Session of 2025
HOUSE BILL No. 2201
By Committee on Transportation
Requested by Representative Francis on behalf of Representative Rahjes and the
Kansas FFA Foundation
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AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to distinctive license plates;
providing for the FFA license distinctive plate.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. (a) On and after January 1, 2026, any owner or lessee of
one or more passenger vehicles or trucks registered for a gross weight of
20,000 pounds or less who is a resident of Kansas, upon compliance with
the provisions of this section, may be issued one FFA license plate for each
such passenger vehicle or truck. Such license plate shall be issued for the
same time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of
the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments
thereto, and the payment to the county treasurer of the logo use royalty
payment.
(b) The Kansas FFA foundation may authorize the use of the
organization's logo to be affixed on license plates as provided by this
section. Any motor vehicle owner or lessee shall pay an amount of not less
than $25 nor more than $100, as determined by the Kansas FFA
foundation, as a logo use royalty payment for each such license plate to be
issued. The logo use royalty payment shall be paid to the county treasurer.
(c) Any applicant for a license plate authorized by this section may
make application for such license plate not less than 60 days prior to such
person's renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished
by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for such license plate shall
pay to the county treasurer the logo use royalty payment. Application for
registration of a passenger vehicle or truck and issuance of the license
plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner
prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(d) No registration or license plate issued under this section shall be
transferable to any other person.
(e) The director of vehicles may transfer a FFA license plate from a
leased vehicle to a purchased vehicle.
(f) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually,
upon payment of the fee prescribed in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments
thereto, and in the manner prescribed in K.S.A. 8-132(b), and amendments
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thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until
such applicant provides to the county treasurer the annual royalty payment.
If such annual royalty payment is not made to the county treasurer, the
applicant shall be required to comply with the provisions of K.S.A. 8-143,
and amendments thereto, and return the license plate to the county
treasurer of such person's residence.
(g) The Kansas FFA foundation, with the approval of the director of
vehicles, shall design a plate to be issued under the provisions of this
section.
(h) As a condition of receiving the FFA license plate and any
subsequent registration renewal of such license plate, the applicant shall
consent to the division authorizing the division's release of motor vehicle
record information, including the applicant's name, address, royalty
payment amount, plate number and vehicle type to the Kansas FFA
foundation and the state treasurer.
(i) The collection and remittance of annual royalty payments by the
county treasurer shall be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,141(h),
and amendments thereto.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
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