CHAPTER 100 HOUSE BILL No. 2675 An  Act relating to motor vehicles; concerning personalized license plates; amending K.S.A. 8-132 and 8-133 and repealing the existing sections. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

      Section  1. K.S.A. 8-132 is hereby amended to read as follows: 8-132.
(a) Subject to the provisions of this section and K.S.A. 8-1,125, and
amendments thereto, the division of vehicles shall furnish to every owner
whose vehicle shall be registered one license plate for such vehicle. Such
license plate shall have displayed on it the registration number assigned
to the vehicle and to the owner thereof, the name of the state, which may
be abbreviated, and the year or years for which it is issued. The same
type of license plates shall be issued for passenger motor vehicles, rented
without a driver, as are issued for private passenger vehicles.

      (b) During calendar year 1975 commencing on the effective date of
this act, and during every fifth calendar year thereafter, the division of
vehicles, shall furnish one license plate for any type of vehicle an owner
registers or has the registration thereof renewed, but during the suc-
ceeding four-year period following calendar year 1975 and during the
succeeding four-year period following every fifth calendar year subse-
quent to 1975, the division of vehicles shall not furnish any license plate
for the renewal of a vehicle's registration. During calendar year 1976 and
during each calendar year thereafter in which a license plate is not issued
for the renewal of registration of a vehicle, the division of vehicles shall
furnish one decal for the license plate issued for a vehicle as provided in
K.S.A. 8-134, and amendments thereto, for each registration and renewal
of registration of such vehicle. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions
of this subsection, whenever, in the discretion of the director of vehicles,
it is determined that the license plates currently being issued and dis-
played are not deteriorating to the extent that their replacement is war-
ranted, the director may adopt rules and regulations to extend the five-
year issuance cycle provided for in this subsection by one year at a time,
and in the same manner the director may further extend such cycle by
one year at a time, successively as the director determines appropriate.
If the cycle is extended, at the expiration of the extended term, new
license plates shall again be issued in the manner and for the term pro-
vided in such rules and regulations.

      (c) Two personalized license plates may be issued to any owner or
lessee of a passenger vehicle or a truck licensed for a gross weight of not
more than 20,000 pounds, who makes proper application to the division
of vehicles not less than 60 days prior to such owner's or lessee's renewal
of registration date. Such application shall be on a form prescribed by
the division and accompanied by a fee of $40, which shall be in addition
to any other fee required to renew the registration of such passenger
vehicle under the laws of this state. One such personalized license plate
shall be displayed on the rear of the vehicle and the other shall be dis-
played on the front of the vehicle. One such personalized license plate
shall be displayed on the rear of the vehicle and, at the option of the
owner or lessee, the other license plate may be displayed on the front of
the vehicle, except that no registration decal shall be issued pursuant to
K.S.A. 8-134, and amendments thereto, for any such license plate dis-
played on the front of such vehicle. One personalized license plate may
be issued to any owner of a motorcycle upon proper application in the
same manner provided in this subsection (c) for passenger vehicles and
trucks. Such personalized license plate shall be displayed on the rear of
the motorcycle. Such The $40 fee shall be paid only once during the
registration period for which such license plates were issued, and any
subsequent renewals during the registration period shall be subject only
to the registration fee prescribed by K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments
thereto. The division shall design distinctive, personalized license plates
to be issued which shall contain not more than seven letters or numbers
on truck or passenger vehicle license plates and not more than five letters
or numbers on motorcycle license plates, or a combination thereof, to be
designated by the applicant in lieu of the letters and numbers required
by K.S.A. 8-147, and amendments thereto, other than the letters required
to designate the county in which such vehicle is registered. Unless the
letters or numbers designated by the applicant have been assigned to
another vehicle of the same type registered in the same county, or unless
the letters or numbers designated by the applicant have a profane, vulgar,
lewd or indecent meaning or connotation, as determined by the director
of vehicles, the division shall assign such letters or numbers to the appli-
cant's vehicle, and the letters or numbers, or combination thereof, so
assigned shall be deemed the registration number of such vehicle. Subject
to the foregoing provisions, all license plates issued under this section
shall be manufactured in accordance with K.S.A. 8-147, and amendments
thereto. Such license plates shall be issued for a registration period of
five years commencing in 1985 and each five years thereafter.

      The secretary of revenue shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to
carry out the provisions of this act, including, without limitation, rules
and regulations concerning (1) the procedure for insuring that duplicate
license plates are not issued in the same county, (2) the procedure for
reserving distinctive license plates for the purpose of obtaining the same
on each annual renewal of registration, (3) the procedure for allowing the
transfer of personalized license plates from one vehicle to another for
which such license plates were originally issued, when the title to the
original vehicle has not been transferred and the name or names of the
owner or owners listed on the titles to both vehicles are identical, and (4)
procedures necessary to coordinate this act with other laws of this state
governing registration of vehicles. The director of vehicles shall remit all
moneys received by the division of vehicles under this section 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 state highway fund.

      Sec.  2. K.S.A. 8-133 is hereby amended to read as follows: 8-133.
The license plate assigned to the vehicle shall be attached to the rear
thereof and shall be so displayed during the current registration year or
years, and no Kansas registration plate for any other year shall appear on
the front of the vehicle, except that: (a) The license plate issued for a
truck tractor shall be attached to the front of the truck tractor and ; (b)
a model year license plate may be attached to the front of an antique
vehicle, in accordance with K.S.A. 8-172, and amendments thereto; or (c)
a personalized license plate as authorized under subsection (c) of K.S.A.
8-132, and amendments thereto, may be attached to the front of a pas-
senger vehicle or truck. Beginning in 1985 and thereafter two personal-
ized license plates may be issued for passenger vehicles and trucks li-
censed for a gross weight of not more than 20,000 pounds. One such
personalized license plate shall be displayed on the rear of the vehicle
and the other shall be displayed on the front of the vehicle, but no reg-
istration decal shall be issued for any plate affixed to the front of a vehicle
pursuant to K.S.A. 8-134, and amendments thereto. Every license plate
shall at all times be securely fastened to the vehicle to which it is assigned
so as to prevent the plate from swinging, and at a height not less than 12
inches from the ground, measuring from the bottom of such plate, in a
place and position to be clearly visible, and shall be maintained free from
foreign materials and in a condition to be clearly legible. During any
period in which the construction of license plates has been suspended
pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 8-132, and amendments thereto, the
plate, tag, token, marker or sign assigned to such vehicle shall be attached
to and displayed on such vehicle in such place, position, manner and
condition as shall be prescribed by the director of vehicles. 
Sec.  3. K.S.A. 8-132 and 8-133 are hereby repealed.
 Sec.  4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.

Approved May 13, 2002.
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