Kansas Statutes 8-1,211. Back the blue license plate; requirements
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 8-1,211
- 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, 2024, 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 back the blue 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 payment to the county treasurer of the law enforcement support fee as provided for in subsection (b).
(b) Any applicant or renewal of registration for a back the blue license plate authorized by this section shall make payment of a law enforcement support fee to the county treasurer of $30 for each license plate to be issued. Any law enforcement support fee payment received pursuant to this section shall be used to support the purposes of the Kansas chapter of concerns of police survivors (COPS), inc.
(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 law enforcement training support fee as provided for in subsection (b). 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 back the blue 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 Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-143, and amendments thereto, and in the manner prescribed in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-132(b), and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant pays the law enforcement support fee to the county treasurer as provided for in subsection (b). If the annual law enforcement support fee 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) The Kansas chapter of concerns of police survivors (COPS), inc. shall provide to all county treasurers an electronic mail address where applicants can contact the Kansas chapter of concerns of police survivors (COPS), inc. for information concerning the application process or the status of such applicant’s license plate application.
(h) The back the blue license plate shall have a background design, an emblem or colors that designate the license plate as a back the blue license plate.
(i) As a condition of receiving the back the blue license plate and any subsequent registration renewal of such license plate, the applicant shall provide consent to the division authorizing the division’s release of motor vehicle record information, including the applicant’s name, address, law enforcement support fee payment amount, plate number and vehicle type to the Kansas chapter of concerns of police survivors (COPS), inc. and the state treasurer.
(j) The collection and remittance of annual law enforcement support fee payments by the county treasurer shall be subject to the provisions of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-1,141(h), and amendments thereto, except that payments from the back the blue royalty fund shall be made on a monthly basis to the Kansas chapter of concerns of police survivors (COPS), inc.