8-235.Licenses required; city license, when; appeal
from denial of
license; vehicles registered under temporary permit; penalty; motorized bicycle
driver's license.
(a) No person, except those expressly exempted, shall drive
any motor vehicle upon a highway in this state unless such person has a
valid driver's license. No person shall receive a driver's license
unless and until such person surrenders or with the approval of the
division, lists to the division all valid licenses in
such person's possession issued to such person by any other jurisdiction. All
surrendered licenses or the information listed on foreign licenses shall
be returned by the division to the issuing department, together with
information that the licensee is now licensed in a new jurisdiction. No
person shall be permitted to have more than one valid license at any
time.
(b) Any person licensed under the motor vehicle drivers' license act
may exercise the privilege granted upon all streets and highways
in this state and shall not be required to obtain any other license to
exercise such privilege by any local authority. Nothing herein shall
prevent cities from requiring licenses of persons who drive taxicabs or
municipally franchised transit systems for hire upon city streets, to
protect the public from drivers whose character or habits make them
unfit to transport the public. If a license
is denied, the applicant may appeal such decision to the district
court of the county in which such city is located by filing within 10
days after such denial, a notice of appeal with the clerk of the
district court and by filing a copy of such notice with the city clerk
of the involved city. The city clerk shall certify a copy of
such decision of the city governing body to the clerk of the district
court and the matter shall be docketed as any other cause and the
applicant shall be granted a trial of such person's
character and habits.
The matter shall be heard by the court de novo in accordance with
the code of civil procedure. The cost of such appeal shall be assessed
in such manner as the court may direct.
(c) Any person operating in this state a motor vehicle, except a
motorcycle, which is registered in this state other than under a
temporary thirty-day permit shall be the holder of a
driver's license
which is classified for the operation of such motor vehicle, and any
person operating in this state a motorcycle which is registered in this
state shall be the holder of a class M driver's license, except that
any
person operating in this state a motorcycle which is registered under a
temporary thirty-day permit shall be the holder of a
driver's license
for any class of motor vehicles.
(d) No person shall drive any motorized bicycle upon a highway of
this state unless: (1) Such person has a valid driver's license which
entitles the licensee to drive a motor vehicle in any class or classes;
(2) such person is at least 15 years of age and has passed
the written and visual examinations required for obtaining
a class C driver's
license, in which case the division shall issue to such person a class C
license which clearly indicates such license is valid only for the
operation of motorized bicycles; or (3) such person has had their driving
privileges suspended, for a violation other than a violation of K.S.A.
8-1567 or 8-1567a, and amendments thereto, and has made application to the
division for the issuance
of a class C license for the operation of motorized bicycles, in accordance
with paragraph (2), in which case the division shall issue to such person a
class C license which clearly indicates such license is valid only for the
operation of motorized bicycles.
(e) Violation of this section shall constitute a class B misdemeanor.
History: L. 1937, ch. 73, § 2;
L. 1949, ch. 104, § 2;
L. 1959, ch. 49, § 2;
L. 1961, ch. 52, § 1;
L. 1969, ch. 51, § 1;
L. 1975, ch. 36, § 5;
L. 1976, ch. 42, § 2;
L. 1977, ch. 28, § 3;
L. 1987, ch. 45, § 1;
L. 1989, ch. 38, § 20;
L. 1991, ch. 36, § 5;
L. 1993, ch. 154, § 2;
L. 2000, ch. 179, § 7;
L. 2007, ch. 181, § 1; July 1.
8-235.Licenses required; city license, when; appeal
from denial of
license; vehicles registered under temporary permit; penalty; motorized bicycle
driver's license.
(a) No person, except those expressly exempted, shall drive
any motor vehicle upon a highway in this state unless such person has a
valid driver's license. No person shall receive a driver's license
unless and until such person surrenders or with the approval of the
division, lists to the division all valid licenses in
such person's possession issued to such person by any other jurisdiction. All
surrendered licenses or the information listed on foreign licenses shall
be returned by the division to the issuing department, together with
information that the licensee is now licensed in a new jurisdiction. No
person shall be permitted to have more than one valid license at any
time.
(b) Any person licensed under the motor vehicle drivers' license act
may exercise the privilege granted upon all streets and highways
in this state and shall not be required to obtain any other license to
exercise such privilege by any local authority. Nothing herein shall
prevent cities from requiring licenses of persons who drive taxicabs or
municipally franchised transit systems for hire upon city streets, to
protect the public from drivers whose character or habits make them
unfit to transport the public. If a license
is denied, the applicant may appeal such decision to the district
court of the county in which such city is located by filing within 10
days after such denial, a notice of appeal with the clerk of the
district court and by filing a copy of such notice with the city clerk
of the involved city. The city clerk shall certify a copy of
such decision of the city governing body to the clerk of the district
court and the matter shall be docketed as any other cause and the
applicant shall be granted a trial of such person's
character and habits.
The matter shall be heard by the court de novo in accordance with
the code of civil procedure. The cost of such appeal shall be assessed
in such manner as the court may direct.
(c) Any person operating in this state a motor vehicle, except a
motorcycle, which is registered in this state other than under a
temporary thirty-day permit shall be the holder of a
driver's license
which is classified for the operation of such motor vehicle, and any
person operating in this state a motorcycle which is registered in this
state shall be the holder of a class M driver's license, except that
any
person operating in this state a motorcycle which is registered under a
temporary thirty-day permit shall be the holder of a
driver's license
for any class of motor vehicles.
(d) No person shall drive any motorized bicycle upon a highway of
this state unless: (1) Such person has a valid driver's license which
entitles the licensee to drive a motor vehicle in any class or classes;
(2) such person is at least 15 years of age and has passed
the written and visual examinations required for obtaining
a class C driver's
license, in which case the division shall issue to such person a class C
license which clearly indicates such license is valid only for the
operation of motorized bicycles; or (3) such person has had their driving
privileges suspended, for a violation other than a violation of K.S.A.
8-1567 or 8-1567a, and amendments thereto, and has made application to the
division for the issuance
of a class C license for the operation of motorized bicycles, in accordance
with paragraph (2), in which case the division shall issue to such person a
class C license which clearly indicates such license is valid only for the
operation of motorized bicycles.
(e) Violation of this section shall constitute a class B misdemeanor.
History: L. 1937, ch. 73, § 2;
L. 1949, ch. 104, § 2;
L. 1959, ch. 49, § 2;
L. 1961, ch. 52, § 1;
L. 1969, ch. 51, § 1;
L. 1975, ch. 36, § 5;
L. 1976, ch. 42, § 2;
L. 1977, ch. 28, § 3;
L. 1987, ch. 45, § 1;
L. 1989, ch. 38, § 20;
L. 1991, ch. 36, § 5;
L. 1993, ch. 154, § 2;
L. 2000, ch. 179, § 7;
L. 2007, ch. 181, § 1; July 1.
8-235.Licenses required; city license, when; appeal
from denial of
license; vehicles registered under temporary permit; penalty; motorized bicycle
driver's license.
(a) No person, except those expressly exempted, shall drive
any motor vehicle upon a highway in this state unless such person has a
valid driver's license. No person shall receive a driver's license
unless and until such person surrenders or with the approval of the
division, lists to the division all valid licenses in
such person's possession issued to such person by any other jurisdiction. All
surrendered licenses or the information listed on foreign licenses shall
be returned by the division to the issuing department, together with
information that the licensee is now licensed in a new jurisdiction. No
person shall be permitted to have more than one valid license at any
time.
(b) Any person licensed under the motor vehicle drivers' license act
may exercise the privilege granted upon all streets and highways
in this state and shall not be required to obtain any other license to
exercise such privilege by any local authority. Nothing herein shall
prevent cities from requiring licenses of persons who drive taxicabs or
municipally franchised transit systems for hire upon city streets, to
protect the public from drivers whose character or habits make them
unfit to transport the public. If a license
is denied, the applicant may appeal such decision to the district
court of the county in which such city is located by filing within 10
days after such denial, a notice of appeal with the clerk of the
district court and by filing a copy of such notice with the city clerk
of the involved city. The city clerk shall certify a copy of
such decision of the city governing body to the clerk of the district
court and the matter shall be docketed as any other cause and the
applicant shall be granted a trial of such person's
character and habits.
The matter shall be heard by the court de novo in accordance with
the code of civil procedure. The cost of such appeal shall be assessed
in such manner as the court may direct.
(c) Any person operating in this state a motor vehicle, except a
motorcycle, which is registered in this state other than under a
temporary thirty-day permit shall be the holder of a
driver's license
which is classified for the operation of such motor vehicle, and any
person operating in this state a motorcycle which is registered in this
state shall be the holder of a class M driver's license, except that
any
person operating in this state a motorcycle which is registered under a
temporary thirty-day permit shall be the holder of a
driver's license
for any class of motor vehicles.
(d) No person shall drive any motorized bicycle upon a highway of
this state unless: (1) Such person has a valid driver's license which
entitles the licensee to drive a motor vehicle in any class or classes;
(2) such person is at least 15 years of age and has passed
the written and visual examinations required for obtaining
a class C driver's
license, in which case the division shall issue to such person a class C
license which clearly indicates such license is valid only for the
operation of motorized bicycles; or (3) such person has had their driving
privileges suspended, for a violation other than a violation of K.S.A.
8-1567 or 8-1567a, and amendments thereto, and has made application to the
division for the issuance
of a class C license for the operation of motorized bicycles, in accordance
with paragraph (2), in which case the division shall issue to such person a
class C license which clearly indicates such license is valid only for the
operation of motorized bicycles.
(e) Violation of this section shall constitute a class B misdemeanor.
History: L. 1937, ch. 73, § 2;
L. 1949, ch. 104, § 2;
L. 1959, ch. 49, § 2;
L. 1961, ch. 52, § 1;
L. 1969, ch. 51, § 1;
L. 1975, ch. 36, § 5;
L. 1976, ch. 42, § 2;
L. 1977, ch. 28, § 3;
L. 1987, ch. 45, § 1;
L. 1989, ch. 38, § 20;
L. 1991, ch. 36, § 5;
L. 1993, ch. 154, § 2;
L. 2000, ch. 179, § 7;
L. 2007, ch. 181, § 1; July 1.