12 | | - | Section 1. On and after January 1, 2026, K.S.A. 8-143 is hereby |
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13 | | - | amended to read as follows: 8-143. (a) All applications for the |
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14 | | - | registration of motorcycles, motorized bicycles and passenger vehicles |
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15 | | - | other than trucks and truck tractors, except as otherwise provided, shall |
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16 | | - | be accompanied by an annual license fee as follows: |
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17 | | - | (1) Prior to January 1, 2020: |
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18 | | - | (A) For motorized bicycles, $11; |
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19 | | - | (B) for motorcycles, $16; |
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20 | | - | (C) for passenger vehicles, other than motorcycles, used solely for |
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21 | | - | the carrying of persons for pleasure or business, and for hearses and |
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22 | | - | ambulances a fee of: |
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23 | | - | (i) For those having a gross weight of 4,500 pounds or less, $30; |
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24 | | - | and |
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25 | | - | (ii) for those having a gross weight of more than 4,500 pounds, |
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26 | | - | $40. |
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27 | | - | (D) Except for motor vehicles, trailers or semitrailers registered |
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28 | | - | under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,134, and amendments thereto, the |
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29 | | - | annual registration fee for each motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer |
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30 | | - | owned by any political or taxing subdivision of this state or by any |
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31 | | - | agency or instrumentality of any one or more political or taxing |
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32 | | - | subdivisions of this state and used exclusively for governmental |
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33 | | - | purposes and not for any private or utility purposes, that is not |
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34 | | - | otherwise exempt from registration, shall be $2. |
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35 | | - | (2) On and after January 1, 2020: |
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36 | | - | (A) For motorized bicycles, $11; |
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37 | | - | (B)(2) for motorcycles, $16; |
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38 | | - | (3) for those motorcycles that are all-electric motorcycles, $30; |
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39 | | - | (C)(4) for passenger vehicles, other than motorcycles, used solely |
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40 | | - | for the carrying of persons for pleasure or business, and for hearses and |
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41 | | - | ambulances a fee of: |
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42 | | - | (i)(A) For those having a gross weight of 4,500 pounds or less, |
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43 | | - | $30; |
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44 | | - | (ii)(B) for those having a gross weight of more than 4,500 pounds, |
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45 | | - | $40; |
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46 | | - | (iii)(C) for those motor vehicles that are electric hybrid vehicles, |
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47 | | - | $70; |
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48 | | - | (D) for those motor vehicles that are electric hybrid or plug-in |
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49 | | - | electric hybrid vehicles, $50 $100; and |
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50 | | - | (iv)(E) for those motor vehicles that are all-electric vehicles, $100. |
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51 | | - | $165; and |
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52 | | - | (D)(5) except for motor vehicles, trailers or semitrailers registered |
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53 | | - | under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,134, and amendments thereto, the |
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54 | | - | annual registration fee for each motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer |
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55 | | - | owned by any political or taxing subdivision of this state or by any |
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56 | | - | agency or instrumentality of any one or more political or taxing |
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57 | | - | subdivisions of this state and used exclusively for governmental |
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58 | | - | purposes and not for any private or utility purposes, that is not |
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59 | | - | otherwise exempt from registration, shall be $2. |
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60 | | - | (b) (1) As used in this subsection, the term "gross weight" shall |
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61 | | - | mean and include the empty weight of the truck, or combination of the |
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62 | | - | truck or truck tractor and any type trailer or semitrailer, plus the |
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63 | | - | maximum weight of cargo which will be transported on or with the |
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64 | | - | same, except when the empty weight of a truck plus the maximum |
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65 | | - | weight of cargo which will be transported thereon is 12,000 pounds or |
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66 | | - | less. The term gross weight shall not include: The weight of any travel HOUSE BILL No. 2122—page 2 |
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67 | | - | trailer propelled thereby which is being used for private recreational |
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68 | | - | purposes; or the weight of any vehicle or combination of vehicles for |
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69 | | - | which wrecker or towing service, as defined in K.S.A. 66-1329, and |
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70 | | - | amendments thereto, is to be provided by a wrecker or tow truck, as |
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71 | | - | defined in K.S.A. 66-1329, and amendments thereto. Such wrecker or |
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72 | | - | tow truck shall be registered for the empty weight of such vehicle fully |
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73 | | - | equipped for the recovery or towing of vehicles. The gross weight |
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74 | | - | license fees hereinafter prescribed shall only apply to the truck or truck |
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75 | | - | tractor used as the propelling unit for the cargo and vehicle propelled, |
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76 | | - | either as a single vehicle or combination of vehicles. On application for |
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77 | | - | the registration of a truck or truck tractor, the owner thereof shall |
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78 | | - | declare as a part of such application the maximum gross weight the |
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79 | | - | owner desires to be applicable to such vehicle, which declared gross |
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80 | | - | weight in no event shall be in excess of the limitations described by |
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81 | | - | K.S.A. 8-1908 and 8-1909, and amendments thereto, for such vehicle |
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82 | | - | or combination of vehicles of which it will be a part. All applications |
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83 | | - | for the registration of trucks or truck tractors, except as otherwise |
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84 | | - | provided herein, shall be accompanied by an annual license fee as |
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85 | | - | follows: |
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86 | | - | For a gross weight of 12,000 lbs. or less unless otherwise provided .$40 |
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87 | | - | For a gross weight of 12,000 lbs or less and the truck |
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88 | | - | or truck tractor is an electric hybrid or plug-in electric hybrid ...125 |
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89 | | - | For a gross weight of 12,000 lbs or less and the truck |
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90 | | - | or truck tractor is all-electric .......................................................200 |
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91 | | - | For a gross weight of more than 12,000 lbs. and not |
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92 | | - | more than 16,000 lbs. ....................................................................202 |
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93 | | - | For a gross weight of more than 16,000 lbs. and not |
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94 | | - | more than 20,000 lbs. ....................................................................232 |
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95 | | - | For a gross weight of more than 20,000 lbs. and not |
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96 | | - | more than 24,000 lbs. ....................................................................297 |
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97 | | - | For a gross weight of more than 24,000 lbs. and not |
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98 | | - | more than 26,000 lbs. ....................................................................412 |
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99 | | - | For a gross weight of more than 26,000 lbs. and not |
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100 | | - | more than 30,000 lbs. ....................................................................412 |
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101 | | - | For a gross weight of more than 30,000 lbs. and not |
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102 | | - | more than 36,000 lbs. ....................................................................475 |
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103 | | - | For a gross weight of more than 36,000 lbs. and not |
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104 | | - | more than 42,000 lbs. ....................................................................575 |
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105 | | - | For a gross weight of more than 42,000 lbs. and not |
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106 | | - | more than 48,000 lbs. ....................................................................705 |
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107 | | - | For a gross weight of more than 48,000 lbs. and not |
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108 | | - | more than 54,000 lbs. ....................................................................905 |
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109 | | - | For a gross weight of more than 54,000 lbs. and not |
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110 | | - | more than 60,000 lbs. .................................................................1,145 |
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111 | | - | For a gross weight of more than 60,000 lbs. and not |
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112 | | - | more than 66,000 lbs. .................................................................1,345 |
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113 | | - | For a gross weight of more than 66,000 lbs. and not |
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114 | | - | more than 74,000 lbs. .................................................................1,670 |
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115 | | - | For a gross weight of more than 74,000 lbs. and not |
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116 | | - | more than 80,000 lbs. .................................................................1,870 |
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117 | | - | For a gross weight of more than 80,000 lbs. and not |
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118 | | - | more than 85,500 lbs. .................................................................2,070 |
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119 | | - | (2) If the applicant for registration of any truck or truck tractor for |
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120 | | - | a gross weight of more than 12,000 pounds in the state of Kansas or |
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121 | | - | any political or taxing subdivision or agency of the state, except a city |
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122 | | - | or county, whose truck or truck tractor is not otherwise entitled to the |
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123 | | - | $2 license fee or otherwise exempt from all fees, such vehicle may be |
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124 | | - | licensed for a fee in accordance with the schedule hereinafter |
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125 | | - | prescribed for local trucks or truck tractors. |
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126 | | - | (3) If the applicant for registration of any truck or truck tractor for |
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127 | | - | a gross weight of more than 12,000 pounds shall under oath state in |
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128 | | - | writing on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles |
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129 | | - | that the applicant does not expect to operate it more than 6,000 miles in |
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130 | | - | the calendar year for which the applicant seeks registration, and that if HOUSE BILL No. 2122—page 3 |
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131 | | - | the applicant shall operate it more than 6,000 miles during such |
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132 | | - | registration year such applicant will pay an additional fee equal to the |
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133 | | - | fee required by the schedule under paragraph (1), less the amount of the |
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134 | | - | fee paid at time of registration, such vehicle may be licensed for a fee |
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135 | | - | in accordance with the schedule prescribed for local trucks or truck |
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136 | | - | tractors. Whenever a truck or truck tractor is registered on a local truck |
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137 | | - | or truck tractor fee basis a tab or marker shall be issued in connection |
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138 | | - | with the regular license plate, which tab or marker shall be attached or |
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139 | | - | affixed to and displayed with the regular license plate and the failure to |
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140 | | - | have the same attached, affixed or displayed shall be subject to the |
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141 | | - | same penalties as provided by law for the failure to display the regular |
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142 | | - | license plate; and the secretary of revenue may adopt rules and |
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143 | | - | regulations requiring the owners of trucks and truck tractors so |
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144 | | - | registered on a local truck or truck tractor fee basis to keep such records |
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145 | | - | and make such reports of mileage of such vehicles as the secretary of |
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146 | | - | revenue shall deem proper. |
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147 | | - | (4) A transporter delivering vehicles not the transporter's own by |
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148 | | - | the driveaway method where such vehicles are being driven, towed, or |
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149 | | - | transported singly, or by the saddlemount, towbar, or fullmount |
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150 | | - | methods, or by any lawful combination thereof, may apply for license |
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151 | | - | plates which may be transferred from one such vehicle or combination |
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152 | | - | to another for each delivery without further registration, and the annual |
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153 | | - | license fee for such license plate shall be as follows: |
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154 | | - | For the first such set of license plates ................................................$64 |
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155 | | - | For each additional such set of license plates ......................................38 |
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156 | | - | (5) A truck or truck tractor registered for a gross weight of more |
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157 | | - | than 12,000 pounds that is operated wholly within the corporate limits |
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158 | | - | of a city or village or within a radius of 25 miles beyond the corporate |
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159 | | - | limits, shall be classified as a local truck except that in no event shall |
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160 | | - | such vehicles operated as contract or common carriers outside a radius |
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161 | | - | of three miles beyond the corporate limits of the city or village in which |
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162 | | - | such vehicles were based when registered and licensed be considered |
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163 | | - | local trucks or truck tractors. The secretary of revenue is hereby |
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164 | | - | authorized and directed to adopt rules and regulations prescribing a |
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165 | | - | procedure for the issuance of permits by the division of vehicles |
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166 | | - | whereby owners of local trucks or truck tractors may operate any such |
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167 | | - | vehicle, empty, beyond the radius hereinbefore prescribed, when such |
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168 | | - | operation is solely for the purpose of having such vehicle repaired, |
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169 | | - | painted or serviced or for adding additional equipment thereto. The |
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170 | | - | annual license fee for a local truck or truck tractor, except as otherwise |
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171 | | - | provided herein, shall be as follows: |
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172 | | - | For a gross weight of more than 12,000 lbs. and not |
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173 | | - | more than 16,000 lbs. ..................................................................$162 |
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174 | | - | For a gross weight of more than 16,000 lbs. and not |
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175 | | - | more than 20,000 lbs. ....................................................................202 |
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176 | | - | For a gross weight of more than 20,000 lbs. and not |
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177 | | - | more than 24,000 lbs. ....................................................................232 |
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178 | | - | For a gross weight of more than 24,000 lbs. and not |
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179 | | - | more than 26,000 lbs. ....................................................................277 |
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180 | | - | For a gross weight of more than 26,000 lbs. and not |
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181 | | - | more than 30,000 lbs. ....................................................................277 |
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182 | | - | For a gross weight of more than 30,000 lbs. and not |
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183 | | - | more than 36,000 lbs. ....................................................................315 |
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184 | | - | For a gross weight of more than 36,000 lbs. and not |
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185 | | - | more than 42,000 lbs. ....................................................................345 |
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186 | | - | For a gross weight of more than 42,000 lbs. and not |
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187 | | - | more than 48,000 lbs. ....................................................................415 |
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188 | | - | For a gross weight of more than 48,000 lbs. and not |
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189 | | - | more than 54,000 lbs. ....................................................................515 |
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190 | | - | For a gross weight of more than 54,000 lbs. and not |
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191 | | - | more than 60,000 lbs. ....................................................................615 |
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192 | | - | For a gross weight of more than 60,000 lbs. and not |
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193 | | - | more than 66,000 lbs. ....................................................................715 |
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194 | | - | For a gross weight of more than 66,000 lbs. and not HOUSE BILL No. 2122—page 4 |
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195 | | - | more than 74,000 lbs. ....................................................................895 |
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196 | | - | For a gross weight of more than 74,000 lbs. and not |
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197 | | - | more than 80,000 lbs. .................................................................1,025 |
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198 | | - | For a gross weight of more than 80,000 lbs. and not |
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199 | | - | more than 85,500 lbs. .................................................................1,145 |
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200 | | - | (6) A truck or truck tractor registered for a gross weight of more |
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201 | | - | than 12,000 pounds, which is owned by a person engaged in farming |
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202 | | - | and which truck or truck tractor is used by such owner to transport |
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203 | | - | agricultural products produced by such owner or commodities |
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204 | | - | purchased by such owner for use on the farm owned or rented by the |
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205 | | - | owner of such farm truck or truck tractor, shall be classified as a farm |
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206 | | - | truck or truck tractor and the annual license fee for such farm truck |
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207 | | - | shall be as follows: |
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208 | | - | For a gross weight of more than 12,000 lbs. and not |
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209 | | - | more than 16,000 lbs. ....................................................................$57 |
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210 | | - | For a gross weight of more than 16,000 lbs. and not |
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211 | | - | more than 20,000 lbs. ....................................................................142 |
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212 | | - | For a gross weight of more than 20,000 lbs. and not |
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213 | | - | more than 24,000 lbs. ....................................................................152 |
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214 | | - | For a gross weight of more than 24,000 lbs. and not |
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215 | | - | more than 26,000 lbs. ....................................................................172 |
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216 | | - | For a gross weight of more than 26,000 lbs. and not |
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217 | | - | more than 36,000 lbs. ....................................................................172 |
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218 | | - | For a gross weight of more than 36,000 lbs. and not |
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219 | | - | more than 54,000 lbs. ....................................................................175 |
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220 | | - | For a gross weight of more than 54,000 lbs. and not |
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221 | | - | more than 60,000 lbs. ....................................................................325 |
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222 | | - | For a gross weight of more than 60,000 lbs. and not |
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223 | | - | more than 66,000 lbs. ....................................................................505 |
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224 | | - | For a gross weight of more than 66,000 lbs. ......................................745 |
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225 | | - | A vehicle licensed as a farm truck or truck tractor may be used by |
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226 | | - | the owner thereof to transport, for charity and without compensation of |
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227 | | - | any kind, commodities for religious or educational institutions. A truck |
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228 | | - | that is licensed as a farm truck may also be used for the transportation |
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229 | | - | of sand, gravel, slag stone, limestone, crushed stone, cinders, black top, |
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230 | | - | dirt or fill material to a township road maintenance or construction site |
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231 | | - | of the township in which the owner of such truck resides. Any applicant |
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232 | | - | for registration of any farm truck or farm truck tractor used in |
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233 | | - | combination with a trailer or semitrailer shall register the farm truck or |
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234 | | - | farm truck tractor for a gross weight which shall include the empty |
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235 | | - | weight of the truck or truck tractor or of the combination of any truck |
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236 | | - | or truck tractor and any type of trailer or semitrailer, plus the maximum |
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237 | | - | weight of cargo that will be transported on or with the same. The |
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238 | | - | applicant for registration of any farm truck or farm truck tractor used to |
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239 | | - | transport a gross weight of more than 54,000 pounds shall durably |
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240 | | - | letter on the side of the motor vehicle the words "farm vehicle—not for |
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241 | | - | hire." If an applicant for registration of any farm truck or farm truck |
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242 | | - | tractor operates such vehicle for any use or purpose not authorized for a |
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243 | | - | farm truck or farm truck tractor, such applicant shall pay an additional |
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244 | | - | fee equal to the fee required for the registration of all trucks or truck |
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245 | | - | tractors not registered as local, 6,000-mile or farm truck or farm truck |
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246 | | - | tractor motor vehicles, less the amount of the fee paid at time of |
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247 | | - | registration. Nothing in this or the preceding paragraph shall authorize |
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248 | | - | a gross weight of a vehicle or combination of vehicles on the national |
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249 | | - | system of interstate and defense highways greater than permitted by |
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250 | | - | laws of the United States congress. |
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251 | | - | (7) Except as provided herein, the annual license fee for each local |
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252 | | - | urban transit bus used in local urban transit operations exempted under |
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253 | | - | the provisions of K.S.A. 66-1,109(a), and amendments thereto, shall be |
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254 | | - | based on the passenger seating capacity of the bus and shall be as |
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255 | | - | follows: |
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256 | | - | 8 or more, but less than 31 passengers ...............................................$35 |
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257 | | - | 31 or more, but less than 40 passengers ...............................................50 |
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258 | | - | More than 39 passengers ......................................................................80 HOUSE BILL No. 2122—page 5 |
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259 | | - | The annual license fee for each local urban transit bus that is owned |
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260 | | - | by a metropolitan transit authority established pursuant to articles 25 |
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261 | | - | and 28 of chapter 12 or pursuant to article 31 of chapter 13 of the |
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262 | | - | Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, shall be $2. |
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263 | | - | (8) For licensing purposes, station wagons with a carrying |
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264 | | - | capacity of less than 10 passengers shall be subject to registration fees |
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265 | | - | based on the weight of the vehicles, as provided in subsection (a). |
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266 | | - | Station wagons with a carrying capacity of 10 or more passengers shall |
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267 | | - | be subject to the truck classifications and license fees as provided. |
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268 | | - | (9) For any trailer, semitrailer, travel trailer or pole trailer the |
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269 | | - | annual license fee shall be as follows: |
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270 | | - | (A) For any such vehicle with a gross weight of more than 12,000 |
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271 | | - | pounds but less than 54,000 pounds the annual fee shall be $55; |
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272 | | - | (B) any such vehicle grossing more than 8,000 pounds but not |
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273 | | - | over 12,000 pounds, the annual fee shall be $45; and |
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274 | | - | (C) for any such vehicle grossing more than 2,000 pounds but not |
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275 | | - | over 8,000 pounds, the annual fee shall be $35. |
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276 | | - | Any such vehicle having a gross weight of 2,000 pounds or less |
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277 | | - | may, at the owner's option, be registered and the fee for such |
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278 | | - | registration shall be as provided in paragraph (C). |
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279 | | - | Any trailer, semitrailer or travel trailer owned by a nonresident of |
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280 | | - | this state and based in another state that is properly registered and |
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281 | | - | licensed in the state of residence of the owner or in the state where |
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282 | | - | based, may be operated in this state without being registered or licensed |
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283 | | - | in this state if the truck or truck tractor propelling the same is properly |
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284 | | - | registered and licensed in this state, or is registered and licensed in |
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285 | | - | some other state and is entitled to reciprocal privileges of operation in |
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286 | | - | this state, but this provision shall not apply to any trailer or semitrailer |
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287 | | - | owned by a nonresident of this state when such trailer or semitrailer is |
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288 | | - | owned by a person who has proportionately registered and licensed a |
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289 | | - | fleet of vehicles under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,101 through 8- |
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290 | | - | 1,123, and amendments thereto, or under the terms of any reciprocal or |
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291 | | - | proration agreement made pursuant thereto. |
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292 | | - | At the option of the owner, any trailer, semitrailer or pole trailer, |
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293 | | - | with a gross weight of more than 12,000 pounds, may be issued a |
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294 | | - | multi-year registration for a five-year period upon payment of the |
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295 | | - | appropriate registration fee. The fee for a five-year registration of such |
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296 | | - | trailer shall be five times the annual fee for such trailer. If the annual |
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297 | | - | registration fee is increased during the multi-year registration period, |
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298 | | - | the owner of the trailer with such multi-year registration shall be |
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299 | | - | subject to the amount of the increase of the annual registration fee for |
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300 | | - | the remaining calendar years of such multi-year registration. When the |
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301 | | - | owner of any trailer, semitrailer or pole trailer registered under this |
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302 | | - | multi-year provision transfers or assigns the title, or interest thereto, the |
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303 | | - | registration of such trailer shall expire. The owner shall remove the |
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304 | | - | license plate from such trailer and forward the license plate to the |
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305 | | - | division of vehicles or may have such license plate assigned to another |
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306 | | - | trailer, semitrailer or pole trailer upon the payment of fees required by |
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307 | | - | law. Any owner of a trailer, semitrailer or pole trailer where the multi- |
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308 | | - | year registration fee has been paid and the trailer is sold, junked, |
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309 | | - | repossessed, foreclosed by a mechanic's lien or title transferred by |
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310 | | - | operation of law, and the registration thereon is not going to be |
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311 | | - | transferred to another trailer, may secure a refund for the registration |
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312 | | - | fee for the remaining calendar years by making application to the |
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313 | | - | division of vehicles on a form and in the manner prescribed by the |
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314 | | - | director of vehicles. The secretary of revenue may adopt such rules and |
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315 | | - | regulations necessary to implement the multi-year registration of such |
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316 | | - | trailers, semitrailers and pole trailers. |
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317 | | - | (c) Any truck or truck tractor having a gross weight of 4,000 |
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318 | | - | pounds or over, using solid tires, shall pay a license fee of double the |
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319 | | - | amount herein charged. The annual fees herein provided for trucks, |
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320 | | - | truck tractors and trailers not subject to K.S.A. 8-134a, and |
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321 | | - | amendments thereto, shall be due January 1 of each year and payable |
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322 | | - | on or before the last day of February in each year. If the fee is not paid HOUSE BILL No. 2122—page 6 |
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323 | | - | by such date a penalty of $1 shall be added to the fee charged herein for |
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324 | | - | each month or fraction thereof and until December 31 of each |
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325 | | - | registration year. The annual registration fee for all passenger vehicles |
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326 | | - | and vehicles subject to K.S.A. 8-134a, and amendments thereto, shall |
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327 | | - | be due on or before the last day of the month in which the registration |
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328 | | - | plate expires and shall be due for other vehicles as provided by K.S.A. |
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329 | | - | 8-134, and amendments thereto. If the registration fee is not paid by |
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330 | | - | such date a penalty of $1 shall be added to the fee charged herein for |
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331 | | - | each month or fraction thereof until such registration fee is paid. |
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332 | | - | Members of the armed forces of the United States shall be permitted to |
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333 | | - | apply for registration at any time and be subject to registration fee, less |
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334 | | - | penalties, applicable at the time the application is made. If any |
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335 | | - | motorcycle, motorized bicycle, trailer, semitrailer, travel trailer, or pole |
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336 | | - | trailer is either purchased or acquired after the anniversary or renewal |
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337 | | - | date in any registration year there shall immediately become due and |
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338 | | - | payable a registration fee as follows: If purchased or acquired between |
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339 | | - | the anniversary or renewal date of any registration year and the first six |
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340 | | - | months of such registration year, the annual fee provided herein; if |
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341 | | - | purchased or acquired during the last six months of any registration |
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342 | | - | year, 50% of such annual fee. If any truck or truck tractor, except trucks |
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343 | | - | subject to K.S.A. 8-134a, and amendments thereto, is purchased or |
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344 | | - | acquired prior to April 1 of any year the fee shall be the annual fee |
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345 | | - | provided herein, but if such truck or truck tractor is purchased or |
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346 | | - | acquired after the end of March of any year, the license fee for such |
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347 | | - | year shall be reduced |
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348 | | - | 1 |
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349 | | - | /12 for each calendar month which has elapsed |
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350 | | - | since the beginning of the year. If any truck registered for a gross |
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351 | | - | weight of 12,000 pounds or less or passenger vehicle is purchased or |
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352 | | - | acquired and less than 12 months remain in the registration period, the |
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353 | | - | fee shall be |
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354 | | - | 1 |
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355 | | - | /12 of the annual fee for each calendar month remaining in |
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356 | | - | the registration period. |
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357 | | - | (d) The owner of any motorcycle, motorized bicycle, passenger |
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358 | | - | vehicle, truck, truck tractor, trailer, semitrailer, or electrically propelled |
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359 | | - | vehicle who fails to pay the registration fee or fees herein provided on |
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360 | | - | the date when the same become due and payable shall be guilty of a |
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361 | | - | misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a penalty |
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362 | | - | in the sum of $1 for each month or fraction thereof during which such |
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363 | | - | fee has remained unpaid after it became due and payable; and in |
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364 | | - | addition thereto shall be subject to such other punishment as is |
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365 | | - | provided in this act. Upon the transfer of motorcycles, motorized |
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366 | | - | bicycles, passenger vehicles, trailers, semitrailers, trucks or truck |
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367 | | - | tractors, on which registration fees have been paid for the year in which |
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368 | | - | the transfer is made, either: (1) To a corporation by one or more |
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369 | | - | persons, solely in exchange for stock or securities in such corporation; |
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370 | | - | or (2) by one corporation to another corporation when all of the assets |
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371 | | - | of such corporation are transferred to the other corporation, then in |
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372 | | - | either case, paragraph (1) or (2) the corporation shall be exempt from |
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373 | | - | the payment of registration fees on such vehicles for the year in which |
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374 | | - | such transfer is made. Applications for transfer or registration shall be |
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375 | | - | accompanied by a fee of $1.50. When the registration of a vehicle has |
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376 | | - | expired at midnight on the last day of any registration year, and such |
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377 | | - | vehicle is not thereafter operated upon the highways, any application |
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378 | | - | for renewal of registration made subsequent to the anniversary or |
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379 | | - | renewal date of any registration year following the expiration of such |
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380 | | - | registration and for succeeding registration years in which such vehicle |
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381 | | - | has not been registered shall be accompanied by an affidavit of |
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382 | | - | nonoperation and nonuse, and such application for renewal or |
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383 | | - | registration shall be received by the division of vehicles upon payment |
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384 | | - | of the proper fees for the current registration year and without penalty. |
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385 | | - | (e) Any nonresident of Kansas purchasing a vehicle from a Kansas |
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386 | | - | resident and desiring to secure registration on the vehicle in the state of |
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387 | | - | such person's residence may make application in the office of any |
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388 | | - | county treasurer for a sixty-day temporary registration. The county |
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389 | | - | treasurer upon presentation of evidence of ownership in the applicant |
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390 | | - | and evidence the sales tax has been paid, if due, shall charge and collect HOUSE BILL No. 2122—page 7 |
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391 | | - | a fee of $3 for each sixty-day temporary license and issue a sticker or |
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392 | | - | paper registration as may be determined by the director of vehicles, and |
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393 | | - | the registration so issued shall be valid for a period of 60 days from the |
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394 | | - | date of issuance. |
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395 | | - | (f) Any owner of any motor vehicle that is subject to taxation |
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396 | | - | under the provisions of article 51 of chapter 79 of the Kansas Statutes |
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397 | | - | Annotated, and amendments thereto, or any other truck or truck tractor |
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398 | | - | where the annual registration fee has been paid and the vehicle is sold, |
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399 | | - | junked, repossessed, foreclosed by a mechanic's lien or title transferred |
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400 | | - | by operation of law, and the registration thereon is not going to be |
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401 | | - | transferred to another vehicle may secure a refund for the registration |
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402 | | - | fee for the remaining portion of the year by making application to the |
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403 | | - | division of vehicles on a form and in the manner prescribed by the |
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404 | | - | director of vehicles, accompanied by all license plates and attachments |
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405 | | - | issued in connection therewith. If the owner of the registration becomes |
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406 | | - | deceased and the vehicle is not going to be used on the highway, and |
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407 | | - | title is not being currently transferred, the proper representative of the |
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408 | | - | estate shall be entitled to the refund. The refund shall be made only for |
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409 | | - | the period of time remaining in the registration year from the date of |
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410 | | - | completion and filing of the application with and delivery of the license |
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411 | | - | plate and attachments to the division of vehicles. Where the registration |
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412 | | - | is secured under a quarterly payment annual registration fee, as |
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413 | | - | provided for in K.S.A. 8-143a, and amendments thereto, such refund |
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414 | | - | shall be made on the quarterly fee paid and unused and all remaining |
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415 | | - | quarterly payments shall be canceled. Any truck or truck tractor having |
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416 | | - | the registration fee paid on quarterly payment basis, all quarterly |
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417 | | - | payments due or a fraction of quarterly payment due shall be paid |
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418 | | - | before title may be transferred, except that in case of death, the filing of |
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419 | | - | the application and returning of the license plate and attachment shall |
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420 | | - | cancel the remaining annual payments due. Whenever a truck or truck |
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421 | | - | tractor, where the registration is secured on a quarterly payment of the |
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422 | | - | annual registration, the one repossessing the truck or truck tractor, or |
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423 | | - | foreclosing by a mechanic's lien, or securing title by court order, the |
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424 | | - | mortgagor or the assigns of the mortgagor, or the one securing title may |
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425 | | - | pay the balance due on date of application for title, but the payments |
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426 | | - | for the remaining portion of the year shall not be canceled unless |
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427 | | - | application is made and the license plate and attachments are |
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428 | | - | surrendered. Nothing in this subsection shall apply when registration is |
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429 | | - | secured under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,101 through 8-1,123, and |
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430 | | - | amendments thereto. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions |
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431 | | - | of this section, no refund shall be made under the provisions of this |
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432 | | - | section where the amount thereof does not exceed $5. The division of |
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433 | | - | vehicles shall furnish such blank forms as may be required under the |
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434 | | - | provisions of this subsection as it deems necessary to be completed by |
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435 | | - | the applicant. Whenever a registration which has been secured on a |
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436 | | - | quarterly basis shall be canceled as provided in this subsection, the |
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437 | | - | division of vehicles shall notify the county treasurer issuing the original |
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438 | | - | registration of such cancellation so that the county treasurer may, and |
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439 | | - | the county treasurer shall cancel the registration of such vehicle in the |
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440 | | - | county treasurer's office and release any lien issued in connection with |
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441 | | - | such registration. |
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442 | | - | (g) Every owner of a travel trailer designed for or intended to be |
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443 | | - | moved upon any highway in this state shall, before the same is so |
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444 | | - | moved, apply for and obtain the proper registration thereof as provided |
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445 | | - | in this act, except when such unit is permitted to be moved under the |
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446 | | - | special provisions relating to secured parties, manufacturers, dealers |
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447 | | - | and nonresidents contained in this act. At the time of registering any |
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448 | | - | travel trailer for the purpose of moving any such vehicle upon any |
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449 | | - | highway in this state, the owner thereof shall indicate on the |
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450 | | - | registration form whether or not such vehicle is being moved |
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451 | | - | permanently to a location outside of the county in which such vehicle is |
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452 | | - | being registered. No such vehicle which the owner thereof intends to |
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453 | | - | move to a permanent location outside the boundaries of such county |
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454 | | - | shall be registered for movement on the highways of this state until all HOUSE BILL No. 2122—page 8 |
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455 | | - | taxes levied against such vehicle have been paid. A copy of such |
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456 | | - | registration form shall be sent to the county clerk or assessor of the |
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457 | | - | county to which such vehicle is being moved. When such travel trailer |
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458 | | - | is used for living quarters and not operated on the highways, the owner |
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459 | | - | shall be exempt from the license fees as provided in subsection (b)(9) |
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460 | | - | so long as such travel trailer is not operated on the highway. |
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461 | | - | Sec. 2. K.S.A. 8-143a is hereby amended to read as follows: 8- |
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| 13 | + | Section 1. K.S.A. 8-143a is hereby amended to read as follows: 8- |
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583 | | - | patrol or any peace officer or any duly appointed representative of the HOUSE BILL No. 2122—page 10 |
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584 | | - | department to enforce the provisions of this section within their |
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585 | | - | respective jurisdiction and it shall be the duty of such officers to do so. |
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586 | | - | The remedies for enforcement and collection provided in this section |
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587 | | - | are cumulative and the use of one shall not be deemed to be a waiver of |
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588 | | - | the right to use any other. |
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589 | | - | Sec. 3. On and after January 1, 2026, K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 8-145 is |
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590 | | - | hereby amended to read as follows: 8-145. (a) All registration and |
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591 | | - | certificates of title fees shall be paid to the division of vehicles, a |
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592 | | - | contractor of the division or the county treasurer of the county in which |
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593 | | - | the applicant for registration resides or has an office or principal place |
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594 | | - | of business within this state. The division, contractor or the county |
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595 | | - | treasurer shall issue a receipt to the applicant for such fees paid. |
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596 | | - | (b) The county treasurer, division or contractor shall deposit $.75 |
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597 | | - | out of each license application, $.75 out of each application for transfer |
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598 | | - | of license plate and $2 out of each application for a certificate of title, |
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599 | | - | collected under this act, in a special fund, which fund is hereby |
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600 | | - | appropriated for the use of the county treasurer, division or contractor |
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601 | | - | in paying for necessary help and expenses incidental to the |
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602 | | - | administration of duties in accordance with the provisions of this law. |
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603 | | - | The county treasurer shall receive extra compensation for the services |
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604 | | - | performed in administering the provisions of this act, which |
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605 | | - | compensation shall be in addition to any other compensation provided |
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606 | | - | by any other law, except that the county treasurer shall receive as |
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607 | | - | additional compensation for administering the motor vehicle title and |
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608 | | - | registration laws and fees, a sum computed as follows: The county |
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609 | | - | treasurer, during the month of December, shall determine the amount to |
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610 | | - | be retained for extra compensation not to exceed the following amounts |
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611 | | - | each year for calendar year 2006 or any calendar year thereafter: The |
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612 | | - | sum of $110 per hundred registrations for the first 5,000 registrations; |
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613 | | - | the sum of $90 per hundred registrations for the second 5,000 |
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614 | | - | registrations; the sum of $5 per hundred for the third 5,000 |
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615 | | - | registrations; and the sum of $2 per hundred registrations for all |
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616 | | - | registrations thereafter. In no event, however, shall any county treasurer |
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617 | | - | be entitled to receive more than $15,000 additional annual |
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618 | | - | compensation. |
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619 | | - | If more than one person shall hold the office of county treasurer |
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620 | | - | during any one calendar year, such compensation shall be prorated |
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621 | | - | among such persons in proportion to the number of weeks served. The |
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622 | | - | total amount of compensation paid the treasurer together with the |
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623 | | - | amounts expended in paying for other necessary help and expenses |
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624 | | - | incidental to the administration of the duties of the county treasurer in |
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625 | | - | accordance with the provisions of this act, shall not exceed the amount |
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626 | | - | deposited in such special fund. Any balance remaining in such fund at |
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627 | | - | the close of any calendar year shall be withdrawn and credited to the |
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628 | | - | general fund of the county prior to June 1 of the following calendar |
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629 | | - | year. |
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630 | | - | (c) The county treasurer, division or contractor shall remit the |
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631 | | - | remainder of all such fees collected, together with the original copy of |
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632 | | - | all applications, to the secretary of revenue. The secretary of revenue |
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633 | | - | shall remit all such fees remitted to the state treasurer in accordance |
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634 | | - | with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon |
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635 | | - | receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the |
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636 | | - | entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the state highway |
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637 | | - | fund, except as provided in subsection (d). |
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638 | | - | (d) (1) Three dollars and fifty cents of each certificate of title fee |
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639 | | - | collected and remitted to the secretary of revenue, shall be remitted to |
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640 | | - | the state treasurer who shall credit such $3.50 to the Kansas highway |
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641 | | - | patrol motor vehicle fund. Three dollars of each certificate of title fee |
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642 | | - | collected and remitted to the secretary of revenue, shall be remitted to |
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643 | | - | the state treasurer who shall credit such $3 to the VIPS/CAMA |
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644 | | - | technology hardware fund. |
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645 | | - | (2) For repossessed vehicles, $3 of each certificate of title fee |
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646 | | - | collected shall be retained by the contractor or county treasurer who |
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647 | | - | processed the application. HOUSE BILL No. 2122—page 11 |
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648 | | - | (3) Three dollars and fifty cents of each reassignment form fee |
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649 | | - | collected and remitted to the secretary of revenue, shall be remitted to |
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650 | | - | the state treasurer who shall credit such $3.50 to the Kansas highway |
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651 | | - | patrol motor vehicle fund. Three dollars of each reassignment form fee |
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652 | | - | collected and remitted to the secretary of revenue, shall be remitted to |
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653 | | - | the state treasurer who shall credit such $3 to the VIPS/CAMA |
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654 | | - | technology hardware fund. |
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655 | | - | (4) Four dollars of each division of vehicles modernization |
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656 | | - | surcharge collected and remitted to the secretary of revenue, shall be |
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657 | | - | remitted to the state treasurer who shall credit such $4 to the state |
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658 | | - | highway fund. |
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659 | | - | (5) Two dollars of each Kansas highway patrol staffing and |
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660 | | - | training surcharge collected and remitted to the secretary of revenue, |
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661 | | - | shall be remitted to the state treasurer who shall credit such $2 to the |
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662 | | - | Kansas highway patrol staffing and training fund. |
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663 | | - | (6) One dollar and twenty-five cents of each surcharge collected |
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664 | | - | and remitted to the secretary of revenue pursuant to K.S.A. 8-1,177, |
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665 | | - | and amendments thereto, shall be remitted to the state treasurer who |
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666 | | - | shall credit such $1.25 to the state general fund. |
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667 | | - | (7) Fees collected in K.S.A. 8-135 and 8-145, and amendments |
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668 | | - | thereto, that are collected by the division for commercial motor |
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669 | | - | vehicles or vehicles that are part of a commercial fleet, shall be |
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670 | | - | remitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit such amounts to the |
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671 | | - | commercial vehicle administrative fund. |
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672 | | - | (8) Fees collected in K.S.A. 8-135 and 8-145, and amendments |
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673 | | - | thereto, that are collected by the division for vehicles that are part of a |
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674 | | - | fleet rental pursuant to K.S.A. 8-1,189, and amendments thereto, shall |
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675 | | - | be remitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit such amounts to the |
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676 | | - | fleet rental vehicle administration fund. |
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677 | | - | (9) Fees collected in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, for |
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678 | | - | those motorcycles that are all-electric motorcycles pursuant to K.S.A. |
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679 | | - | 8-143(a)(3), and amendments thereto, for those motor vehicles that are |
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680 | | - | electric hybrid vehicles pursuant to K.S.A. 8-143(a)(4)(C), and |
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681 | | - | amendments thereto, for those motor vehicles that are plug-in electric |
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682 | | - | hybrid vehicles pursuant to K.S.A. 8-143(a)(4)(D), and amendments |
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683 | | - | thereto, for those motor vehicles that are all-electric vehicles pursuant |
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684 | | - | to K.S.A. 8-143(a)(4)(E), and amendments thereto, and for those truck |
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685 | | - | or truck tractors that are all-electric, an electric hybrid or a plug-in |
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686 | | - | electric hybrid with a gross weight of 12,000 pounds or less pursuant |
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687 | | - | to K.S.A. 8-143(b)(1), and amendments thereto, shall be remitted to the |
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688 | | - | state treasurer who shall credit to the state highway fund amounts |
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689 | | - | specified in K.S.A. 79-34,142, and amendments thereto, and amounts |
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690 | | - | specified in K.S.A. 79-34,142, and amendments thereto, to the special |
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691 | | - | city and county highway fund to be apportioned and distributed in the |
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692 | | - | manner provided in K.S.A. 79-3425c, and amendments thereto. HOUSE BILL No. 2122—page 12 |
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693 | | - | Sec. 4. K.S.A. 8-143a is hereby repealed. |
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694 | | - | Sec. 5. On and after January 1, 2026, K.S.A. 8-143 and K.S.A. |
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695 | | - | 2024 Supp. 8-145 are hereby repealed. |
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696 | | - | Sec. 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its |
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| 252 | + | patrol or any peace officer or any duly appointed representative of the |
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| 253 | + | department to enforce the provisions of this section within their respective |
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| 254 | + | jurisdiction and it shall be the duty of such officers to do so. The remedies |
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| 255 | + | for enforcement and collection provided in this section are cumulative and |
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| 256 | + | the use of one shall not be deemed to be a waiver of the right to use any |
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| 257 | + | other. |
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| 258 | + | Sec. 2. K.S.A. 8-143a is hereby repealed. |
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| 259 | + | Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its |
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