8-243. Issuance of licenses; contents; signature; photograph, exception; fee; anatomical gift statement; distinguishable license for deaf and hard of hearing; distinguishable number for registered off
8-243
8-243. Issuance of licenses; contents; signature;
photograph, exception; fee; anatomical gift statement; distinguishable license
for deaf and hard of hearing; distinguishable number for registered
offenders.
(a) Upon payment of the required fee, the division shall issue
to every
applicant qualifying under the provisions of this act the
driver's license as applied for by the applicant. Such
license shall bear the
class or classes of motor vehicles which the licensee is entitled to
drive, a distinguishing number assigned to the licensee, the full legal
name, date
of birth, gender, address of principal
residence and a brief description of the licensee, a colored digital
photograph of the licensee, a facsimile of the signature of the
licensee
and the statement provided for
in subsection (b).
No driver's license shall be valid until
it has been
signed by the licensee. All drivers' licenses issued to
persons under the age of 21 years shall be readily distinguishable from
licenses
issued to persons age 21 years or older.
In addition, all drivers' licenses issued to
persons under the age of 18 years shall also be readily distinguishable from
licenses issued to persons age 18 years or older.
The secretary of revenue shall implement a
vertical format to make drivers' licenses issued to persons under the age of 21
more readily distinguishable.
Except as otherwise provided, no driver's
license issued by the division shall be valid until a colored
digital photograph of such licensee has been taken
and verified before being placed
on the driver's license.
The secretary of revenue shall prescribe a
fee of not more than $8 and upon the
payment of such fee, the division shall cause a colored digital
photograph of such applicant to be
placed on the driver's license. Upon
payment of such fee prescribed by the secretary of revenue, plus
payment of the fee required by K.S.A. 8-246, and amendments thereto,
for issuance of a new
license, the division shall issue to such licensee a new license
containing a colored digital photograph of such licensee.
A driver's license which does not contain the
principal address as required may be issued to persons who are
program participants pursuant to
K.S.A. 2009 Supp.
75-455, and amendments
thereto, upon payment of the fee required by K.S.A. 8-246, and amendments
thereto. All
Kansas drivers' licenses and identification cards shall have physical security
features designed to prevent tampering, counterfeiting or duplication of the
document for fraudulent purposes. The secretary of revenue shall incorporate
common machine-readable technology into all Kansas drivers' licenses and
identification cards.
(b) All Kansas drivers' licenses issued to any person 16 years of age or
older shall contain a form which provides
a statement for making a gift of all or any part of the body of the
licensee in accordance with the revised uniform anatomical gift act,
K.S.A. 2009 Supp.
65-3220 through 65-3244, and
amendments thereto, except as
otherwise provided by this subsection. The
statement to be effective shall be signed by the licensee in the
presence of two witnesses who shall sign the statement in the presence
of the donor. The gift becomes effective upon the death of the donor.
Delivery of the license during the donor's lifetime is not necessary to
make a valid gift. Any valid gift statement executed
prior to July 1, 1994, shall remain effective until invalidated. The word
"Donor" shall be placed on the front of a licensee's driver's license,
indicating that the statement for making an anatomical gift under this
subsection has been executed by such licensee.
(c) Any person who is deaf or hard of
hearing
may request that the division issue to such person a driver's license which is
readily distinguishable from drivers'
licenses issued to other drivers and upon such request the division shall issue
such license. Drivers' licenses issued to persons who are
deaf or hard of hearing and under the age of 21 years shall be readily
distinguishable from drivers' licenses issued to persons who are deaf or
hard of hearing and 21 years of age or older. Upon satisfaction of
subsection (a), the division shall issue a receipt of application permitting
the operation of a vehicle consistent with the requested class, if there are no
other restrictions or limitations, pending the division's verification of the
information and production of a driver's license.
(d) A driver's license issued to a person required to be registered under
K.S.A. 22-4901 et seq., and amendments thereto, shall be assigned a
distinguishing number by the division which will readily indicate to law
enforcement officers that such person is a registered offender. The division
shall develop a numbering system to implement the provisions of this
subsection.
History: L. 1937, ch. 73, § 10;
L. 1949, ch. 104, § 14;
L. 1959, ch. 49, § 11;
L. 1973, ch. 31, § 11;
L. 1975, ch. 36, § 14;
L. 1975, ch. 37, § 2;
L. 1979, ch. 37, § 1;
L. 1983, ch. 31, § 1;
L. 1984, ch. 36, § 3;
L. 1989, ch. 38, § 28;
L. 1993, ch. 154, § 6;
L. 1993, ch. 280, § 1;
L. 1994, ch. 24, § 1;
L. 1994, ch. 322, § 1;
L. 1996, ch. 219, § 2;
L. 1997, ch. 33, § 1;
L. 1998, ch. 132, § 2;
L. 2003, ch. 5, § 2;
L. 2003, ch. 55, § 1;
L. 2004, ch. 155, § 4;
L. 2006, ch. 214, § 3;
L. 2007, ch. 160, § 5;
L. 2007, ch. 195, § 3;
L. 2008, ch. 138, § 1; Jan. 1, 2009.