Kansas HB 2578: Creating a definition for antique farm vehicle to permit owners of such vehicles to register as an antique vehicle, directing the division of vehicles to design a decal for such vehicles and exempting such registered vehicles from the Kansas uniform commercial drivers' license act.

Bill Text

Session of 2026
HOUSE BILL No. 2578
By Committee on Transportation
Requested by Claudia Hissong on behalf of the Kansas Farm Bureau
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AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to antique vehicles; creating
a definition for antique farm vehicle; permitting such vehicles to
register as an antique vehicle; directing the division of vehicles to
design a decal for such vehicles; exempting such registered vehicles
from the Kansas uniform commercial drivers' license act; amending
K.S.A. 8-166, 8-172 and 8-2,127 and repealing the existing sections.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 8-166 is hereby amended to read as follows: 8-166.
The following words and phrases when As used in this act shall for the
purpose of this act have the following meaning:
(a) "Antique" means any vehicle, including an antique military
vehicle and an antique farm vehicle, more than 35 years old, propelled by
a motor using petroleum fuel, steam or electricity, or any combination
thereof, regardless of the age or type of the components or equipment
installed on the vehicle.
(b) "Person" means every natural person, firm, copartnership,
association, corporation, club or organization.
(c) "Antique military vehicle" means a vehicle, regardless of the
vehicle's size or weight, that was manufactured for use in any country's
military forces and is maintained to represent its military design, except
that an "antique military vehicle shall" does not include a fully tracked
vehicle.
(d) "Antique farm vehicle" means a farm truck or truck tractor that:
(1) Is operated by the owner or operator of a farm or ranch, an
employee of such farm or ranch or a family member of such owner or
operator of a farm or ranch;
(2) transports agricultural commodities, livestock, agricultural
machinery or agricultural supplies to or from a farm or ranch;
(3) is not used in the operations of a common motor carrier; and
(4) has a gross vehicle weight rating or gross combination weight
rating that is:
(A) 26,001 pounds or less; or
(B) greater than 26,001 pounds if such vehicle is used in:
(i) Intrastate commerce; or
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(ii) interstate commerce within 150 air miles of any farm or ranch
owned or leased by the registered owner of such vehicle.
(e) "Gross vehicle weight rating" means the same as defined in
K.S.A. 8-2,128, and amendments thereto.
(f) The words and phrases defined in K.S.A. 8-126 and 8-126a, and
amendments thereto, when used in this act, shall mean the same as defined
by such sections.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 8-172 is hereby amended to read as follows: 8-172. (a)
Except as provided in subsection (c), license plates issued for antique
vehicles shall be distinctive and shall, contain the words "Kansas" and
"antique" and there shall be have no year date thereon. The numbering
system shall consist of combinations of not more than seven letters of the
alphabet or numerals or a combination of such letters and numerals. The
combinations of such letters and numerals shall be at the direction of the
director of vehicles, except that any person owning an antique vehicle,
other than an antique motorcycle, may make application for a special
combination of letters and numerals not exceeding seven. Antique
motorcycle license plates shall be the same as other antique vehicle license
plates, except the numbering system shall consist of not more than five
letters of the alphabet or numerals or a combination of letters and
numerals. Such application shall be made in a manner prescribed by the
director of vehicles and shall be accompanied by a special combination fee
of $40. Unless the combination of letters or numerals designated by the
applicant have been assigned to another antique vehicle registered in this
state, or unless the combination of letters or numerals designated by the
applicant have a profane, vulgar, lewd or indecent meaning or connotation,
as determined by the director, the division shall assign such combination
of letters to the applicant's vehicle.
(b) In addition to the fees required under subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-
167(b), and amendments thereto, and subsection (a) or (c) of this section,
the registration fee for any antique vehicle shall be $40 and, once paid,
shall not be required to be renewed.
(c) In lieu of the license plate issued under subsection (a), a person
who owns an antique vehicle who wants to display a model year license
plate on the vehicle shall make application in a manner prescribed by the
director of vehicles, including the execution of an affidavit setting forth
that the model year license plate the person wants to display on the
person's antique vehicle is a legible and serviceable license plate that
originally was issued by this state or a license plate originally issued by a
Kansas city or a reproduction of such city issued license plate. Except for
license plates issued prior to 1921, such license pl