CHAPTER 55
SENATE BILL No. 159
(Amends Chapter 5)
An Act relating to the division of vehicles; concerning
drivers' licenses and identification
cards; amending K.S.A. 8-243, as amended by section 2 of 2003
Senate Bill No. 16, and
8-1329 and repealing the existing sections.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 8-243, as amended
by section 2 of 2003 Senate Bill
No. 16, is hereby amended to read as follows: 8-243. (a) Upon
payment
of the required fee, the division shall issue to every applicant
qualifying
under the provisions of this act the driver's license as applied
for by the
applicant. Such license shall bear the class or classes of motor
vehicles
which the licensee is entitled to drive, a distinguishing number
assigned
to the licensee, which, if the licensee so requests in writing, may
be the
licensee's social security number, the name, date of birth,
residence ad-
dress, and a brief description of the licensee, a colored
photograph of the
licensee, a facsimile of the signature of the licensee or a space
upon which
the licensee shall write such licensee's usual signature with pen
and ink
immediately upon receipt of the license and the statement provided
for
in subsection (b). No driver's license shall be valid until it has
been signed
by the licensee. All drivers' licenses issued to persons under the
age of
21 years shall be readily distinguishable from licenses issued to
persons
age 21 years or older. In addition, all drivers' licenses issued to
persons
under the age of 18 years shall also be readily distinguishable
from li-
censes issued to persons age 18 years or older. On and after
July 1, 2004,
the secretary of revenue shall implement a vertical format to
make drivers'
licenses issued to persons under the age of 21 more readily
distinguishable.
Except as otherwise provided, on or after July 1, 2004, no driver's
license
issued by the division shall be valid until a colored photograph of
such
licensee has been taken and verified before being placed on the
driver's
license. The secretary of revenue shall prescribe a fee of not more
than
$4 and upon payment of such fee the division shall cause a colored
pho-
tograph of such applicant to be placed on the driver's license.
Upon pay-
ment of such fee prescribed by the secretary of revenue, plus
payment
of the fee required by K.S.A. 8-246, and amendments thereto, for
issu-
ance of a new license, the division shall issue to such licensee a
new license
containing a colored photograph of such licensee. A driver's
license which
does not contain a colored photograph of the licensee as required
may
be issued to persons exempted from such requirement. Any such
license
shall be valid for the purposes of the motor vehicle drivers'
license act
and the division shall set forth upon such driver's license the
words ``valid
without photo.'' Any person who is outside the state and for whom
the
division provides for renewal of the driver's license by mail is
exempt
from the requirement to have a colored photograph of such person
placed
on such person's driver's license. Any person belonging to a
religious
organization which has a basic objection to having their picture
taken may
sign a statement to that effect and such person shall then be
exempt from
the picture requirements of this section.
(b) All Kansas drivers' licenses issued
to any person 16 years of age
or older shall contain a form which provides a statement for making
a gift
of all or any part of the body of the licensee in accordance with
the
uniform anatomical gift act, except as otherwise provided by this
subsec-
tion. The statement to be effective shall be signed by the licensee
in the
presence of two witnesses who shall sign the statement in the
presence
of the donor. The gift becomes effective upon the death of the
donor.
Delivery of the license during the donor's lifetime is not
necessary to
make a valid gift. Any valid gift statement executed prior to July
1, 1994,
shall remain effective until invalidated. The word ``Donor'' shall
be placed
on the front of a licensee's driver's license, indicating that the
statement
for making an anatomical gift under this subsection has been
executed by
such licensee.
(c) Any person who is deaf or hard of
hearing may request that the
division issue to such person a driver's license which is readily
distinguish-
able from drivers' licenses issued to other drivers and upon such
request
the division shall issue such license. Drivers' licenses issued to
persons
who are deaf or hard of hearing and under the age of 21 years shall
be
readily distinguishable from drivers' licenses issued to persons
who are
deaf or hard of hearing and 21 years of age or older.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 8-1329 is hereby
amended to read as follows: 8-1329.
(a) An identification card issued to any person under 21 years of
age shall
expire on such person's twenty-first birthday and shall bear on the
face
of the card an overprint of the words ``UNDER 21'' placed
diagonally
across the card, and a statement to the effect that the card
expires on the
twenty-first birthday of the person to whom it is issued.
(b) In addition to subsection (a), all
identification cards issued on and
after July 1, 1997, to persons under the age of 18 years shall also
be readily
distinguishable from cards issued to persons age 18 years or
older.
(c) In addition to the provisions of
subsections (a) and (b), on and
after July 1, 2004, the secretary of revenue shall implement a
vertical
format to make identification cards issued to persons under the
age of 21
more readily distinguishable.
(c) (d) Renewal
of such card shall be in accordance with the provi-
sions of K.S.A. 8-1325, and amendments thereto.
Sec. 3. K.S.A. 8-243, as amended by section 2 of
2003 Senate Bill
No. 16, and 8-1329 are hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its
publication in the statute book.
Approved April 14, 2003.
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