Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 8-2,157

• Department: means the department of revenue acting directly or through its duly authorized officers and agents. See Kansas Statutes 8-273
• driver: means any person who drives, operates or is in physical control of a commercial motor vehicle, in any place open to the general public for purposes of vehicular traffic, or who is required to hold a commercial driver's license;

  (l) "driver's license" means any driver's license or any other license or permit to operate a motor vehicle issued under, or granted by, the laws of this state, including:

  (1) Any temporary license or instruction;

  (2) the privilege of any person to drive a motor vehicle whether or not such person holds a valid license; or

  (3) any nonresident's operating privilege;

  (m) "employer" means any person, including the United States, a state or a political subdivision of a state, who owns or leases a commercial motor vehicle or assigns a person to drive a commercial motor vehicle;

  (n) "endorsement" means an authorization to an individual's commercial driver's license required to permit the individual to operate certain types of commercial motor vehicles;

  (o) "felony" means any offense under state or federal law that is punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one year;

  (p) "gross vehicle weight rating" means the value specified by the manufacturer as the maximum loaded weight of a single or a combination (articulated) vehicle. See Kansas Statutes 8-2,128