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1	1	Session of 2025
2	2	HOUSE BILL No. 2121
3	3	By Committee on Transportation
4	4	Requested by Representative Hoheisel
5	5	1-28
6	6	AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to annual license fees of
7	7	electric and electric hybrid passenger vehicles and trucks and electric
8	8	motorcycles; increasing the annual fee and distributing the fees to the
9	9	state highway fund and the special city and county highway fund;
10	10	amending K.S.A. 8-143 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 8-145 and repealing the
11	11	existing sections.
12	12	Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
13	13	Section 1. K.S.A. 8-143 is hereby amended to read as follows: 8-143.
14	14	(a) All applications for the registration of motorcycles, motorized bicycles
15	15	and passenger vehicles other than trucks and truck tractors, except as
16	16	otherwise provided, shall be accompanied by an annual license fee as
17	17	follows:
18	18	(1) Prior to January 1, 2020:
19	19	(A) For motorized bicycles, $11;
20	20	(B) for motorcycles, $16;
21	21	(C) for passenger vehicles, other than motorcycles, used solely for the
22	22	carrying of persons for pleasure or business, and for hearses and
23	23	ambulances a fee of:
24	24	(i) For those having a gross weight of 4,500 pounds or less, $30; and
25	25	(ii) for those having a gross weight of more than 4,500 pounds, $40.
26	26	(D) Except for motor vehicles, trailers or semitrailers registered under
27	27	the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,134, and amendments thereto, the annual
28	28	registration fee for each motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer owned by any
29	29	political or taxing subdivision of this state or by any agency or
30	30	instrumentality of any one or more political or taxing subdivisions of this
31	31	state and used exclusively for governmental purposes and not for any
32	32	private or utility purposes, that is not otherwise exempt from registration,
33	33	shall be $2.
34	34	(2) On and after January 1, 2020:
35	35	(A) For motorized bicycles, $11;
36	36	(B)(2) for motorcycles, $16;
37	37	(3) for those motorcycles that are all-electric motorcycles, $30;
38	38	(C)(4) for passenger vehicles, other than motorcycles, used solely for
39	39	the carrying of persons for pleasure or business, and for hearses and
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75	75	ambulances a fee of:
76	76	(i)(A) For those having a gross weight of 4,500 pounds or less, $30;
77	77	(ii)(B) for those having a gross weight of more than 4,500 pounds,
78	78	$40;
79	79	(iii)(C) for those motor vehicles that are electric hybrid or plug-in
80	80	electric hybrid vehicles, $50 $100; and
81	81	(iv)(D) for those motor vehicles that are all-electric vehicles, $100.
82	82	$175; and
83	83	(D)(5) except for motor vehicles, trailers or semitrailers registered
84	84	under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,134, and amendments thereto, the
85	85	annual registration fee for each motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer owned
86	86	by any political or taxing subdivision of this state or by any agency or
87	87	instrumentality of any one or more political or taxing subdivisions of this
88	88	state and used exclusively for governmental purposes and not for any
89	89	private or utility purposes, that is not otherwise exempt from registration,
90	90	shall be $2.
91	91	(b) (1) As used in this subsection, the term "gross weight" shall mean
92	92	and include the empty weight of the truck, or combination of the truck or
93	93	truck tractor and any type trailer or semitrailer, plus the maximum weight
94	94	of cargo which will be transported on or with the same, except when the
95	95	empty weight of a truck plus the maximum weight of cargo which will be
96	96	transported thereon is 12,000 pounds or less. The term gross weight shall
97	97	not include: The weight of any travel trailer propelled thereby which is
98	98	being used for private recreational purposes; or the weight of any vehicle
99	99	or combination of vehicles for which wrecker or towing service, as defined
100	100	in K.S.A. 66-1329, and amendments thereto, is to be provided by a
101	101	wrecker or tow truck, as defined in K.S.A. 66-1329, and amendments
102	102	thereto. Such wrecker or tow truck shall be registered for the empty weight
103	103	of such vehicle fully equipped for the recovery or towing of vehicles. The
104	104	gross weight license fees hereinafter prescribed shall only apply to the
105	105	truck or truck tractor used as the propelling unit for the cargo and vehicle
106	106	propelled, either as a single vehicle or combination of vehicles. On
107	107	application for the registration of a truck or truck tractor, the owner thereof
108	108	shall declare as a part of such application the maximum gross weight the
109	109	owner desires to be applicable to such vehicle, which declared gross
110	110	weight in no event shall be in excess of the limitations described by K.S.A.
111	111	8-1908 and 8-1909, and amendments thereto, for such vehicle or
112	112	combination of vehicles of which it will be a part. All applications for the
113	113	registration of trucks or truck tractors, except as otherwise provided
114	114	herein, shall be accompanied by an annual license fee as follows:
115	115	For a gross weight of 12,000 lbs. or less unless otherwise provided ............
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117	117	For a gross weight of 12,000 lbs or less and the truck
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162	162	For a gross weight of 12,000 lbs or less and the truck
163	163	or truck tractor is all-electric.............................................................200
164	164	For a gross weight of more than 12,000 lbs. and not
165	165	more than 16,000 lbs. .........................................................................202
166	166	For a gross weight of more than 16,000 lbs. and not
167	167	more than 20,000 lbs. .........................................................................232
168	168	For a gross weight of more than 20,000 lbs. and not
169	169	more than 24,000 lbs...........................................................................297
170	170	For a gross weight of more than 24,000 lbs. and not
171	171	more than 26,000 lbs...........................................................................412
172	172	For a gross weight of more than 26,000 lbs. and not
173	173	more than 30,000 lbs...........................................................................412
174	174	For a gross weight of more than 30,000 lbs. and not
175	175	more than 36,000 lbs...........................................................................475
176	176	For a gross weight of more than 36,000 lbs. and not
177	177	more than 42,000 lbs. .........................................................................575
178	178	For a gross weight of more than 42,000 lbs. and not
179	179	more than 48,000 lbs. .........................................................................705
180	180	For a gross weight of more than 48,000 lbs. and not
181	181	more than 54,000 lbs...........................................................................905
182	182	For a gross weight of more than 54,000 lbs. and not
183	183	more than 60,000 lbs........................................................................1,145
184	184	For a gross weight of more than 60,000 lbs. and not
185	185	more than 66,000 lbs. ......................................................................1,345
186	186	For a gross weight of more than 66,000 lbs. and not
187	187	more than 74,000 lbs. ......................................................................1,670
188	188	For a gross weight of more than 74,000 lbs. and not
189	189	more than 80,000 lbs. ......................................................................1,870
190	190	For a gross weight of more than 80,000 lbs. and not
191	191	more than 85,500 lbs........................................................................2,070
192	192	(2) If the applicant for registration of any truck or truck tractor for a
193	193	gross weight of more than 12,000 pounds in the state of Kansas or any
194	194	political or taxing subdivision or agency of the state, except a city or
195	195	county, whose truck or truck tractor is not otherwise entitled to the $2
196	196	license fee or otherwise exempt from all fees, such vehicle may be
197	197	licensed for a fee in accordance with the schedule hereinafter prescribed
198	198	for local trucks or truck tractors.
199	199	(3) If the applicant for registration of any truck or truck tractor for a
200	200	gross weight of more than 12,000 pounds shall under oath state in writing
201	201	on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles that the
202	202	applicant does not expect to operate it more than 6,000 miles in the
203	203	calendar year for which the applicant seeks registration, and that if the
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248	248	year such applicant will pay an additional fee equal to the fee required by
249	249	the schedule under paragraph (1), less the amount of the fee paid at time of
250	250	registration, such vehicle may be licensed for a fee in accordance with the
251	251	schedule prescribed for local trucks or truck tractors. Whenever a truck or
252	252	truck tractor is registered on a local truck or truck tractor fee basis a tab or
253	253	marker shall be issued in connection with the regular license plate, which
254	254	tab or marker shall be attached or affixed to and displayed with the regular
255	255	license plate and the failure to have the same attached, affixed or displayed
256	256	shall be subject to the same penalties as provided by law for the failure to
257	257	display the regular license plate; and the secretary of revenue may adopt
258	258	rules and regulations requiring the owners of trucks and truck tractors so
259	259	registered on a local truck or truck tractor fee basis to keep such records
260	260	and make such reports of mileage of such vehicles as the secretary of
261	261	revenue shall deem proper.
262	262	(4) A transporter delivering vehicles not the transporter's own by the
263	263	driveaway method where such vehicles are being driven, towed, or
264	264	transported singly, or by the saddlemount, towbar, or fullmount methods,
265	265	or by any lawful combination thereof, may apply for license plates which
266	266	may be transferred from one such vehicle or combination to another for
267	267	each delivery without further registration, and the annual license fee for
268	268	such license plate shall be as follows:
269	269	For the first such set of license plates......................................................$64
270	270	For each additional such set of license plates ...........................................38
271	271	(5) A truck or truck tractor registered for a gross weight of more than
272	272	12,000 pounds that is operated wholly within the corporate limits of a city
273	273	or village or within a radius of 25 miles beyond the corporate limits, shall
274	274	be classified as a local truck except that in no event shall such vehicles
275	275	operated as contract or common carriers outside a radius of three miles
276	276	beyond the corporate limits of the city or village in which such vehicles
277	277	were based when registered and licensed be considered local trucks or
278	278	truck tractors. The secretary of revenue is hereby authorized and directed
279	279	to adopt rules and regulations prescribing a procedure for the issuance of
280	280	permits by the division of vehicles whereby owners of local trucks or truck
281	281	tractors may operate any such vehicle, empty, beyond the radius
282	282	hereinbefore prescribed, when such operation is solely for the purpose of
283	283	having such vehicle repaired, painted or serviced or for adding additional
284	284	equipment thereto. The annual license fee for a local truck or truck tractor,
285	285	except as otherwise provided herein, shall be as follows:
286	286	For a gross weight of more than 12,000 lbs. and not
287	287	more than 16,000 lbs.........................................................................$162
288	288	For a gross weight of more than 16,000 lbs. and not
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334	334	more than 24,000 lbs. .........................................................................232
335	335	For a gross weight of more than 24,000 lbs. and not
336	336	more than 26,000 lbs. .........................................................................277
337	337	For a gross weight of more than 26,000 lbs. and not
338	338	more than 30,000 lbs. .........................................................................277
339	339	For a gross weight of more than 30,000 lbs. and not
340	340	more than 36,000 lbs...........................................................................315
341	341	For a gross weight of more than 36,000 lbs. and not
342	342	more than 42,000 lbs. .........................................................................345
343	343	For a gross weight of more than 42,000 lbs. and not
344	344	more than 48,000 lbs. .........................................................................415
345	345	For a gross weight of more than 48,000 lbs. and not
346	346	more than 54,000 lbs. .........................................................................515
347	347	For a gross weight of more than 54,000 lbs. and not
348	348	more than 60,000 lbs...........................................................................615
349	349	For a gross weight of more than 60,000 lbs. and not
350	350	more than 66,000 lbs. .........................................................................715
351	351	For a gross weight of more than 66,000 lbs. and not
352	352	more than 74,000 lbs. .........................................................................895
353	353	For a gross weight of more than 74,000 lbs. and not
354	354	more than 80,000 lbs. ......................................................................1,025
355	355	For a gross weight of more than 80,000 lbs. and not
356	356	more than 85,500 lbs. ......................................................................1,145
357	357	(6) A truck or truck tractor registered for a gross weight of more than
358	358	12,000 pounds, which is owned by a person engaged in farming and which
359	359	truck or truck tractor is used by such owner to transport agricultural
360	360	products produced by such owner or commodities purchased by such
361	361	owner for use on the farm owned or rented by the owner of such farm
362	362	truck or truck tractor, shall be classified as a farm truck or truck tractor and
363	363	the annual license fee for such farm truck shall be as follows:
364	364	For a gross weight of more than 12,000 lbs. and not
365	365	more than 16,000 lbs. .........................................................................$57
366	366	For a gross weight of more than 16,000 lbs. and not
367	367	more than 20,000 lbs. .........................................................................142
368	368	For a gross weight of more than 20,000 lbs. and not
369	369	more than 24,000 lbs. .........................................................................152
370	370	For a gross weight of more than 24,000 lbs. and not
371	371	more than 26,000 lbs. .........................................................................172
372	372	For a gross weight of more than 26,000 lbs. and not
373	373	more than 36,000 lbs. .........................................................................172
374	374	For a gross weight of more than 36,000 lbs. and not
375	375	more than 54,000 lbs. .........................................................................175
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420	420	more than 60,000 lbs. .........................................................................325
421	421	For a gross weight of more than 60,000 lbs. and not
422	422	more than 66,000 lbs. .........................................................................505
423	423	For a gross weight of more than 66,000 lbs. ...........................................745
424	424	A vehicle licensed as a farm truck or truck tractor may be used by the
425	425	owner thereof to transport, for charity and without compensation of any
426	426	kind, commodities for religious or educational institutions. A truck that is
427	427	licensed as a farm truck may also be used for the transportation of sand,
428	428	gravel, slag stone, limestone, crushed stone, cinders, black top, dirt or fill
429	429	material to a township road maintenance or construction site of the
430	430	township in which the owner of such truck resides. Any applicant for
431	431	registration of any farm truck or farm truck tractor used in combination
432	432	with a trailer or semitrailer shall register the farm truck or farm truck
433	433	tractor for a gross weight which shall include the empty weight of the
434	434	truck or truck tractor or of the combination of any truck or truck tractor
435	435	and any type of trailer or semitrailer, plus the maximum weight of cargo
436	436	that will be transported on or with the same. The applicant for registration
437	437	of any farm truck or farm truck tractor used to transport a gross weight of
438	438	more than 54,000 pounds shall durably letter on the side of the motor
439	439	vehicle the words "farm vehicle—not for hire." If an applicant for
440	440	registration of any farm truck or farm truck tractor operates such vehicle
441	441	for any use or purpose not authorized for a farm truck or farm truck tractor,
442	442	such applicant shall pay an additional fee equal to the fee required for the
443	443	registration of all trucks or truck tractors not registered as local, 6,000-mile
444	444	or farm truck or farm truck tractor motor vehicles, less the amount of the
445	445	fee paid at time of registration. Nothing in this or the preceding paragraph
446	446	shall authorize a gross weight of a vehicle or combination of vehicles on
447	447	the national system of interstate and defense highways greater than
448	448	permitted by laws of the United States congress.
449	449	(7) Except as provided herein, the annual license fee for each local
450	450	urban transit bus used in local urban transit operations exempted under the
451	451	provisions of K.S.A. 66-1,109(a), and amendments thereto, shall be based
452	452	on the passenger seating capacity of the bus and shall be as follows:
453	453	8 or more, but less than 31 passengers ....................................................$35
454	454	31 or more, but less than 40 passengers ....................................................50
455	455	More than 39 passengers ...........................................................................80
456	456	The annual license fee for each local urban transit bus that is owned by
457	457	a metropolitan transit authority established pursuant to articles 25 and 28
458	458	of chapter 12 or pursuant to article 31 of chapter 13 of the Kansas Statutes
459	459	Annotated, and amendments thereto, shall be $2.
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461	461	less than 10 passengers shall be subject to registration fees based on the
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506	506	a carrying capacity of 10 or more passengers shall be subject to the truck
507	507	classifications and license fees as provided.
508	508	(9) For any trailer, semitrailer, travel trailer or pole trailer the annual
509	509	license fee shall be as follows:
510	510	(A) For any such vehicle with a gross weight of more than 12,000
511	511	pounds but less than 54,000 pounds the annual fee shall be $55;
512	512	(B) any such vehicle grossing more than 8,000 pounds but not over
513	513	12,000 pounds, the annual fee shall be $45; and
514	514	(C) for any such vehicle grossing more than 2,000 pounds but not
515	515	over 8,000 pounds, the annual fee shall be $35.
516	516	Any such vehicle having a gross weight of 2,000 pounds or less may, at
517	517	the owner's option, be registered and the fee for such registration shall be
518	518	as provided in paragraph (C).
519	519	Any trailer, semitrailer or travel trailer owned by a nonresident of this
520	520	state and based in another state that is properly registered and licensed in
521	521	the state of residence of the owner or in the state where based, may be
522	522	operated in this state without being registered or licensed in this state if the
523	523	truck or truck tractor propelling the same is properly registered and
524	524	licensed in this state, or is registered and licensed in some other state and
525	525	is entitled to reciprocal privileges of operation in this state, but this
526	526	provision shall not apply to any trailer or semitrailer owned by a
527	527	nonresident of this state when such trailer or semitrailer is owned by a
528	528	person who has proportionately registered and licensed a fleet of vehicles
529	529	under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,101 through 8-1,123, and amendments
530	530	thereto, or under the terms of any reciprocal or proration agreement made
531	531	pursuant thereto.
532	532	At the option of the owner, any trailer, semitrailer or pole trailer, with a
533	533	gross weight of more than 12,000 pounds, may be issued a multi-year
534	534	registration for a five-year period upon payment of the appropriate
535	535	registration fee. The fee for a five-year registration of such trailer shall be
536	536	five times the annual fee for such trailer. If the annual registration fee is
537	537	increased during the multi-year registration period, the owner of the trailer
538	538	with such multi-year registration shall be subject to the amount of the
539	539	increase of the annual registration fee for the remaining calendar years of
540	540	such multi-year registration. When the owner of any trailer, semitrailer or
541	541	pole trailer registered under this multi-year provision transfers or assigns
542	542	the title, or interest thereto, the registration of such trailer shall expire. The
543	543	owner shall remove the license plate from such trailer and forward the
544	544	license plate to the division of vehicles or may have such license plate
545	545	assigned to another trailer, semitrailer or pole trailer upon the payment of
546	546	fees required by law. Any owner of a trailer, semitrailer or pole trailer
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591	591	junked, repossessed, foreclosed by a mechanic's lien or title transferred by
592	592	operation of law, and the registration thereon is not going to be transferred
593	593	to another trailer, may secure a refund for the registration fee for the
594	594	remaining calendar years by making application to the division of vehicles
595	595	on a form and in the manner prescribed by the director of vehicles. The
596	596	secretary of revenue may adopt such rules and regulations necessary to
597	597	implement the multi-year registration of such trailers, semitrailers and pole
598	598	trailers.
599	599	(c) Any truck or truck tractor having a gross weight of 4,000 pounds
600	600	or over, using solid tires, shall pay a license fee of double the amount
601	601	herein charged. The annual fees herein provided for trucks, truck tractors
602	602	and trailers not subject to K.S.A. 8-134a, and amendments thereto, shall be
603	603	due January 1 of each year and payable on or before the last day of
604	604	February in each year. If the fee is not paid by such date a penalty of $1
605	605	shall be added to the fee charged herein for each month or fraction thereof
606	606	and until December 31 of each registration year. The annual registration
607	607	fee for all passenger vehicles and vehicles subject to K.S.A. 8-134a, and
608	608	amendments thereto, shall be due on or before the last day of the month in
609	609	which the registration plate expires and shall be due for other vehicles as
610	610	provided by K.S.A. 8-134, and amendments thereto. If the registration fee
611	611	is not paid by such date a penalty of $1 shall be added to the fee charged
612	612	herein for each month or fraction thereof until such registration fee is paid.
613	613	Members of the armed forces of the United States shall be permitted to
614	614	apply for registration at any time and be subject to registration fee, less
615	615	penalties, applicable at the time the application is made. If any motorcycle,
616	616	motorized bicycle, trailer, semitrailer, travel trailer, or pole trailer is either
617	617	purchased or acquired after the anniversary or renewal date in any
618	618	registration year there shall immediately become due and payable a
619	619	registration fee as follows: If purchased or acquired between the
620	620	anniversary or renewal date of any registration year and the first six
621	621	months of such registration year, the annual fee provided herein; if
622	622	purchased or acquired during the last six months of any registration year,
623	623	50% of such annual fee. If any truck or truck tractor, except trucks subject
624	624	to K.S.A. 8-134a, and amendments thereto, is purchased or acquired prior
625	625	to April 1 of any year the fee shall be the annual fee provided herein, but if
626	626	such truck or truck tractor is purchased or acquired after the end of March
627	627	of any year, the license fee for such year shall be reduced
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631	631	truck registered for a gross weight of 12,000 pounds or less or passenger
632	632	vehicle is purchased or acquired and less than 12 months remain in the
633	633	registration period, the fee shall be
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637	637	(d) The owner of any motorcycle, motorized bicycle, passenger
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681	681	vehicle, truck, truck tractor, trailer, semitrailer, or electrically propelled
682	682	vehicle who fails to pay the registration fee or fees herein provided on the
683	683	date when the same become due and payable shall be guilty of a
684	684	misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a penalty in
685	685	the sum of $1 for each month or fraction thereof during which such fee has
686	686	remained unpaid after it became due and payable; and in addition thereto
687	687	shall be subject to such other punishment as is provided in this act. Upon
688	688	the transfer of motorcycles, motorized bicycles, passenger vehicles,
689	689	trailers, semitrailers, trucks or truck tractors, on which registration fees
690	690	have been paid for the year in which the transfer is made, either: (1) To a
691	691	corporation by one or more persons, solely in exchange for stock or
692	692	securities in such corporation; or (2) by one corporation to another
693	693	corporation when all of the assets of such corporation are transferred to the
694	694	other corporation, then in either case, paragraph (1) or (2) the corporation
695	695	shall be exempt from the payment of registration fees on such vehicles for
696	696	the year in which such transfer is made. Applications for transfer or
697	697	registration shall be accompanied by a fee of $1.50. When the registration
698	698	of a vehicle has expired at midnight on the last day of any registration
699	699	year, and such vehicle is not thereafter operated upon the highways, any
700	700	application for renewal of registration made subsequent to the anniversary
701	701	or renewal date of any registration year following the expiration of such
702	702	registration and for succeeding registration years in which such vehicle has
703	703	not been registered shall be accompanied by an affidavit of nonoperation
704	704	and nonuse, and such application for renewal or registration shall be
705	705	received by the division of vehicles upon payment of the proper fees for
706	706	the current registration year and without penalty.
707	707	(e) Any nonresident of Kansas purchasing a vehicle from a Kansas
708	708	resident and desiring to secure registration on the vehicle in the state of
709	709	such person's residence may make application in the office of any county
710	710	treasurer for a sixty-day temporary registration. The county treasurer upon
711	711	presentation of evidence of ownership in the applicant and evidence the
712	712	sales tax has been paid, if due, shall charge and collect a fee of $3 for each
713	713	sixty-day temporary license and issue a sticker or paper registration as may
714	714	be determined by the director of vehicles, and the registration so issued
715	715	shall be valid for a period of 60 days from the date of issuance.
716	716	(f) Any owner of any motor vehicle that is subject to taxation under
717	717	the provisions of article 51 of chapter 79 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated,
718	718	and amendments thereto, or any other truck or truck tractor where the
719	719	annual registration fee has been paid and the vehicle is sold, junked,
720	720	repossessed, foreclosed by a mechanic's lien or title transferred by
721	721	operation of law, and the registration thereon is not going to be transferred
722	722	to another vehicle may secure a refund for the registration fee for the
723	723	remaining portion of the year by making application to the division of
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767	767	vehicles on a form and in the manner prescribed by the director of
768	768	vehicles, accompanied by all license plates and attachments issued in
769	769	connection therewith. If the owner of the registration becomes deceased
770	770	and the vehicle is not going to be used on the highway, and title is not
771	771	being currently transferred, the proper representative of the estate shall be
772	772	entitled to the refund. The refund shall be made only for the period of time
773	773	remaining in the registration year from the date of completion and filing of
774	774	the application with and delivery of the license plate and attachments to
775	775	the division of vehicles. Where the registration is secured under a quarterly
776	776	payment annual registration fee, as provided for in K.S.A. 8-143a, and
777	777	amendments thereto, such refund shall be made on the quarterly fee paid
778	778	and unused and all remaining quarterly payments shall be canceled. Any
779	779	truck or truck tractor having the registration fee paid on quarterly payment
780	780	basis, all quarterly payments due or a fraction of quarterly payment due
781	781	shall be paid before title may be transferred, except that in case of death,
782	782	the filing of the application and returning of the license plate and
783	783	attachment shall cancel the remaining annual payments due. Whenever a
784	784	truck or truck tractor, where the registration is secured on a quarterly
785	785	payment of the annual registration, the one repossessing the truck or truck
786	786	tractor, or foreclosing by a mechanic's lien, or securing title by court order,
787	787	the mortgagor or the assigns of the mortgagor, or the one securing title
788	788	may pay the balance due on date of application for title, but the payments
789	789	for the remaining portion of the year shall not be canceled unless
790	790	application is made and the license plate and attachments are surrendered.
791	791	Nothing in this subsection shall apply when registration is secured under
792	792	the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,101 through 8-1,123, and amendments
793	793	thereto. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this section,
794	794	no refund shall be made under the provisions of this section where the
795	795	amount thereof does not exceed $5. The division of vehicles shall furnish
796	796	such blank forms as may be required under the provisions of this
797	797	subsection as it deems necessary to be completed by the applicant.
798	798	Whenever a registration which has been secured on a quarterly basis shall
799	799	be canceled as provided in this subsection, the division of vehicles shall
800	800	notify the county treasurer issuing the original registration of such
801	801	cancellation so that the county treasurer may, and the county treasurer shall
802	802	cancel the registration of such vehicle in the county treasurer's office and
803	803	release any lien issued in connection with such registration.
804	804	(g) Every owner of a travel trailer designed for or intended to be
805	805	moved upon any highway in this state shall, before the same is so moved,
806	806	apply for and obtain the proper registration thereof as provided in this act,
807	807	except when such unit is permitted to be moved under the special
808	808	provisions relating to secured parties, manufacturers, dealers and
809	809	nonresidents contained in this act. At the time of registering any travel
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854	854	this state, the owner thereof shall indicate on the registration form whether
855	855	or not such vehicle is being moved permanently to a location outside of the
856	856	county in which such vehicle is being registered. No such vehicle which
857	857	the owner thereof intends to move to a permanent location outside the
858	858	boundaries of such county shall be registered for movement on the
859	859	highways of this state until all taxes levied against such vehicle have been
860	860	paid. A copy of such registration form shall be sent to the county clerk or
861	861	assessor of the county to which such vehicle is being moved. When such
862	862	travel trailer is used for living quarters and not operated on the highways,
863	863	the owner shall be exempt from the license fees as provided in subsection
864	864	(b)(9) so long as such travel trailer is not operated on the highway.
865	865	Sec. 2. K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 8-145 is hereby amended to read as
866	866	follows: 8-145. (a) All registration and certificates of title fees shall be
867	867	paid to the division of vehicles, a contractor of the division or the county
868	868	treasurer of the county in which the applicant for registration resides or has
869	869	an office or principal place of business within this state. The division,
870	870	contractor or the county treasurer shall issue a receipt to the applicant for
871	871	such fees paid.
872	872	(b) The county treasurer, division or contractor shall deposit $.75 out
873	873	of each license application, $.75 out of each application for transfer of
874	874	license plate and $2 out of each application for a certificate of title,
875	875	collected under this act, in a special fund, which fund is hereby
876	876	appropriated for the use of the county treasurer, division or contractor in
877	877	paying for necessary help and expenses incidental to the administration of
878	878	duties in accordance with the provisions of this law. The county treasurer
879	879	shall receive extra compensation for the services performed in
880	880	administering the provisions of this act, which compensation shall be in
881	881	addition to any other compensation provided by any other law, except that
882	882	the county treasurer shall receive as additional compensation for
883	883	administering the motor vehicle title and registration laws and fees, a sum
884	884	computed as follows: The county treasurer, during the month of December,
885	885	shall determine the amount to be retained for extra compensation not to
886	886	exceed the following amounts each year for calendar year 2006 or any
887	887	calendar year thereafter: The sum of $110 per hundred registrations for the
888	888	first 5,000 registrations; the sum of $90 per hundred registrations for the
889	889	second 5,000 registrations; the sum of $5 per hundred for the third 5,000
890	890	registrations; and the sum of $2 per hundred registrations for all
891	891	registrations thereafter. In no event, however, shall any county treasurer be
892	892	entitled to receive more than $15,000 additional annual compensation.
893	893	If more than one person shall hold the office of county treasurer during
894	894	any one calendar year, such compensation shall be prorated among such
895	895	persons in proportion to the number of weeks served. The total amount of
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939	939	compensation paid the treasurer together with the amounts expended in
940	940	paying for other necessary help and expenses incidental to the
941	941	administration of the duties of the county treasurer in accordance with the
942	942	provisions of this act, shall not exceed the amount deposited in such
943	943	special fund. Any balance remaining in such fund at the close of any
944	944	calendar year shall be withdrawn and credited to the general fund of the
945	945	county prior to June 1 of the following calendar year.
946	946	(c) The county treasurer, division or contractor shall remit the
947	947	remainder of all such fees collected, together with the original copy of all
948	948	applications, to the secretary of revenue. The secretary of revenue shall
949	949	remit all such fees remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the
950	950	provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of
951	951	each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in
952	952	the state treasury to the credit of the state highway fund, except as
953	953	provided in subsection (d).
954	954	(d) (1) Three dollars and fifty cents of each certificate of title fee
955	955	collected and remitted to the secretary of revenue, shall be remitted to the
956	956	state treasurer who shall credit such $3.50 to the Kansas highway patrol
957	957	motor vehicle fund. Three dollars of each certificate of title fee collected
958	958	and remitted to the secretary of revenue, shall be remitted to the state
959	959	treasurer who shall credit such $3 to the VIPS/CAMA technology
960	960	hardware fund.
961	961	(2) For repossessed vehicles, $3 of each certificate of title fee
962	962	collected shall be retained by the contractor or county treasurer who
963	963	processed the application.
964	964	(3) Three dollars and fifty cents of each reassignment form fee
965	965	collected and remitted to the secretary of revenue, shall be remitted to the
966	966	state treasurer who shall credit such $3.50 to the Kansas highway patrol
967	967	motor vehicle fund. Three dollars of each reassignment form fee collected
968	968	and remitted to the secretary of revenue, shall be remitted to the state
969	969	treasurer who shall credit such $3 to the VIPS/CAMA technology
970	970	hardware fund.
971	971	(4) Four dollars of each division of vehicles modernization surcharge
972	972	collected and remitted to the secretary of revenue, shall be remitted to the
973	973	state treasurer who shall credit such $4 to the state highway fund.
974	974	(5) Two dollars of each Kansas highway patrol staffing and training
975	975	surcharge collected and remitted to the secretary of revenue, shall be
976	976	remitted to the state treasurer who shall credit such $2 to the Kansas
977	977	highway patrol staffing and training fund.
978	978	(6) One dollar and twenty-five cents of each surcharge collected and
979	979	remitted to the secretary of revenue pursuant to K.S.A. 8-1,177, and
980	980	amendments thereto, shall be remitted to the state treasurer who shall
981	981	credit such $1.25 to the state general fund.
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1025	1025	(7) Fees collected in K.S.A. 8-135 and 8-145, and amendments
1026	1026	thereto, that are collected by the division for commercial motor vehicles or
1027	1027	vehicles that are part of a commercial fleet, shall be remitted to the state
1028	1028	treasurer, who shall credit such amounts to the commercial vehicle
1029	1029	administrative fund.
1030	1030	(8) Fees collected in K.S.A. 8-135 and 8-145, and amendments
1031	1031	thereto, that are collected by the division for vehicles that are part of a fleet
1032	1032	rental pursuant to K.S.A. 8-1,189, and amendments thereto, shall be
1033	1033	remitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit such amounts to the fleet
1034	1034	rental vehicle administration fund.
1035	1035	(9) Fees collected in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, for those
1036	1036	motorcycles that are all-electric motorcycles pursuant to K.S.A. 8-143(a)
1037	1037	(3), and amendments thereto, for those motor vehicles that are electric
1038	1038	hybrid or plug-in electric hybrid vehicles pursuant to K.S.A. 8-143(a)(4)
1039	1039	(C), and amendments thereto, for those motor vehicles that are all-electric
1040	1040	vehicles pursuant to K.S.A. 8-143(a)(4)(D), and amendments thereto, and
1041	1041	for those truck or truck tractors that are all-electric, an electric hybrid or
1042	1042	a plug-in electric hybrid with a gross weight of 12,000 pounds or less
1043	1043	pursuant to K.S.A. 8-143(b)(1), and amendments thereto, shall be remitted
1044	1044	to the state treasurer who shall credit to the state highway fund amounts
1045	1045	specified in K.S.A. 79-34,142, and amendments thereto, and amounts
1046	1046	specified in K.S.A. 79-34,142, and amendments thereto, to the special city
1047	1047	and county highway fund to be apportioned and distributed in the manner
1048	1048	provided in K.S.A. 79-3425c, and amendments thereto.
1049	1049	Sec. 3. K.S.A. 8-143 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 8-145 are hereby
1050	1050	repealed.
1051	1051	Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after
1052	1052	January 1, 2026, and its publication in the statute book.
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