8-234a.Definitions.
(a) As used in the motor vehicle drivers' license act, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them
herein:
(1) "Drivers' license examiner" or "examiner" means a drivers' license
examiner of the division of vehicles or any person whom the director of
vehicles has authorized, pursuant to the authority granted by this act, to
accept applications for drivers' licenses and administer the examinations
required for the issuance or renewal of drivers' licenses. Any county
treasurer authorized to accept applications for drivers' licenses or administer
drivers' license examinations shall be deemed to be acting as an agent of the
state of Kansas;
(2) "nonresident" means every person who is not a resident of this
state. For the purposes of the motor vehicle drivers'
license act any person who owns, rents or leases real estate in Kansas as such
person's residence and engages in a trade, business or
profession within
Kansas or registers to vote in Kansas or enrolls such
person's children in a
school in this state or purchases Kansas registration for a motor vehicle,
shall be deemed a resident of the state of Kansas 90 days
after
the conditions stated in this subsection commence, except that military
personnel on active duty and their military dependents who are residents of
another state, shall not be considered residents of the state of Kansas for the
purpose of this act;
(3) "patrol" means the state highway patrol;
(4) "address of principal residence" means: (A) The place where a person
makes his or her permanent principal home; (B) place where a person resides,
has an intention to remain and where they intend to return following an
absence; or (C) place of habitation to which, whenever the person is absent,
the person intends to return. If a person eats at one place and sleeps at
another, the place where the person sleeps shall be considered the person's
address of principal residence;
(5) "state" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa and the Commonwealth of
Northern Mariana Islands; and
(6) "wireless communication device" means any wireless electronic
communication device that provides for voice or data communication between two
or more parties, including, but not limited to, a mobile or cellular telephone,
a text messaging device, a personal digital assistant that sends or receives
messages, an audio-video player that sends or receives messages or a laptop
computer.
(b) As used in this act, the words and phrases defined by the sections
in article 14 of chapter 8 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments
thereto, shall have the
meanings respectively ascribed to them therein, unless a different meaning
is ascribed to any such word or phrase by subsection (a) of this section.
History: L. 1975, ch. 36, § 1;
L. 1993, ch. 252, § 1;
L. 2007, ch. 160, § 3;
L. 2007, ch. 195, § 2;
L. 2009, ch. 34, § 3; Jan. 1, 2010.
8-234a.Definitions.
(a) As used in the motor vehicle drivers' license act, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them
herein:
(1) "Drivers' license examiner" or "examiner" means a drivers' license
examiner of the division of vehicles or any person whom the director of
vehicles has authorized, pursuant to the authority granted by this act, to
accept applications for drivers' licenses and administer the examinations
required for the issuance or renewal of drivers' licenses. Any county
treasurer authorized to accept applications for drivers' licenses or administer
drivers' license examinations shall be deemed to be acting as an agent of the
state of Kansas;
(2) "nonresident" means every person who is not a resident of this
state. For the purposes of the motor vehicle drivers'
license act any person who owns, rents or leases real estate in Kansas as such
person's residence and engages in a trade, business or
profession within
Kansas or registers to vote in Kansas or enrolls such
person's children in a
school in this state or purchases Kansas registration for a motor vehicle,
shall be deemed a resident of the state of Kansas 90 days
after
the conditions stated in this subsection commence, except that military
personnel on active duty and their military dependents who are residents of
another state, shall not be considered residents of the state of Kansas for the
purpose of this act;
(3) "patrol" means the state highway patrol;
(4) "address of principal residence" means: (A) The place where a person
makes his or her permanent principal home; (B) place where a person resides,
has an intention to remain and where they intend to return following an
absence; or (C) place of habitation to which, whenever the person is absent,
the person intends to return. If a person eats at one place and sleeps at
another, the place where the person sleeps shall be considered the person's
address of principal residence;
(5) "state" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa and the Commonwealth of
Northern Mariana Islands; and
(6) "wireless communication device" means any wireless electronic
communication device that provides for voice or data communication between two
or more parties, including, but not limited to, a mobile or cellular telephone,
a text messaging device, a personal digital assistant that sends or receives
messages, an audio-video player that sends or receives messages or a laptop
computer.
(b) As used in this act, the words and phrases defined by the sections
in article 14 of chapter 8 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments
thereto, shall have the
meanings respectively ascribed to them therein, unless a different meaning
is ascribed to any such word or phrase by subsection (a) of this section.
History: L. 1975, ch. 36, § 1;
L. 1993, ch. 252, § 1;
L. 2007, ch. 160, § 3;
L. 2007, ch. 195, § 2;
L. 2009, ch. 34, § 3; Jan. 1, 2010.
8-234a.Definitions.
(a) As used in the motor vehicle drivers' license act, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them
herein:
(1) "Drivers' license examiner" or "examiner" means a drivers' license
examiner of the division of vehicles or any person whom the director of
vehicles has authorized, pursuant to the authority granted by this act, to
accept applications for drivers' licenses and administer the examinations
required for the issuance or renewal of drivers' licenses. Any county
treasurer authorized to accept applications for drivers' licenses or administer
drivers' license examinations shall be deemed to be acting as an agent of the
state of Kansas;
(2) "nonresident" means every person who is not a resident of this
state. For the purposes of the motor vehicle drivers'
license act any person who owns, rents or leases real estate in Kansas as such
person's residence and engages in a trade, business or
profession within
Kansas or registers to vote in Kansas or enrolls such
person's children in a
school in this state or purchases Kansas registration for a motor vehicle,
shall be deemed a resident of the state of Kansas 90 days
after
the conditions stated in this subsection commence, except that military
personnel on active duty and their military dependents who are residents of
another state, shall not be considered residents of the state of Kansas for the
purpose of this act;
(3) "patrol" means the state highway patrol;
(4) "address of principal residence" means: (A) The place where a person
makes his or her permanent principal home; (B) place where a person resides,
has an intention to remain and where they intend to return following an
absence; or (C) place of habitation to which, whenever the person is absent,
the person intends to return. If a person eats at one place and sleeps at
another, the place where the person sleeps shall be considered the person's
address of principal residence;
(5) "state" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa and the Commonwealth of
Northern Mariana Islands; and
(6) "wireless communication device" means any wireless electronic
communication device that provides for voice or data communication between two
or more parties, including, but not limited to, a mobile or cellular telephone,
a text messaging device, a personal digital assistant that sends or receives
messages, an audio-video player that sends or receives messages or a laptop
computer.
(b) As used in this act, the words and phrases defined by the sections
in article 14 of chapter 8 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments
thereto, shall have the
meanings respectively ascribed to them therein, unless a different meaning
is ascribed to any such word or phrase by subsection (a) of this section.
History: L. 1975, ch. 36, § 1;
L. 1993, ch. 252, § 1;
L. 2007, ch. 160, § 3;
L. 2007, ch. 195, § 2;
L. 2009, ch. 34, § 3; Jan. 1, 2010.
