HB 2040--
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HOUSE BILL No. 2040
By Committee on Judiciary
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AN ACT concerning drivers' licenses; relating to unlawful use thereof;
amending K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 8-260 and repealing the existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 8-260 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 8-260. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, for any purpose,
to:
(1) Display or cause or permit to be displayed or have in possession
any canceled, revoked, suspended, fictitious or fraudulently altered driv-
er's license.
(2) Lend any driver's license to any other person or knowingly permit
the use thereof by another.
(3) Display or represent as the person's own, any driver's license not
issued to the person.
(4) Fail or refuse to surrender to the division upon its lawful demand
any driver's license which has been suspended, revoked, or canceled.
(5) Use a false or fictitious name in any application for a driver's
license, or any renewal or replacement thereof, or knowingly conceal a
material fact, or otherwise commit a fraud in any such application.
(6) Permit any unlawful use of a driver's license issued to the person.
(7) Photograph, photostat, duplicate or in any way reproduce any
driver's license or facsimile thereof in such a manner that it could be
mistaken for a valid driver's license or display or have in possession any
such photograph, photostat, duplicate, reproduction or facsimile unless
authorized by law.
(8) Display or possess any photograph, photostat, duplicate or facsim-
ile of a driver's license unless authorized by law.
(b) Violation of paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (6), (7) or (8) any provision
of subsection (a) is a class A B misdemeanor. Violation of paragraphs (1)
or (5) of subsection (a) is a severity level 9, nonperson felony.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to:
(1) Lend any driver's license to or knowingly permit the use of any
driver's license by any person under 21 years of age for use in the purchase
of any alcoholic liquor.
(2) Lend any driver's license to or knowingly permit the use of any
driver's license by a person under the legal age for consumption of cereal
malt beverage for use in the purchase of any cereal malt beverage.
(3) Lend any driver's license, nondriver's identification card or other
form of identification to aid another person in wrongfully obtaining a
driver's license or replacement driver's license.
(4) Display or cause to be displayed or have in possession any ficti-
tious or fraudulently altered driver's license by any person under 21 years
of age for use in the purchase of any alcoholic liquor or cereal malt bev-
erage.
(d) Violation of any provision of subsection (c) is a class A misde-
meanor.
(e) The provisions of this section shall apply to any driver's license,
nondriver's identification card or other form of identification whether
issued under the laws of this state or issued under the laws of another
state or jurisdiction.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 8-260 is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.