Kansas SB 403: Providing for the pheasants forever, quail forever and delta waterfowl distinctive license plates, restricting the use of material or objects covering a license plate for motor vehicles and modifying the definition of conviction in the Kansas uniform commercial drivers' license act.

Bill Text

SENATE BILL No. 403
AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to license plates; providing for the pheasants
forever and quail forever and delta waterfowl distinctive license plates; restricting the
use of material or objects covering a license plate; relating to the Kansas uniform
commercial drivers' license act; modifying the definition of conviction in the uniform
act; amending K.S.A. 8-133, 8-2,128 and 8-15,110 and repealing the existing
sections.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
New Section 1. (a) On and after July 1, 2026, 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
license plate authorized by pheasants forever, inc., and established
pursuant to this section for each such passenger vehicle or truck. Such
license plate shall be issued for the same time as other license plates
upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as
provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and the payment to
the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment.
(b) Pheasants forever, inc., may authorize the use of the
organization's logos to be affixed on license plates as provided by this
section. Any motor vehicle owner or lessee shall pay an amount of not
less than $25 nor more than $100, as determined by pheasants forever,
inc., as a logo use royalty payment for each such license plate to be
issued. The logo use royalty payment shall be paid to the county
treasurer.
(c) Subject to the approval of the director of vehicles, pheasants
forever, inc., is authorized to establish two new distinctive license
plates. Each such plate shall be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 8-
1,141, and amendment thereto. The plates are intended to promote:
(1) Pheasants forever; and
(2) quail forever.
(d) 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 logo use royalty payment.
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.
(e) No registration or license plate issued under this section shall
be transferable to any other person.
(f) The director of vehicles may transfer a pheasants forever inc.,
authorized license plate from a leased vehicle to a purchased vehicle.
(g) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made
annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in K.S.A. 8-143, and
amendments thereto, and in the manner prescribed in K.S.A. 8-132(b),
and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to
any applicant until such applicant provides to the county treasurer the
annual royalty payment. If such annual royalty payment is not made to
the county treasurer, the applicant shall be required to comply with the
provisions of K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the
license plate to the county treasurer of such person's residence.
(h) Pheasants forever, inc., with the approval of the director of
vehicles, shall design the plates to be issued under the provisions of this
section.
(i) As a condition of receiving the pheasants forever license inc.,
authorized license plate and any subsequent registration renewal of
such license plate, the applicant shall consent to the division
authorizing the division's release of motor vehicle record information,

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including the applicant's name, address, royalty payment amount, plate
number and vehicle type to pheasants forever, inc., and the state
treasurer.
(j) The collection and remittance of annual royalty payments by
the county treasurer shall be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 8-
1,141(h), and amendments thereto.
New Sec. 2. (a) On and after January 1, 2027, 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 delta
waterfowl license plate for each such passenger vehicle or truck. Such
license plate shall be issued for the same time as other license plates
upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as
provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and the payment to
the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment.
(b) The board of directors of delta waterfowl may authorize the
use of the organization's logo to be affixed on license plates as provided
by this section. Any motor vehicle owner or lessee shall pay an amount
of not less than $25 nor more than $100, as deter