section shall not apply to any distinctive license plate authorized prior to
July 1, 1994.
(b) The director of vehicles shall not issue any new distinctive license
plate authorized for issuance on and after July 1, 1995, unless there is a
guarantee of an initial issuance of at least 500 license plates.
(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to distinctive license
plates issued under the provisions of K.S.A.
8-1,145, or K.S.A. 2009 Supp. 8-177d, and
amendments thereto.
(d) The provisions of subsection (a), shall not apply to distinctive
license plates issued under the provisions of
K.S.A. 8-1,146 or 8-1,148, and amendments thereto, or
K.S.A. 2009 Supp.
8-1,153, 8-1,158 or 8-1,161, and
amendments thereto.
(e) The provisions of subsection (f) shall not apply to distinctive
license plates issued under the provisions of K.S.A. 2009 Supp. 8-1,160, and
amendments thereto, except that the division shall delay the manufacturing and
issuance of such
distinctive license
plate until the division has received
not less than 1,000 orders for such plate, including payment of the
personalized license plate fee required under subsection (a). Upon
certification by the director of vehicles to the director of accounts and
reports that not less than 1,000 paid orders for such plate have been
received, the director of accounts and reports shall transfer $40,000 from the
state highway fund to the distinctive license plate fund.
(f) (1) Any person or organization sponsoring any
distinctive license
plate authorized by the legislature on and after July 1, 2004, shall submit to
the division of vehicles a nonrefundable amount not to exceed
$20,000, to
defray the division's cost for developing such distinctive license plate.
(2) All moneys received under this subsection shall be remitted by the
secretary of revenue 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 distinctive license plate fund which is hereby
created in the state treasury. All moneys credited to the distinctive license
plate fund shall be used by the department of revenue only for the purpose
associated with the development of distinctive license plates. All expenditures
from the distinctive license plate application fee fund shall be made in
accordance with appropriation acts, upon warrants of the director of accounts
and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the secretary of the
department of revenue.
(g) (1) Except for educational institution license plates
issued under
K.S.A. 8-1,142, and amendments thereto, the director of vehicles shall
discontinue the issuance of any distinctive license plate authorized prior to
July 1, 2004, and which is subject to the provisions of subsection (b) if:
(A) Less than 500 license plates, including annual renewals, are issued for
that distinctive license plate by July 1, 2006; and
(B) less than 250 license plates, including annual renewals, are issued for
that distinctive license plate during any subsequent two-year period after
July 1, 2006.
(2) The director of vehicles shall discontinue the issuance of any
distinctive license plate authorized on and after July 1, 2004, if:
(A) Less than 500 plates, including annual renewals, are issued for that
distinctive license plate by the end of the second year of sales; and
(B) less than 250 license plates, including annual renewals, are issued
for that distinctive license plate during any subsequent two-year period.
History: L. 1994, ch. 12, § 2;
L. 1995, ch. 84, § 2;
L. 1997, ch. 40, § 2;
L. 1999, ch. 125, § 10;
L. 2004, ch. 170, § 1;
L. 2007, ch. 161, § 2;
L. 2008, ch. 59, § 2;
L. 2009, ch. 89, § 4; Apr. 23.