Kansas Statutes 8-1,134. Permanent registration of city, county, township, water district school district, community college or technical college vehicles; utility vehicles five-year registration
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 8-1,134
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Motor vehicle: means every vehicle, other than a motorized bicycle, electric-assisted bicycle or a motorized wheelchair, that is self-propelled. See Kansas Statutes 8-126
- Owner: means a person who holds the legal title of a vehicle, or in the event a vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale thereof with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or in the event a vehicle is subject to a lease of 30 days or more with an immediate right of possession vested in the lessee; or in the event a party having a security interest in a vehicle is entitled to possession, then such conditional vendee or lessee or secured party shall be deemed the owner for the purpose of this act. See Kansas Statutes 8-126
- Semitrailer: means every vehicle of the trailer type so designed and used in conjunction with a motor vehicle that some part of its own weight and that of its own load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle. See Kansas Statutes 8-126
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- Trailer: means every vehicle without motive power designed to carry property or passengers wholly on its own structure and to be drawn by a motor vehicle. See Kansas Statutes 8-126
- Truck: means a motor vehicle that is used for the transportation or delivery of freight and merchandise or more than 10 passengers. See Kansas Statutes 8-126
- Vehicle: means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway, excepting electric personal assistive mobility devices or devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See Kansas Statutes 8-126
(a) Except as provided in subsection (c): (1) Each motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer owned or leased by any city, county, township, water district or school district of this state or by any agency or instrumentality of any city, county or township and used exclusively for governmental, water district or school district purposes and not for any private purposes, which is not otherwise exempt from registration; or (2) each truck tractor, trailer or semitrailer leased by a community college or technical college and used exclusively for a truck driver training program, which is not otherwise exempt from registration, shall be registered for a fee established by rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of revenue, except that such fee shall not exceed the actual cost of such registration. Such registration shall be permanent in nature and designed in such a manner as to remain with a vehicle for the duration of the life span of the vehicle, the duration of the lease or until the title is transferred to an owner who is not a city, county, township, water district, school district, community college or technical college.
(b) License plates issued for city, county, township, water district, school district, community college or technical college vehicles shall be distinctive and shall contain the words city, county, township, water district, school district, community college or technical college, as applicable and there shall be no year date thereon.
(c) Vehicles registered under this section which are used for utility purposes shall be issued license plates as prescribed by subsection (b), except that such license plates shall be issued for periods of five years, but shall be required to pay all license fees imposed pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-143, and amendments thereto, as though such vehicles were registered annually. The secretary of revenue shall design decals to be affixed to such license plates containing the word utility and the date the registration is to expire.
(d) The secretary of revenue shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.