8-1,141. Distinctive license plates; procedure for issuance; requirements; fees; exceptions; discontinuance of certain plates.
8-1,141
8-1,141. Distinctive license plates; procedure for issuance; requirements; fees; exceptions; discontinuance of certain plates. (a) Any new distinctive license plate authorized for issuance on and after July 1, 1994, shall be subject to the personalized license plate fee prescribed by subsection (c) of K.S.A. 8-132, and amendments thereto. This section shall not apply to any distinctive license plate authorized prior to July 1, 1994.
(b) The director of vehicles shall not issue any new distinctive license plate authorized for issuance on and after July 1, 1995, unless there is a guarantee of an initial issuance of at least 500 license plates.
(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to distinctive license plates issued under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,145, or K.S.A. 2009 Supp. 8-177d, and amendments thereto.
(d) The provisions of subsection (a), shall not apply to distinctive license plates issued under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,146 or 8-1,148, and amendments thereto, or K.S.A. 2009 Supp. 8-1,153, 8-1,158 or 8-1,161, and amendments thereto.
(e) The provisions of subsection (f) shall not apply to distinctive license plates issued under the provisions of K.S.A. 2009 Supp. 8-1,160, and amendments thereto, except that the division shall delay the manufacturing and issuance of such distinctive license plate until the division has received not less than 1,000 orders for such plate, including payment of the personalized license plate fee required under subsection (a). Upon certification by the director of vehicles to the director of accounts and reports that not less than 1,000 paid orders for such plate have been received, the director of accounts and reports shall transfer $40,000 from the state highway fund to the distinctive license plate fund.
(f) (1) Any person or organization sponsoring any distinctive license plate authorized by the legislature on and after July 1, 2004, shall submit to the division of vehicles a nonrefundable amount not to exceed $20,000, to defray the division's cost for developing such distinctive license plate.
(2) All moneys received under this subsection shall be remitted by the secretary of revenue to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 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 distinctive license plate fund which is hereby created in the state treasury. All moneys credited to the distinctive license plate fund shall be used by the department of revenue only for the purpose associated with the development of distinctive license plates. All expenditures from the distinctive license plate application fee 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 secretary of the department of revenue.
(g) (1) Except for educational institution license plates issued under K.S.A. 8-1,142, and amendments thereto, the director of vehicles shall discontinue the issuance of any distinctive license plate authorized prior to July 1, 2004, and which is subject to the provisions of subsection (b) if:
(A) Less than 500 license plates, including annual renewals, are issued for that distinctive license plate by July 1, 2006; and
(B) less than 250 license plates, including annual renewals, are issued for that distinctive license plate during any subsequent two-year period after July 1, 2006.
(2) The director of vehicles shall discontinue the issuance of any distinctive license plate authorized on and after July 1, 2004, if:
(A) Less than 500 plates, including annual renewals, are issued for that distinctive license plate by the end of the second year of sales; and
(B) less than 250 license plates, including annual renewals, are issued for that distinctive license plate during any subsequent two-year period.
History: L. 1994, ch. 12, § 2; L. 1995, ch. 84, § 2; L. 1997, ch. 40, § 2; L. 1999, ch. 125, § 10; L. 2004, ch. 170, § 1; L. 2007, ch. 161, § 2; L. 2008, ch. 59, § 2; L. 2009, ch. 89, § 4; Apr. 23.