Brief ⁽¹⁾

SB 83, as amended, concerns the registration of motor vehicles. The House Committee amendment returns the bill to current law requiring verification of insurance upon registration or renewal, with two changes:

• Examination of a facsimile or a photocopy of any of the acceptable proofs of insurance will suffice, not just for mail registrations or renewals, but for all registrations and renewals; and
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• Proof of insurance may also be verified on-line or electronically.
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The bill further expands the ways an application for the registration of a vehicle may be made to include on-line and electronic means. The current $0.50 fee for registration by mail would apply to on-line and electronic registrations.

Background

As amended by the House Committee on Insurance, SB 83 is supported by the Director of Vehicles, the Kansas County Treasurer's Association, the Sedgwick County Treasurer, the Johnson County Treasurer, the Director of Revenue/Treasury- Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, the Riley County Treasurer, and the Ellis County Treasurer. Conferees commented that putting the bill back in its original form allows the County Treasurer's Association and the Director of Vehicles to pursue various options to find the best one for registering vehicles in Kansas.

1. *Supplemental notes are prepared by the Legislative Research Department and do not express legislative intent. The supplemental note and fiscal note for this bill may be accessed on the Internet at http://www.ink.org/public/legislative/fulltext.cgi