Kansas Statutes 8-1,172. Rotary international license plate; procedure; requirements
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 8-1,172
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Division: means the division of vehicles of the department of revenue. See Kansas Statutes 8-126
- 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
- Passenger vehicle: means every motor vehicle, as defined in this section, that is designed primarily to carry 10 or fewer passengers, and is not used as a truck. See Kansas Statutes 8-126
- Person: means every natural person, firm, partnership, association or corporation. See Kansas Statutes 8-126
- Residence: means the place which is adopted by a person as the person's place of habitation and to which, whenever the person is absent, the person has the intention of returning. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- 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) On and after January 1, 2015, 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 rotary international license plate for each such passenger vehicle or truck. Such license plates shall be issued for the same time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-143, and amendments thereto, and either the payment to the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment established by rotary international or the presentation of the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b).
(b) Rotary international may authorize the use of their logo to be affixed on license plates as provided by this section. Any royalty payment received pursuant to this section shall be used to support rotary international. Any motor vehicle owner or lessee annually may apply to rotary international for the use of such logo. Upon annual application and payment to either: (1) Rotary international in an amount of not less than $25 nor more than $100 as a logo use royalty payment for each license plate to be issued, rotary international shall issue to the motor vehicle owner or lessee, without further charge, a logo use authorization statement, which shall be presented by the motor vehicle owner or lessee at the time of registration; or (2) the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment for each license plate to be issued.
(c) Any applicant for a license plate authorized by this section may make application for such plates 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 either provide the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or pay to the county treasurer the logo use royalty payment established by rotary international. 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 rotary international license plates 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 subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in subsection (b) of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-132, and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant either provides to the county treasurer either the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or the payment of the logo use royalty payment as established by rotary international. If such logo use authorization statement is not presented at the time of registration or faxed by rotary international, or the annual logo use royalty payment is not made to the county treasurer at the time of registration, the applicant shall be required to comply with Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the license plate to the county treasurer of such person’s residence.
(g) Rotary international shall:
(1) Pay the initial cost of silk-screening for license plates authorized by this section; and
(2) provide to all county treasurers a toll-free telephone number where applicants can call rotary international for information concerning the application process or the status of their license plate application.
(h) Rotary international, with the approval of the director of vehicles and subject to the availability of materials and equipment, shall design a plate to be issued under the provisions of this section.
(i) As a condition of receiving the rotary international license plate and any subsequent registration renewal of such plate, the applicant must provide consent to the division authorizing the division’s release of motor vehicle record information, including the applicant’s name, address, logo use royalty payment amount, plate number and vehicle type to rotary international and the state treasurer.
(j) Annual logo use royalty payments collected by county treasurers under this section shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the rotary international royalty fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury and shall be administered by the state treasurer. All expenditures from the rotary international royalty fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the state treasurer or the state treasurer’s designee. Payments from the rotary international royalty fund to the appropriate designee of the rotary international shall be made on a monthly basis.