8-235d.Applications for licenses other than
renewals; examinations; locations; issuance of license; requirements for
applicant under age of eighteen years.
(a) Drivers' license examiners of the division
shall accept original applications for drivers' licenses and instruction
permits, as distinguished from applications for renewals of licenses, on
forms prescribed by the division and also shall issue instruction permits.
Drivers' license examiners of the division shall examine every applicant
for a driver's license who is required by the provisions of the motor
vehicle drivers' license act to be examined. Such examination shall be held
in the county where the applicant resides or at a place adjacent thereto
reasonably convenient to the applicant or at a location
established by the secretary for the issuance of a commercial driver's
license. Such examination shall
include a test of the applicant's eyesight, the
applicant's ability to read and
understand highway signs regulating, warning and directing traffic, the
applicant's knowledge of the traffic laws of this state
and shall include an
actual demonstration of ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable control
in the operation of motor vehicles which the class of license applied for
would entitle the applicant to drive. At the conclusion of the examination
the examiner shall issue a license to the applicant, if the
applicant has successfully passed the examination with the class of license
the applicant has applied for.
(b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a):
(1) Any person applying for a driver's license shall comply with the
provisions of subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-240, and amendments thereto; and
(2) any person who is
under the age of 18 years and at least 17 years of age, who is
applying for a
driver's license for the first
time, not including an instruction permit, shall submit a signed affidavit of
either a parent or guardian, stating that the applicant has completed at least
50 hours of adult supervised driving with at least 10 of those hours being at
night. The required adult supervised driving required in this subsection shall
be conducted by an adult who is at least 21 years of age and is the holder of a
valid commercial driver's license, class A, B or C driver's license.
Evidence of failure of any licensee who was required to complete the 50 hours
of adult supervised driving under this subsection shall not be admissible in
any action for the purpose of determining any aspect of comparative negligence
or mitigation of damages.
History: L. 1949, ch. 104, § 6; L. 1959, ch. 49, § 10; L. 1963, ch. 402, § 2;
L. 1967, ch. 434, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 36, § 8;
L. 1989, ch. 38, § 21;
L. 1999, ch. 125, § 14;
L. 2000, ch. 179, § 8;
L. 2009, ch. 34, § 4; Jan. 1, 2010.
8-235d.Applications for licenses other than
renewals; examinations; locations; issuance of license; requirements for
applicant under age of eighteen years.
(a) Drivers' license examiners of the division
shall accept original applications for drivers' licenses and instruction
permits, as distinguished from applications for renewals of licenses, on
forms prescribed by the division and also shall issue instruction permits.
Drivers' license examiners of the division shall examine every applicant
for a driver's license who is required by the provisions of the motor
vehicle drivers' license act to be examined. Such examination shall be held
in the county where the applicant resides or at a place adjacent thereto
reasonably convenient to the applicant or at a location
established by the secretary for the issuance of a commercial driver's
license. Such examination shall
include a test of the applicant's eyesight, the
applicant's ability to read and
understand highway signs regulating, warning and directing traffic, the
applicant's knowledge of the traffic laws of this state
and shall include an
actual demonstration of ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable control
in the operation of motor vehicles which the class of license applied for
would entitle the applicant to drive. At the conclusion of the examination
the examiner shall issue a license to the applicant, if the
applicant has successfully passed the examination with the class of license
the applicant has applied for.
(b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a):
(1) Any person applying for a driver's license shall comply with the
provisions of subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-240, and amendments thereto; and
(2) any person who is
under the age of 18 years and at least 17 years of age, who is
applying for a
driver's license for the first
time, not including an instruction permit, shall submit a signed affidavit of
either a parent or guardian, stating that the applicant has completed at least
50 hours of adult supervised driving with at least 10 of those hours being at
night. The required adult supervised driving required in this subsection shall
be conducted by an adult who is at least 21 years of age and is the holder of a
valid commercial driver's license, class A, B or C driver's license.
Evidence of failure of any licensee who was required to complete the 50 hours
of adult supervised driving under this subsection shall not be admissible in
any action for the purpose of determining any aspect of comparative negligence
or mitigation of damages.
History: L. 1949, ch. 104, § 6; L. 1959, ch. 49, § 10; L. 1963, ch. 402, § 2;
L. 1967, ch. 434, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 36, § 8;
L. 1989, ch. 38, § 21;
L. 1999, ch. 125, § 14;
L. 2000, ch. 179, § 8;
L. 2009, ch. 34, § 4; Jan. 1, 2010.
8-235d.Applications for licenses other than
renewals; examinations; locations; issuance of license; requirements for
applicant under age of eighteen years.
(a) Drivers' license examiners of the division
shall accept original applications for drivers' licenses and instruction
permits, as distinguished from applications for renewals of licenses, on
forms prescribed by the division and also shall issue instruction permits.
Drivers' license examiners of the division shall examine every applicant
for a driver's license who is required by the provisions of the motor
vehicle drivers' license act to be examined. Such examination shall be held
in the county where the applicant resides or at a place adjacent thereto
reasonably convenient to the applicant or at a location
established by the secretary for the issuance of a commercial driver's
license. Such examination shall
include a test of the applicant's eyesight, the
applicant's ability to read and
understand highway signs regulating, warning and directing traffic, the
applicant's knowledge of the traffic laws of this state
and shall include an
actual demonstration of ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable control
in the operation of motor vehicles which the class of license applied for
would entitle the applicant to drive. At the conclusion of the examination
the examiner shall issue a license to the applicant, if the
applicant has successfully passed the examination with the class of license
the applicant has applied for.
(b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a):
(1) Any person applying for a driver's license shall comply with the
provisions of subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-240, and amendments thereto; and
(2) any person who is
under the age of 18 years and at least 17 years of age, who is
applying for a
driver's license for the first
time, not including an instruction permit, shall submit a signed affidavit of
either a parent or guardian, stating that the applicant has completed at least
50 hours of adult supervised driving with at least 10 of those hours being at
night. The required adult supervised driving required in this subsection shall
be conducted by an adult who is at least 21 years of age and is the holder of a
valid commercial driver's license, class A, B or C driver's license.
Evidence of failure of any licensee who was required to complete the 50 hours
of adult supervised driving under this subsection shall not be admissible in
any action for the purpose of determining any aspect of comparative negligence
or mitigation of damages.
History: L. 1949, ch. 104, § 6; L. 1959, ch. 49, § 10; L. 1963, ch. 402, § 2;
L. 1967, ch. 434, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 36, § 8;
L. 1989, ch. 38, § 21;
L. 1999, ch. 125, § 14;
L. 2000, ch. 179, § 8;
L. 2009, ch. 34, § 4; Jan. 1, 2010.