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HOUSE BILL No. 2562
AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to registration; providing for the issuance of a
special license plate or permanent or temporary placard for a person with a disability
based on documentation of satisfactory proof of disability from a physical therapist;
amending K.S.A. 8-1,125 and repealing the existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 8-1,125 is hereby amended to read as follows:
8-1,125. (a) Any Kansas resident who submits satisfactory proof to the
director of vehicles, on a form provided by the director, that such
person is a person with a disability or is responsible for the
transportation of a person with a disability shall be issued a special
license plate or a permanent placard for any motor vehicle owned by
such person or shall be issued a temporary placard. Satisfactory proof
of disability, condition or impairment shall include a statement from a
person licensed to practice the healing arts in any state, a licensed
optometrist, an advanced practice registered nurse licensed under
K.S.A. 65-1131, and amendments thereto, a licensed physician
assistant, a physical therapist as defined in K.S.A. 65-2901, and
amendments thereto, or a Christian Science practitioner listed in The
Christian Science Journal certifying that such person is a person with a
disability. The placard shall be suspended immediately below the rear
view mirror of any motor vehicle used for the transportation of a person
with a disability so as to be maximally visible from outside the vehicle.
In addition to the special license plate or permanent placard, the
director of vehicles shall issue to the person with a disability an
individual identification card, which must be carried by the person with
a disability when the motor vehicle being operated by or used for the
transportation of such person is parked in accordance with the
provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,126, and amendments thereto. In addition to
the temporary placard, a person issued such temporary placard shall
carry the state or county receipt showing the name of the person who is
issued such temporary placard. A person submitting satisfactory proof
that such person's disability, condition or impairment is permanent in
nature, and upon such person's request and payment of the fees
prescribed in subsection (b), shall be issued an individual identification
card and: (1) A permanent placard; (2) a permanent placard and a
special license plate; or (3) a permanent placard and a wheelchair
emblem decal to be affixed to a distinctive license plate. Upon proper
request, one additional permanent placard shall be issued to the
applicant who has not requested and received a special license plate.
Upon proper request, one additional temporary placard shall be issued
to the applicant certified as temporarily disabled. Temporary placards
shall have an expiration date of not longer than six months from the
date of issuance. The special license plates, decals and placards shall
display the international symbol of access to the physically disabled.
(b) Special license plates issued pursuant to this section shall be
issued for the same period of time as other license plates are issued or
for the remainder of such period if an existing license plate is to be
exchanged for the special license plate. There shall be no fee for such
special license plates in addition to the regular registration fee. No
person shall be issued more than one special license plate, except that
agencies or businesses which that provide transportation for persons
with a disability as a service , may obtain additional special license
plates for vehicles which that are utilized in the provision of that such
service. Special license plates may be personalized license plates
subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 8-132, and amendments thereto,
including the payment of the additional fee.
(c) Placards and individual identification cards issued pursuant to
this section shall be valid as long as if the person with a disability or a
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person responsible for the transportation of a person with a disability is
eligible for a special license plate or permanent placard. The secretary
of revenue shall promulgate adopt the rules and regulations necessary
to remain compliant with 23 C.F.R. § 1235.4.
(d) The color of the permanent placard shall be white on a blue
background, and the temporary placard shall be white on a red
background.
(e) In addition to such other information contained on individual
identification cards, cards shall have the date of birth and the sex of the
person to whom the card is issued.
(f) Permanent placards and individual identification cards shall be
returned to the department of revenue upon the death of the person with
a disability. Temporary placards shall be returned to the department of
revenue upon the expiration of the placard or upon the death of the
person with a disability. Special license plates shall be returned to the
county treasurer to be exchanged for another license plate upon the
death of the person with a disability. The individual identification cards
issued with the special license plates shall be returned to the department
of revenue upon the death of the person with a disability.
(g) Violation of subsection (f) is an unclassified misdemeanor
punishable by a fine of not more than $50.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 8-1,125 is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
I hereby certify that the above BILL originated in the HOUSE, and passed
that body
Speaker of the House.
Chief Clerk of the House.
Passed the SENATE ______________________________________________________________________________
President of the Senate.
Secretary of the Senate.
APPROVED __________________________________________________________________________________________________
Governor.