Discontinuing yearly registration and registration fees for motor vehicles when registered by an individual or individuals and used as a passenger vehicle or for personal use and discontinuing sales tax on transfers and property tax on such vehicles.

Session of 2026
HOUSE BILL No. 2575
By Representative Rhiley
1-28
AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to vehicle registration;
eliminating registration fees and yearly registration requirement for
motor vehicles used as passenger vehicles and vehicles used for
personal use if registered by an individual or individuals; relating to
taxation; eliminating the imposition of sales and property tax on certain
motor vehicles; amending K.S.A. 8-135, 8-1,176, 75-5160 and 79-5102
and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 8-134, 8-143, 8-1,177 and 79-3603 and
repealing the existing sections.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 8-134 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 8-134. (a) Every vehicle registration under this act shall expire on
December 31 of each year, except passenger vehicles , vehicles registered
to an individual or individuals and used for personal use and vehicles
provided for in K.S.A. 8-134a, and amendments thereto. The registration
of vehicles to which K.S.A. 8-134a, and amendments thereto, applies shall
expire in 1982 and thereafter in accordance with the provisions of
subsections (b) and (c). Registration of vehicles shall be renewed annually
upon application by the owner and by payment of the fees required by law.
Except vehicles subject to K.S.A. 8-134a, and amendments thereto, and
passenger vehicles and vehicles registered to an individual or individuals
and used for personal use , the renewal shall take effect on January 1 of
each year, but the owner of the vehicle shall have until and including the
last day of February of each year to make application for such renewal.
The division shall issue for such vehicles a February month decal to
correspond with the statutory grace period. Criminal sanctions provided in
K.S.A. 8-142, and amendments thereto, for failure to display any license
plate or plates or any registration decal required to be affixed to any such
license plate for the current registration year shall not be enforced until
March 1 of each year. An owner who has made proper application for
renewal of registration of a vehicle prior to January 1, but who has not
received the license plate or registration card for the ensuing year, shall be
entitled to operate or permit the operation of such vehicle upon the
highways upon displaying thereon the license plate issued for the
preceding year for such time as the director of vehicles finds necessary for
issuance of such new license plate.
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(b) Every passenger vehicle and vehicles registered to an individual
or individuals and used for personal use required by this act to be
registered, except as otherwise provided, shall be registered for a period of
12 consecutive months until a change in ownership of the passenger
vehicle or vehicle registered to an individual or individuals and used for
personal use . The division of vehicles, in order to initiate a system of
registering or reregistering passenger vehicles during any month of a
calendar year, may register or reregister a passenger vehicle for less than a
12-month period, prorating the annual registration fee, when in the
director's opinion such proration tends to fulfill the purpose of the monthly
registration system.
(c) Passenger vehicle registration, and the authority to legally operate,
use or tow such vehicle on the highway shall expire at 12 midnight 12:00
a.m. on the last day of the last month of the 12-month period for which
such vehicle was registered date that ownership of the vehicle changes ,
and the owner shall see ensure that such vehicle is reregistered as required
by this act. The director of vehicles shall designate the registration period
for each passenger vehicle in order to as nearly as feasible equalize
registration or reregistration within the 12 months of the year. Any vehicle
after having once been registered shall upon reregistration, be registered
for the same twelve-month period except when the certificate of title has
been transferred as provided by law. In this case, the vehicle shall be
registered by the division of vehicles in accordance with the system
adopted.
(d) For the purpose of this act, hearses and electrically propelled
vehicles shall be classified as passenger vehicles.
(e) Every owner who registers or reregisters a vehicle in a calendar
year, and in any calendar year in which a license plate is not issued for the
renewal of registration of such vehicle, shall be furnished by the division
one decal for the license plate issued for such vehicle and required by
K.S.A. 8-133, and amendments thereto, to be affixed to the rear of such
vehicle. Such decal shall be affixed to the number plate affixed to the rear
of such vehicle and shall indicate the license plate number for which the
decal is to be affixed and shall indicate the year in which such registration
expires. The color of a decal shall be such that it contrasts with the color of
the license plate to which it is to be affixed, and the director of vehicles
shall change the color of such decals each year, without duplicating the
same color in any five-year period or such extended period as the director
designates under K.S.A. 8-132(b), and amendments thereto. Such decals
shall be so constructed that once a decal has been affixed to a license plate,
it cannot be removed without destroying the decal, and the surface of such
decals shall be capable of reflecting light. Consistent with the foregoing,
the director of vehicles shall prescribe the size of and material to be used
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in the production of such decals, and the director of vehicles shall
designate the location on a number plate where such decal shall be affixed.
Passenger vehicles and vehicles registered to an individual or individuals
and used for personal use shall be provided a decal that shall remain valid
until the date that ownership of the vehicle changes.
(f) (1) The owner of a vehicle may, at the time of such registration or
reregistration, purchase a park and recreation motor vehicle permit. Such
permit shall cost $15 until such time as the amount for such permit is
changed by rules and regulations of the secretary of wildlife and parks.
(2) Such permit shall be nontransferable and shall expire on the date
of expiration of the vehicle registration.
(3) Except as provided in subsection (f)(4), the county treasurer shall
remit all such moneys paid to the county treasurer 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 and shall be credited as
provided in K.S.A. 32-991, and amendments thereto.
(4) The county treasurer may collect and retain a service charge fee of
up to $.50 for each park and recreation motor vehicle permit issued or sold
by the county treasurer.
(5) As a condition of receiving the park and recreation motor vehicle
permit, the applicant shall consent to the sharing of information, including,
but not limited to, the applicant's name, address, email address and phone
number, with the secretary of wildlife and parks by the division of motor
vehicles.
(g) The secretary of revenue shall adopt rules and regulations
necessary to accomplish the purpose of this act.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 8-135 is hereby amended to read as follows: 8-135. (a)
Upon the transfer of ownership of any vehicle registered under this act, the
registration of the vehicle and the right to use any license plate thereon
shall expire and thereafter there shall be no transfer of any registration, and
the license plate shall be removed by the owner thereof. Except as
provided in K.S.A. 8-172, and amendments thereto, and 8-1,147, and
amendments thereto, it shall be unlawful for any person, other than the
person to whom the license plate was originally issued, to have possession
thereof. When the ownership of a registered vehicle is transferred, the
original owner of the license plate may register another vehicle under the
same number, upon application and payment of a fee of $1.50, if such
other vehicle does not require a higher license fee. If a higher license fee is
required, then the transfer may be made upon the payment of the transfer
fee of $1.50 and the difference between the fee originally paid and that due
for the new vehicle. Passenger vehicles and vehicles registered to an
individual or individuals and used for personal use shall be exempt from
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the fee imposed pursuant to this subsection.
(b) Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 8-198(a), and amendments
thereto, upon the transfer or sale of any vehicle by any person or dealer, or
upon any transfer in accordance with K.S.A. 59-3511, and amendments
thereto, the new owner thereof, within 60 days, inclusive of weekends and
holidays, from date of such transfer shall make application to the division
for registration or reregistration of the vehicle, but no person shall operate
the vehicle on any highway in this state during the sixty-day 60-day period
without having applied for and obtained temporary registration from the
county treasurer or from a dealer. After the expiration of the sixty-day 60-
day period, it shall be unlawful for the owner or any other person to
operate such vehicle upon the highways of this state unless the vehicle has
been registered as provided in this act. For failure to make application for
registration as provided in this section, a penalty of $2 shall be added to
other fees. When a person has a current motorcycle or passenger vehicle
registration and license plate, including any registration decal affixed
thereto, for a vehicle and has sold or otherwise disposed of the vehicle and
has acquired another motorcycle or passenger vehicle and intends to
transfer the registration and the license plate to the motorcycle or
passenger vehicle acquired, but has not yet had the registration transferred
in the office of the county treasurer, such person may operate the
motorcycle or passenger vehicle acquired for a period of not to exceed 60
days by displaying the license plate on the rear of the vehicle acquired. If
the acquired vehicle is a new vehicle such person also must carry the
assigned certificate of title or manufacturer's statement of origin when
operating the acquired vehicle, except that a dealer may operate such
vehicle by displaying such dealer's dealer license plate.
(c) Certificate of title: No vehicle required to be registered shall be
registered or any license plate or registration decal issued therefor, unless
the applicant for registration shall present satisfactory evidence of
ownership and apply for an original certificate of title for such vehicle.
The following paragraphs of this subsection shall apply to the issuance of
a certificate of title for a nonhighway vehicle, salvage vehicle or rebuilt
salvage vehicle, as defined in K.S.A. 8-197, and amendments thereto,
except to the extent such paragraphs are made inapplicable by or are
inconsistent with K.S.A. 8-198, and amendments thereto, and to any
electronic certificate of title, except to the extent such paragraphs are made
inapplicable by or are inconsistent with K.S.A. 8-135d, and amendments
thereto, or with rules and regulations adopted pursuant to K.S.A. 8-135d,
and amendments thereto.
The provisions of paragraphs (1) through (14) shall apply to any
certificate of title issued prior to January 1, 2003, which that indicates that
there is a lien or encumbrance on such vehicle.
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(1) An application for certificate of title shall be made by the owner
or the owner's agent upon a form furnished by the division and shall state
all liens or encumbrances thereon, and such other information as the
division may require. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
no certificate of title shall be issued for a vehicle having any unreleased
lien or encumbrance thereon, unless the transfer of such vehicle has been
consented to in writing by the holder of the lien or encumbrance. Such
consent shall be in a form approved by the division. In the case of
members of the armed forces of the United States while the United States
is engaged at war with any foreign nation and for a period of six months
next following the cessation of hostilities, such application may be signed
by the owner's spouse, parents, brother or sister. The county treasurer shall
use reasonable diligence in ascertaining whether the facts stated in such
application are true, and if satisfied that the applicant is the lawful owner
of such vehicle, or otherwise entitled to have the same registered in such
applicant's name, shall so notify the division, who shall issue an
appropriate certificate of title. The certificate of title shall be in a form
approved by the division, and shall contain a statement of any liens or
encumbrances which that the application shows, and such other
information as the division determines.
(2) (A) The certificate of title shall contain upon the reverse side a
form for assignment of title to be executed by the owner. This assignment
shall contain a statement of all liens or encumbrances on the vehicle at the
time of assignment. The certificate of title shall also contain on the reverse
side blank spaces so that an abstract of mileage as to each owner will be
available. The seller at the time of each sale shall insert and certify the
mileage and the purchase price on the form filed for application or
reassignment of title, and the division shall insert such mileage on the
certificate of title when issued to purchaser or assignee. The signature of
the purchaser or assignee is required on the form filed for application or
reassignment of title, acknowledging the odometer and purchase price
certification made by the seller, except those vehicles that are exempt from
odometer certification requirements pursuant to federal law shall be
exempt from such requirement. Such title shall indicate whether the
vehicle for which it is issued has been titled previously as a nonhighway
vehicle or salvage vehicle. In addition, the reverse side shall contain two
forms for reassignment by a dealer, stating the liens or encumbrances
thereon. The first form of reassignment shall be used only when a dealer
sells the vehicle to another dealer. The second form of reassignment shall
be used by a dealer when selling the vehicle to another dealer or the
ultimate owner of the vehicle. The reassignment by a dealer shall be used
only where the dealer resells the vehicle, and during the time that the
vehicle remains in the dealer's possession for resale, the certificate of title
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shall be dormant.
(B) When the ownership of any vehicle passes by operation of law, or
repossession upon default of a lease, security agreement, or executory
sales contract, the person owning such vehicle, upon furnishing
satisfactory proof to the county treasurer of such ownership, may procure a
certificate of title to the vehicle. When a vehicle is registered in another
state and is repossessed in another state, the owner of such vehicle shall
not be entitled to obtain a valid Kansas title or registration, except that
when a vehicle is registered in another state, but is financed originally by a
financial institution chartered in the state of Kansas or when a financial
institution chartered in Kansas purchases a pool of motor vehicle loans
from the resolution trust corporation or a federal regulatory agency, and
the vehicle is repossessed in another state, such Kansas financial
institution shall be entitled to obtain a valid Kansas title or registration.
(C) In addition to any other fee required for the issuance of a
certificate of title, any applicant obtaining a certificate of title for a
repossessed vehicle shall pay a fee of $3.
(3) Dealers shall execute, upon delivery to the purchaser of every
new vehicle, a manufacturer's statement of origin stating the liens and
encumbrances thereon. Such statement of origin shall be delivered to the
purchaser at the time of delivery of the vehicle or at a time agreed upon by
the parties, not to exceed 30 days, inclusive of weekends and holidays. The
agreement of the parties shall be executed on a form approved by the
division. In the event delivery of title cannot be made personally, the seller
may deliver the manufacturer's statement of origin by restricted mail to the
address of purchaser shown on the purchase agreement. The
manufacturer's statement of origin may include an attachment containing
assignment of such statement of origin on forms approved by the division.
Upon the presentation to the division of a manufacturer's statement of
origin, by a manufacturer or dealer for a new vehicle, sold in this state, a
certificate of title shall be issued if there is also an application for
registration, except that no application for registration shall be required for
a travel trailer used for living quarters and not operated on the highways.
(4) The fee for each original certificate of title shall be $10 in
addition to the fee for registration of such vehicle, trailer or semitrailer.
The certificate of title shall be good for the life of the vehicle, trailer or
semitrailer while owned or held by the original holder of the certificate of
title.
(5) Except for a vehicle registered by a federally recognized Indian
tribe, as provided in paragraph (16), upon sale and delivery to the
purchaser of every vehicle subject to a purchase money security interest as
provided in article 9 of chapter 84 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and
amendments thereto, the dealer or secured party may complete a notice of
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security interest and when so completed, the purchaser shall execute the
notice, in a form prescribed by the division, describing the vehicle and
showing the name and address of the secured party and of the debtor and
other information the division requires. On and after July 1, 2007, only one
lien shall be taken or accepted for vehicles with a gross vehicle weight
rating of 26,000 pounds or less. As used in this section "gross vehicle
weight rating" shall have the meaning ascribed thereto means the same as
defined in 49 C.F.R. § 390.5, as in effect on July 1, 2017, or any later
version as established in rules and regulations adopted by the state
corporation commission. The dealer or secured party, within 30 days of the
sale and delivery, may mail or deliver the notice of security interest,
together with a fee of $2.50, to the division. The notice of security interest
shall be retained by the division until it receives an application for a
certificate of title to the vehicle and a certificate of title is issued. The
certificate of title shall indicate any security interest in the vehicle. Upon
issuance of the certificate of title, the division shall mail or deliver
confirmation of the receipt of the notice of security interest, the date the
certificate of title is issued and the security interest indicated, to the
secured party at the address shown on the notice of security interest. The
proper completion and timely mailing or delivery of a notice of security
interest by a dealer or secured party shall perfect a security interest in the
vehicle, as referenced in K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-311, and amendments
thereto, on the date of such mailing or delivery. The county treasurers shall
mail a copy of the title application to the lienholder. For any vehicle
subject to a lien, the county treasurer, division or contractor shall collect
from the applicant a $1.50 service fee for processing and mailing a copy of
the title application to the lienholder.
(6) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate in this state a vehicle
required to be registered under this act, or to transfer the title to any such
vehicle to any person or dealer, unless a certificate of title has been issued
as herein provided. In the event of a sale or transfer of ownership of a
vehicle for which a certificate of title has been issued, which certificate of
title is in the possession of the transferor at the time of delivery of the
vehicle, the holder of such certificate of title shall endorse on the same an
assignment thereof, with warranty of title in a form prescribed by the
division and printed thereon and the transferor shall deliver the same to the
buyer at the time of delivery to the buyer of the vehicle or at a time agreed
upon by the parties, not to exceed 60 days, inclusive of weekends and
holidays, after the time of delivery. The agreement of the parties shall be
executed on a form provided by the division. The requirements of this
paragraph concerning delivery of an assigned title are satisfied if the
transferor mails to the transferee by restricted mail the assigned certificate
of title within the 60 days, and if the transferor is a dealer, as defined by
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K.S.A. 8-2401, and amendments thereto, such transferor shall be deemed
to have possession of the certificate of title if the transferor has made
application therefor to the division. The buyer shall then present such
assigned certificate of title to the division at the time of making application
for registration of such vehicle. A new certificate of title shall be issued to
the buyer, upon payment of the fee of $10. If such vehicle is sold to a
resident of another state or country, the dealer or person making the sale
shall notify the division of the sale and the division shall make notation
thereof in the records of the division. When a person acquires a security
interest that such person seeks to perfect on a vehicle subsequent to the
issuance of the original title on such vehicle, such person shall require the
holder of the certificate of title to surrender the same and sign an
application for a mortgage title in form prescribed by the division. Upon
such surrender such person shall immediately deliver the certificate of
title, application, and a fee of $10 to the division. Delivery of the
surrendered title, application and tender of the required fee shall perfect a
security interest in the vehicle as referenced in K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-
311, and amendments thereto. On and after July 1, 2007, only one lien
may be taken or accepted for security for an obligation to be secured by a
lien to be shown on a certificate of title for vehicles with a gross vehicle
weight rating, as defined in 49 C.F.R. § 390.5, as in effect on July 1, 2017,
or any later version as established in rules and regulations adopted by the
state corporation commission, of 26,000 pounds or less. A refinancing
shall not be subject to the limitations of this act. A refinancing is deemed
to occur when the original obligation is satisfied and replaced by a new
obligation. Lien obligations created before July 1, 2007, which that are of
a continuing nature shall not be subject to the limitations of this act until
the obligation is satisfied. A lien in violation of this provision is void.
Upon receipt of the surrendered title, application and fee, the division shall
issue a new certificate of title showing the liens or encumbrances so
created, but only one lien or encumbrance may be shown upon a title for
vehicles with a gross vehicle rating of 26,000 pounds or less, and not more
than two liens or encumbrances may be shown upon a title for vehicles in
excess of 26,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating. When a prior
lienholder's name is removed from the title, there must be satisfactory
evidence presented to the division that the lien or encumbrance has been
paid. When the indebtedness to a lienholder, whose name is shown upon a
title, is paid in full, such lienholder shall comply with the provisions of
K.S.A. 8-1,157, and amendments thereto.
(7) It shall be unlawful for any person to buy or sell in this state any
vehicle required to be registered, unless, at the time of delivery thereof or
at a time agreed upon by the parties, not to exceed 60 days, inclusive of
weekends and holidays, after the time of delivery, there shall pass between
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the parties a certificate of title with an assignment thereof. The sale of a
vehicle required to be registered under the laws of this state, without
assignment of the certificate of title, is fraudulent and void, unless the
parties shall agree that the certificate of title with assignment thereof shall
pass between them at a time other than the time of delivery, but within 60
days thereof. The requirements of this paragraph concerning delivery of an
assigned title shall be satisfied if: (A) The seller mails to the purchaser by
restricted mail the assigned certificate of title within 60 days; or (B) if the
transferor is a dealer, as defined by K.S.A. 8-2401, and amendments
thereto, such seller shall be deemed to have possession of the certificate of
title if such seller has made application therefor to the division; or (C) if
the transferor is a dealer and has assigned a title pursuant to subsection (c)
(9).
(8) In cases of sales under the order of a court of a vehicle required to
be registered under this act, the officer conducting such sale shall issue to
the purchaser a certificate naming the purchaser and reciting the facts of
the sale, which certificate shall be prima facie evidence of the ownership
of such purchaser for the purpose of obtaining a certificate of title to such
motor vehicle and for registering the same. Any such purchaser shall be
allowed 60 days, inclusive of weekends and holidays, from the date of sale
to make application to the division for a certificate of title and for the
registering of such motor vehicle.
(9) Any dealer who has acquired a vehicle, the title for which was
issued under the laws of and in a state other than the state of Kansas, shall
not be required to obtain a Kansas certificate of title therefor during the
time such vehicle remains in such dealer's possession and at such dealer's
place of business for the purpose of sale. The purchaser or transferee shall
present the assigned title to the division of vehicles when making
application for a certificate of title as provided in subsection (c)(1).
(10) Motor vehicles may be held and titled in transfer-on-death form.
(11) Notwithstanding the provisions of this act with respect to time
requirements for delivery of a certificate of title, or manufacturer's
statement of origin, as applicable, any person who chooses to reaffirm the
sale in writing on a form approved by the division which advises them of
their rights pursuant to subsection (c)(7) and who has received and
accepted assignment of the certificate of title or manufacturer's statement
of origin for the vehicle in issue may not thereafter void or set aside the
transaction with respect to the vehicle for the reason that a certificate of
title or manufacturer's statement of origin was not timely delivered, and in
such instances the sale of a vehicle shall not be deemed to be fraudulent
and void for that reason alone.
(12) The owner of any vehicle assigning a certificate of title in
accordance with the provisions of this section may file with the division a
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form indicating that such owner has assigned such certificate of title. Such
forms shall be furnished by the division and shall contain such information
as the division may require. Any owner filing a form as provided in this
paragraph shall pay a fee of $10. The filing of such form shall be prima
facie evidence that such certificate of title was assigned and shall create a
rebuttable presumption. If the assignee of a certificate of title fails to make
application for registration, an owner assigning such title and filing the
form in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph shall not be held
liable for damages resulting from the operation of such vehicle.
(13) Application for a certificate of title on a boat trailer with a gross
weight over 2,000 pounds shall be made by the owner or the owner's agent
upon a form to be furnished by the division and shall contain such
information as the division shall determine necessary. The division may
waive any information requested on the form if it is not available. The
application together with a bill of sale for the boat trailer shall be accepted
as prima facie evidence that the applicant is the owner of the boat trailer,
provided that a Kansas title for such trailer has not previously been issued.
If the application and bill of sale are used to obtain a certificate of title for
a boat trailer under this paragraph, the certificate of title shall not be issued
until an inspection in accordance with K.S.A. 8-116a(a), and amendments
thereto, has been completed.
(14) In addition to the two forms for reassignment under subsection
(c)(2), a dealer may attach one additional reassignment form to a
certificate of title. The director of vehicles shall prescribe and furnish such
reassignment forms. The reassignment form shall be used by a dealer when
selling the vehicle to another dealer or the ultimate owner of the vehicle
only when the two reassignment forms under subsection (c)(2) have
already been used. The fee for a reassignment form shall be $6.50. A
dealer may purchase reassignment forms in multiples of five upon making
proper application and the payment of required fees.
(15) A first stage manufacturer, as defined in K.S.A. 8-2401, and
amendments thereto, who manufactures a motor vehicle in this state, and
who sells such motor vehicles to dealers located in a foreign country, may
execute a manufacturer's statement of origin to the division of vehicles for
the purpose of obtaining an export certificate of title. The motor vehicle
issued an export certificate of title shall not be required to be registered in
this state. An export certificate of title shall not be used to register such
vehicle in the United States.
(16) A security interest in a vehicle registered by a federally
recognized Indian tribe shall be deemed valid under Kansas law if validly
perfected under the applicable tribal law and the lien is noted on the face
of the tribal certificate of title.
(17) On and after January 1, 2010, a certificate of title issued for a
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rebuilt salvage vehicle for the initial time, shall indicate on such title, the
reduced classification of such vehicle as provided under K.S.A. 79-5104,
and amendments thereto.
Sec. 3. K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 8-143 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 8-143. (a) All applications for the registration of motorcycles,
motorized bicycles and passenger vehicles other than trucks and truck
tractors, except as otherwise provided, shall be accompanied by an annual
license fee as follows:
(1) For motorized bicycles, $11;
(2) for motorcycles, $16;
(3) for those motorcycles that are all-electric motorcycles, $30;
(4) for passenger vehicles not registered to an individual or
individuals, other than motorcycles, used solely for the carrying of persons
for pleasure or business, and for hearses and ambulances a fee of:
(A) For those having a gross weight of 4,500 pounds or less, $30;
(B) for those having a gross weight of more than 4,500 pounds, $40;
(C) for those motor vehicles that are electric hybrid vehicles, $70;
(D) for those motor vehicles that are plug-in electric hybrid vehicles,
$100; and
(E) for those motor vehicles that are all-electric vehicles, $165; and
(5) except for motor vehicles, trailers or semitrailers registered under
the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,134, and amendments thereto, the annual
registration fee for each motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer that is owned
by any political or taxing subdivision of this state or by any agency or
instrumentality of any one or more political or taxing subdivisions of this
state and used exclusively for governmental purposes and , not for any
private or utility purposes, that and is not otherwise exempt from
registration, shall be $2. Passenger vehicles and vehicles registered to an
individual or individuals and used for personal use shall be exempt from
the fees imposed pursuant to the subsection.
(b) (1) As used in this subsection, the term "gross weight" shall mean
means and include includes the empty weight of the truck, or combination
of the truck or truck tractor and any type trailer or semitrailer, plus the
maximum weight of cargo which that will be transported on or with the
same, except when the empty weight of a truck plus the maximum weight
of cargo which that will be transported thereon is 12,000 pounds or less.
The term "Gross weight" shall does not include: The weight of any travel
trailer propelled thereby which that is being used for private recreational
purposes; or the weight of any vehicle or combination of vehicles for
which wrecker or towing service, as defined in K.S.A. 66-1329, and
amendments thereto, is to be provided by a wrecker or tow truck, as
defined in K.S.A. 66-1329, and amendments thereto. Such wrecker or tow
truck shall be registered for the empty weight of such vehicle fully
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equipped for the recovery or towing of vehicles. The gross weight license
fees hereinafter prescribed shall only apply to the truck or truck tractor
used as the propelling unit for the cargo and vehicle propelled, either as a
single vehicle or combination of vehicles. On application for the
registration of a truck or truck tractor, the owner thereof shall declare as a
part of such application the maximum gross weight the owner desires to be
applicable to such vehicle, which declared gross weight in no event shall
be in excess of the limitations described by K.S.A. 8-1908 and 8-1909, and
amendments thereto, for such vehicle or combination of vehicles of which
it will be a part. Vehicles registered to an individual or individuals and
used for personal use shall be not be subject to any fee provided in this
subsection. All applications for the registration of trucks or truck tractors,
except as otherwise provided herein, shall be accompanied by an annual
license fee as follows:
For a gross weight of 12,000 lbs. or less
unless otherwise provided ..................................................................$40
For a gross weight of 12,000 lbs. or less and the truck
or truck tractor is an electric
hybrid or plug-in electric hybrid ........................................................ 125
For a gross weight of 12,000 lbs. or less and the truck
or truck tractor is all-electric ..............................................................200
For a gross weight of more than 12,000 lbs. and not
more than 16,000 lbs. .........................................................................202
For a gross weight of more than 16,000 lbs. and not
more than 20,000 lbs. .........................................................................232
For a gross weight of more than 20,000 lbs. and not
more than 24,000 lbs. .........................................................................297
For a gross weight of more than 24,000 lbs. and not
more than 26,000 lbs. .........................................................................412
For a gross weight of more than 26,000 lbs. and not
more than 30,000 lbs. .........................................................................412
For a gross weight of more than 30,000 lbs. and not
more than 36,000 lbs. .........................................................................475
For a gross weight of more than 36,000 lbs. and not
more than 42,000 lbs. .........................................................................575
For a gross weight of more than 42,000 lbs. and not
more than 48,000 lbs. .........................................................................705
For a gross weight of more than 48,000 lbs. and not
more than 54,000 lbs. .........................................................................905
For a gross weight of more than 54,000 lbs. and not
more than 60,000 lbs. ......................................................................1,145
For a gross weight of more than 60,000 lbs. and not
more than 66,000 lbs. ......................................................................1,345
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For a gross weight of more than 66,000 lbs. and not
more than 74,000 lbs. ......................................................................1,670
For a gross weight of more than 74,000 lbs. and not
more than 80,000 lbs. ......................................................................1,870
For a gross weight of more than 80,000 lbs. and not
more than 85,500 lbs. ......................................................................2,070
(2) If the applicant for registration of any truck or truck tractor for a
gross weight of more than 12,000 pounds in the state of Kansas or any
political or taxing subdivision or agency of the state, except a city or
county, whose truck or truck tractor is not otherwise entitled to the $2
license fee or otherwise exempt from all fees, such vehicle may be
licensed for a fee in accordance with the schedule hereinafter prescribed
for local trucks or truck tractors.
(3) If the applicant for registration of any truck or truck tractor for a
gross weight of more than 12,000 pounds shall under oath state in writing
on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles that the
applicant does not expect to operate it more than 6,000 miles in the
calendar year for which the applicant seeks registration, and that if the
applicant shall operate it more than 6,000 miles during such registration
year such applicant will pay an additional fee equal to the fee required by
the schedule under paragraph (1), less the amount of the fee paid at time of
registration, such vehicle may be licensed for a fee in accordance with the
schedule prescribed for local trucks or truck tractors. Whenever a truck or
truck tractor is registered on a local truck or truck tractor fee basis a tab or
marker shall be issued in connection with the regular license plate, which
tab or marker shall be attached or affixed to and displayed with the regular
license plate and the failure to have the same attached, affixed or displayed
shall be subject to the same penalties as provided by law for the failure to
display the regular license plate; and the secretary of revenue may adopt
rules and regulations requiring the owners of trucks and truck tractors so
registered on a local truck or truck tractor fee basis to keep such records
and make such reports of mileage of such vehicles as the secretary of
revenue shall deem proper.
(4) A transporter delivering vehicles not the transporter's own by the
driveaway method where such vehicles are being driven, towed, or
transported singly, or by the saddlemount, towbar, or fullmount methods,
or by any lawful combination thereof, may apply for license plates which
that may be transferred from one such vehicle or combination to another
for each delivery without further registration, and the annual license fee
for such license plate shall be as follows:
For the first such set of license plates ..................................................... $64
For each additional such set of license plates ........................................... 38
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12,000 pounds that is operated wholly within the corporate limits of a city
or village or within a radius of 25 miles beyond the corporate limits, shall
be classified as a local truck except that in no event shall such vehicles
operated as contract or common carriers outside a radius of three miles
beyond the corporate limits of the city or village in which such vehicles
were based when registered and licensed be considered local trucks or
truck tractors. The secretary of revenue is hereby authorized and directed
to adopt rules and regulations prescribing a procedure for the issuance of
permits by the division of vehicles whereby owners of local trucks or truck
tractors may operate any such vehicle, empty, beyond the radius
hereinbefore prescribed, when such operation is solely for the purpose of
having such vehicle repaired, painted or serviced or for adding additional
equipment thereto. The annual license fee for a local truck or truck tractor,
except as otherwise provided herein, shall be as follows:
For a gross weight of more than 12,000 lbs. and not
more than 16,000 lbs. .......................................................................$162
For a gross weight of more than 16,000 lbs. and not
more than 20,000 lbs. .........................................................................202
For a gross weight of more than 20,000 lbs. and not
more than 24,000 lbs. .........................................................................232
For a gross weight of more than 24,000 lbs. and not
more than 26,000 lbs. .........................................................................277
For a gross weight of more than 26,000 lbs. and not
more than 30,000 lbs. .........................................................................277
For a gross weight of more than 30,000 lbs. and not
more than 36,000 lbs. .........................................................................315
For a gross weight of more than 36,000 lbs. and not
more than 42,000 lbs. .........................................................................345
For a gross weight of more than 42,000 lbs. and not
more than 48,000 lbs. .........................................................................415
For a gross weight of more than 48,000 lbs. and not
more than 54,000 lbs. .........................................................................515
For a gross weight of more than 54,000 lbs. and not
more than 60,000 lbs. .........................................................................615
For a gross weight of more than 60,000 lbs. and not
more than 66,000 lbs. .........................................................................715
For a gross weight of more than 66,000 lbs. and not
more than 74,000 lbs. .........................................................................895
For a gross weight of more than 74,000 lbs. and not
more than 80,000 lbs. ......................................................................1,025
For a gross weight of more than 80,000 lbs. and not
more than 85,500 lbs. ......................................................................1,145
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12,000 pounds, which that is owned by a person engaged in farming and
which that truck or truck tractor is used by such owner to transport
agricultural products produced by such owner or commodities purchased
by such owner for use on the farm owned or rented by the owner of such
farm truck or truck tractor, shall be classified as a farm truck or truck
tractor and the annual license fee for such farm truck shall be as follows:
For a gross weight of more than 12,000 lbs. and not
more than 16,000 lbs. .........................................................................$57
For a gross weight of more than 16,000 lbs. and not
more than 20,000 lbs. .........................................................................142
For a gross weight of more than 20,000 lbs. and not
more than 24,000 lbs. .........................................................................152
For a gross weight of more than 24,000 lbs. and not
more than 26,000 lbs. .........................................................................172
For a gross weight of more than 26,000 lbs. and not
more than 36,000 lbs. .........................................................................172
For a gross weight of more than 36,000 lbs. and not
more than 54,000 lbs. .........................................................................175
For a gross weight of more than 54,000 lbs. and not
more than 60,000 lbs. .........................................................................325
For a gross weight of more than 60,000 lbs. and not
more than 66,000 lbs. .........................................................................505
For a gross weight of more than 66,000 lbs. ...........................................745
A vehicle licensed as a farm truck or truck tractor may be used by the
owner thereof to transport, for charity and without compensation of any
kind, commodities for religious or educational institutions. A truck that is
licensed as a farm truck may also be used for the transportation of sand,
gravel, slag stone, limestone, crushed stone, cinders, black top, dirt or fill
material to a township road maintenance or construction site of the
township in which the owner of such truck resides. Any applicant for
registration of any farm truck or farm truck tractor used in combination
with a trailer or semitrailer shall register the farm truck or farm truck
tractor for a gross weight which that shall include the empty weight of the
truck or truck tractor or of the combination of any truck or truck tractor
and any type of trailer or semitrailer, plus the maximum weight of cargo
that will be transported on or with the same. The applicant for registration
of any farm truck or farm truck tractor used to transport a gross weight of
more than 54,000 pounds shall durably letter on the side of the motor
vehicle the words "farm vehicle—not for hire." If an applicant for
registration of any farm truck or farm truck tractor operates such vehicle
for any use or purpose not authorized for a farm truck or farm truck tractor,
such applicant shall pay an additional fee equal to the fee required for the
registration of all trucks or truck tractors not registered as local, 6,000-mile
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or farm truck or farm truck tractor motor vehicles, less the amount of the
fee paid at time of registration. Nothing in this or the preceding paragraph
shall authorize a gross weight of a vehicle or combination of vehicles on
the national system of interstate and defense highways greater than
permitted by laws of the United States congress.
(7) Except as provided herein, the annual license fee for each local
urban transit bus used in local urban transit operations exempted under the
provisions of K.S.A. 66-1,109(a), and amendments thereto, shall be based
on the passenger seating capacity of the bus and shall be as follows:
8 or more, but less than 31 passengers ....................................................$35
31 or more, but less than 40 passengers ....................................................50
More than 39 passengers ...........................................................................80
The annual license fee for each local urban transit bus that is owned by
a metropolitan transit authority established pursuant to articles 25 and 28
of chapter 12 or pursuant to article 31 of chapter 13 of the Kansas Statutes
Annotated, and amendments thereto, shall be $2.
(8) For licensing purposes, station wagons with a carrying capacity of
less than 10 passengers shall be subject to registration fees based on the
weight of the vehicles, as provided in subsection (a). Station wagons with
a carrying capacity of 10 or more passengers shall be subject to the truck
classifications and license fees as provided.
(9) For any trailer, semitrailer, travel trailer or pole trailer the annual
license fee shall be as follows:
(A) For any such vehicle with a gross weight of more than 12,000
pounds but less than 54,000 pounds the annual fee shall be $55;
(B) any such vehicle grossing more than 8,000 pounds but not over
12,000 pounds, the annual fee shall be $45; and
(C) for any such vehicle grossing more than 2,000 pounds but not
over 8,000 pounds, the annual fee shall be $35.
Any such vehicle having a gross weight of 2,000 pounds or less may, at
the owner's option, be registered and the fee for such registration shall be
as provided in paragraph (C).
Any trailer, semitrailer or travel trailer owned by a nonresident of this
state and based in another state that is properly registered and licensed in
the state of residence of the owner or in the state where based, may be
operated in this state without being registered or licensed in this state if the
truck or truck tractor propelling the same is properly registered and
licensed in this state, or is registered and licensed in some other state and
is entitled to reciprocal privileges of operation in this state, but this
provision shall not apply to any trailer or semitrailer owned by a
nonresident of this state when such trailer or semitrailer is owned by a
person who has proportionately registered and licensed a fleet of vehicles
under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,101 through 8-1,123, and amendments
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thereto, or under the terms of any reciprocal or proration agreement made
pursuant thereto.
At the option of the owner, any trailer, semitrailer or pole trailer, with a
gross weight of more than 12,000 pounds, may be issued a multi-year
registration for a five-year period upon payment of the appropriate
registration fee. The fee for a five-year registration of such trailer shall be
five times the annual fee for such trailer. If the annual registration fee is
increased during the multi-year registration period, the owner of the trailer
with such multi-year registration shall be subject to the amount of the
increase of the annual registration fee for the remaining calendar years of
such multi-year registration. When the owner of any trailer, semitrailer or
pole trailer registered under this multi-year provision transfers or assigns
the title, or interest thereto, the registration of such trailer shall expire. The
owner shall remove the license plate from such trailer and forward the
license plate to the division of vehicles or may have such license plate
assigned to another trailer, semitrailer or pole trailer upon the payment of
fees required by law. Any owner of a trailer, semitrailer or pole trailer
where the multi-year registration fee has been paid and the trailer is sold,
junked, repossessed, foreclosed by a mechanic's lien or title transferred by
operation of law, and the registration thereon is not going to be transferred
to another trailer, may secure a refund for the registration fee for the
remaining calendar years by making application to the division of vehicles
on a form and in the manner prescribed by the director of vehicles. The
secretary of revenue may adopt such rules and regulations necessary to
implement the multi-year registration of such trailers, semitrailers and pole
trailers.
(c) Any truck or truck tractor having a gross weight of 4,000 pounds
or over, using solid tires, shall pay a license fee of double the amount
herein charged. The annual fees herein provided for trucks, truck tractors
and trailers not subject to K.S.A. 8-134a, and amendments thereto, shall be
due on January 1 of each year and payable on or before the last day of
February in each year. If the fee is not paid by such date a penalty of $1
shall be added to the fee charged herein for each month or fraction thereof
and until December 31 of each registration year. The annual registration
fee for all passenger vehicles and vehicles subject to K.S.A. 8-134a, and
amendments thereto, shall be due on or before the last day of the month in
which the registration plate expires and shall be due for other vehicles as
provided by K.S.A. 8-134, and amendments thereto. If the registration fee
is not paid by such date a penalty of $1 shall be added to the fee charged
herein for each month or fraction thereof until such registration fee is paid.
Members of the armed forces of the United States shall be permitted to
apply for registration at any time and be subject to registration fee, less
penalties, applicable at the time the application is made. If any motorcycle,
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motorized bicycle, trailer, semitrailer, travel trailer, or pole trailer is either
purchased or acquired after the anniversary or renewal date in any
registration year there shall immediately become due and payable a
registration fee as follows: If purchased or acquired between the
anniversary or renewal date of any registration year and the first six
months of such registration year, the annual fee provided herein; if
purchased or acquired during the last six months of any registration year,
50% of such annual fee. If any truck or truck tractor, except trucks subject
to K.S.A. 8-134a, and amendments thereto, is purchased or acquired prior
to April 1 of any year the fee shall be the annual fee provided herein, but if
such truck or truck tractor is purchased or acquired after the end of March
of any year, the license fee for such year shall be reduced 1/12 for each
calendar month which that has elapsed since the beginning of the year. If
any truck registered for a gross weight of 12,000 pounds or less or
passenger vehicle is purchased or acquired and less than 12 months remain
in the registration period, the fee shall be 1/12 of the annual fee for each
calendar month remaining in the registration period.
(d) The owner of any motorcycle, motorized bicycle, passenger
vehicle, truck, truck tractor, trailer, semitrailer, or electrically propelled
vehicle who fails to pay the registration fee or fees herein provided on the
date when the same become due and payable shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a penalty in
the sum of $1 for each month or fraction thereof during which such fee has
remained unpaid after it became due and payable; and in addition thereto
shall be subject to such other punishment as is provided in this act. Upon
the transfer of motorcycles, motorized bicycles, passenger vehicles,
trailers, semitrailers, trucks or truck tractors, on which registration fees
have been paid for the year in which the transfer is made, either: (1) To a
corporation by one or more persons, solely in exchange for stock or
securities in such corporation; or (2) by one corporation to another
corporation when all of the assets of such corporation are transferred to the
other corporation, then in either case, paragraph (1) or (2) the corporation
shall be exempt from the payment of registration fees on such vehicles for
the year in which such transfer is made. Applications for transfer or
registration shall be accompanied by a fee of $1.50. When the registration
of a vehicle has expired at midnight on the last day of any registration
year, and such vehicle is not thereafter operated upon the highways, any
application for renewal of registration made subsequent to the anniversary
or renewal date of any registration year following the expiration of such
registration and for succeeding registration years in which such vehicle has
not been registered shall be accompanied by an affidavit of nonoperation
and nonuse, and such application for renewal or registration shall be
received by the division of vehicles upon payment of the proper fees for
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the current registration year and without penalty.
(e) Any nonresident of Kansas purchasing a vehicle from a Kansas
resident and desiring to secure registration on the vehicle in the state of
such person's residence may make application in the office of any county
treasurer for a sixty-day 60-day temporary registration. The county
treasurer upon presentation of evidence of ownership in the applicant and
evidence the sales tax has been paid, if due, shall charge and collect a fee
of $3 for each sixty-day 60-day temporary license and issue a sticker or
paper registration as may be determined by the director of vehicles, and
the registration so issued shall be valid for a period of 60 days from the
date of issuance.
(f) Any owner of any motor vehicle that is subject to taxation under
the provisions of article 51 of chapter 79 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated,
and amendments thereto, or any other truck or truck tractor where the
annual registration fee has been paid and the vehicle is sold, junked,
repossessed, foreclosed by a mechanic's lien or title transferred by
operation of law, and the registration thereon is not going to be transferred
to another vehicle may secure a refund for the registration fee for the
remaining portion of the year by making application to the division of
vehicles on a form and in the manner prescribed by the director of
vehicles, accompanied by all license plates and attachments issued in
connection therewith. If the owner of the registration becomes deceased
and the vehicle is not going to be used on the highway, and title is not
being currently transferred, the proper representative of the estate shall be
entitled to the refund. The refund shall be made only for the period of time
remaining in the registration year from the date of completion and filing of
the application with and delivery of the license plate and attachments to
the division of vehicles. Where the registration is secured under a quarterly
payment annual registration fee, as provided for in K.S.A. 8-143a, and
amendments thereto, such refund shall be made on the quarterly fee paid
and unused and all remaining quarterly payments shall be canceled. Any
truck or truck tractor having the registration fee paid on quarterly payment
basis, all quarterly payments due or a fraction of quarterly payment due
shall be paid before title may be transferred, except that in case of death,
the filing of the application and returning of the license plate and
attachment shall cancel the remaining annual payments due. Whenever a
truck or truck tractor, where the registration is secured on a quarterly
payment of the annual registration, the one repossessing the truck or truck
tractor, or foreclosing by a mechanic's lien, or securing title by court order,
the mortgagor or the assigns of the mortgagor, or the one securing title
may pay the balance due on date of application for title, but the payments
for the remaining portion of the year shall not be canceled unless
application is made and the license plate and attachments are surrendered.
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Nothing in this subsection shall apply when registration is secured under
the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,101 through 8-1,123, and amendments
thereto. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this section,
no refund shall be made under the provisions of this section where the
amount thereof does not exceed $5. The division of vehicles shall furnish
such blank forms as may be required under the provisions of this
subsection as it deems necessary to be completed by the applicant.
Whenever a registration which that has been secured on a quarterly basis
shall be canceled as provided in this subsection, the division of vehicles
shall notify the county treasurer issuing the original registration of such
cancellation so that the county treasurer may, and the county treasurer shall
cancel the registration of such vehicle in the county treasurer's office and
release any lien issued in connection with such registration.
(g) Every owner of a travel trailer designed for or intended to be
moved upon any highway in this state shall, before the same is so moved,
apply for and obtain the proper registration thereof as provided in this act,
except when such unit is permitted to be moved under the special
provisions relating to secured parties, manufacturers, dealers and
nonresidents contained in this act. At the time of registering any travel
trailer for the purpose of moving any such vehicle upon any highway in
this state, the owner thereof shall indicate on the registration form whether
or not such vehicle is being moved permanently to a location outside of the
county in which such vehicle is being registered. No such vehicle which
that the owner thereof intends to move to a permanent location outside the
boundaries of such county shall be registered for movement on the
highways of this state until all taxes levied against such vehicle have been
paid. A copy of such registration form shall be sent to the county clerk or
assessor of the county to which such vehicle is being moved. When such
travel trailer is used for living quarters and not operated on the highways,
the owner shall be exempt from the license fees as provided in subsection
(b)(9) so long as such travel trailer is not operated on the highway.
Sec. 4. K.S.A. 8-1,176 is hereby amended to read as follows: 8-1,176.
In addition to any registration fee prescribed under article 1 of chapter 8 of
the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, all applicants for
vehicle registration shall pay at the time of registration a nonrefundable
Kansas highway patrol staffing and training surcharge in the amount of $2
for each vehicle being registered. Passenger vehicles and vehicles
registered to an individual or individuals and used for personal use shall
be exempt from the surcharge imposed pursuant to this section.
Sec. 5. K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 8-1,177 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 8-1,177. In addition to any registration fee prescribed under
article 1 of chapter 8 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments
thereto, all applicants for vehicle registration shall pay, at the time of
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registration, a nonrefundable surcharge in the amount of $1.25 for each
vehicle being registered. Passenger vehicles and vehicles registered to an
individual or individuals and used for personal use shall be exempt from
the surcharge imposed pursuant to this section.
Sec. 6. K.S.A. 75-5160 is hereby amended to read as follows: 75-
5160. (a) In addition to any registration fee prescribed under article 1 of
chapter 8 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, all
applicants for vehicle registration shall pay at the time of registration a
nonrefundable division of vehicles modernization surcharge in the amount
of $4 for each vehicle being registered.
(b) Until January 1, 2013, the provisions of this section shall not
apply to vehicles registered under K.S.A. 8-1,100 through 8-1,123 and
K.S.A. 8-1,123a, and amendments thereto. On and after January 1, 2013,
the provisions of this section shall apply to such vehicles. Passenger
vehicles and vehicles registered to an individual or individuals and used
for personal use shall be exempt from the surcharge imposed pursuant to
this section.
Sec. 7. K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-3603 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 79-3603. For the privilege of engaging in the business of selling
tangible personal property at retail in this state or rendering or furnishing
any of the services taxable under this act, there is hereby levied and there
shall be collected and paid a tax at the rate of 6.5%. On and after January
1, 2023, 17% and on and after January 1, 2025, 18% of the tax rate
imposed pursuant to this section and the rate provided in K.S.A. 2025
Supp. 79-3603d, and amendments thereto, shall be levied for the state
highway fund, the state highway fund purposes and those purposes
specified in K.S.A. 68-416, and amendments thereto, and all revenue
collected and received from such tax levy shall be deposited in the state
highway fund.
Within a redevelopment district established pursuant to K.S.A. 74-
8921, and amendments thereto, there is hereby levied and there shall be
collected and paid an additional tax at the rate of 2% until the earlier of the
date the bonds issued to finance or refinance the redevelopment project
have been paid in full or the final scheduled maturity of the first series of
bonds issued to finance any part of the project.
Such tax shall be imposed upon:
(a) The gross receipts received from the sale of tangible personal
property at retail within this state;
(b) the gross receipts from intrastate, interstate or international
telecommunications services and any ancillary services sourced to this
state in accordance with K.S.A. 79-3673, and amendments thereto, except
that telecommunications service does not include: (1) Any interstate or
international 800 or 900 service; (2) any interstate or international private
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communications service as defined in K.S.A. 79-3673, and amendments
thereto; (3) any value-added nonvoice data service; (4) any
telecommunication service to a provider of telecommunication services
which that will be used to render telecommunications services, including
carrier access services; or (5) any service or transaction defined in this
section among entities classified as members of an affiliated group as
provided by section 1504 of the federal internal revenue code of 1986, as
in effect on January 1, 2001;
(c) the gross receipts from the sale or furnishing of gas, water,
electricity and heat, which that sale is not otherwise exempt from taxation
under the provisions of this act, and whether furnished by municipally or
privately owned utilities, except that, on and after January 1, 2006, for
sales of gas, electricity and heat delivered through mains, lines or pipes to
residential premises for noncommercial use by the occupant of such
premises, and for agricultural use and also, for such use, all sales of
propane gas, the state rate shall be 0%; and for all sales of propane gas, LP
gas, coal, wood and other fuel sources for the production of heat or
lighting for noncommercial use of an occupant of residential premises, the
state rate shall be 0%, but such tax shall not be levied and collected upon
the gross receipts from: (1) The sale of a rural water district benefit unit;
(2) a water system impact fee, system enhancement fee or similar fee
collected by a water supplier as a condition for establishing service; or (3)
connection or reconnection fees collected by a water supplier;
(d) the gross receipts from the sale of meals or drinks furnished at any
private club, drinking establishment, catered event, restaurant, eating
house, dining car, hotel, drugstore or other place where meals or drinks are
regularly sold to the public;
(e) the gross receipts from the sale of admissions to any place
providing amusement, entertainment or recreation services including
admissions to state, county, district and local fairs, but such tax shall not
be levied and collected upon the gross receipts received from sales of
admissions to any cultural and historical event which that occurs
triennially;
(f) the gross receipts from the operation of any coin-operated device
dispensing or providing tangible personal property, amusement or other
services except laundry services, whether automatic or manually operated;
(g) the gross receipts from the service of renting of rooms by hotels,
as defined by K.S.A. 36-501, and amendments thereto, or by
accommodation brokers, as defined by K.S.A. 12-1692, and amendments
thereto, but such tax shall not be levied and collected upon the gross
receipts received from sales of such service to the federal government and
any agency, officer or employee thereof in association with the
performance of official government duties;
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(h) the gross receipts from the service of renting or leasing of tangible
personal property except such tax shall not apply to the renting or leasing
of machinery, equipment or other personal property owned by a city and
purchased from the proceeds of industrial revenue bonds issued prior to
July 1, 1973, in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 12-1740 through
12-1749, and amendments thereto, and any city or lessee renting or leasing
such machinery, equipment or other personal property purchased with the
proceeds of such bonds who shall have paid a tax under the provisions of
this section upon sales made prior to July 1, 1973, shall be entitled to a
refund from the sales tax refund fund of all taxes paid thereon;
(i) the gross receipts from the rendering of dry cleaning, pressing,
dyeing and laundry services except laundry services rendered through a
coin-operated device whether automatic or manually operated;
(j) the gross receipts from the rendering of the services of washing
and washing and waxing of vehicles;
(k) the gross receipts from cable, community antennae and other
subscriber radio and television services;
(l) (1) except as otherwise provided by paragraph (2), the gross
receipts received from the sales of tangible personal property to all
contractors, subcontractors or repairmen for use by them in erecting
structures, or building on, or otherwise improving, altering, or repairing
real or personal property.
(2) Any such contractor, subcontractor or repairman who maintains
an inventory of such property both for sale at retail and for use by them for
the purposes described by paragraph (1) shall be deemed a retailer with
respect to purchases for and sales from such inventory, except that the
gross receipts received from any such sale, other than a sale at retail, shall
be equal to the total purchase price paid for such property and the tax
imposed thereon shall be paid by the deemed retailer;
(m) the gross receipts received from fees and charges by public and
private clubs, drinking establishments, organizations and businesses for
participation in sports, games and other recreational activities, but such tax
shall not be levied and collected upon the gross receipts received from: (1)
Fees and charges by any political subdivision, by any organization exempt
from property taxation pursuant to K.S.A. 79-201 Ninth, and amendments
thereto, or by any youth recreation organization exclusively providing
services to persons 18 years of age or younger which that is exempt from
federal income taxation pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the federal
internal revenue code of 1986, for participation in sports, games and other
recreational activities; and (2) entry fees and charges for participation in a
special event or tournament sanctioned by a national sporting association
to which spectators are charged an admission which that is taxable
pursuant to subsection (e);
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(n) the gross receipts received from dues charged by public and
private clubs, drinking establishments, organizations and businesses,
payment of which entitles a member to the use of facilities for recreation
or entertainment, but such tax shall not be levied and collected upon the
gross receipts received from: (1) Dues charged by any organization exempt
from property taxation pursuant to K.S.A. 79-201 Eighth and Ninth, and
amendments thereto; and (2) sales of memberships in a nonprofit
organization which that is exempt from federal income taxation pursuant
to section 501(c)(3) of the federal internal revenue code of 1986, and
whose purpose is to support the operation of a nonprofit zoo;
(o) the gross receipts received from the isolated or occasional sale of
motor vehicles or trailers but not including: (1) The transfer of motor
vehicles or trailers by a person to a corporation or limited liability
company solely in exchange for stock securities or membership interest in
such corporation or limited liability company; (2) the transfer of motor
vehicles or trailers by one corporation or limited liability company to
another when all of the assets of such corporation or limited liability
company are transferred to such other corporation or limited liability
company; or (3) the sale of motor vehicles or trailers which that are
subject to taxation pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 79-5101 et seq.,
and amendments thereto, by an immediate family member to another
immediate family member ; or (4) the sale or transfer of motor vehicles
used as p assenger vehicles and vehicles registered to an individual or
individuals and used for personal use . For the purposes of paragraph (3),
immediate family member means lineal ascendants or descendants, and
their spouses. Any amount of sales tax paid pursuant to the Kansas
retailers sales tax act on the isolated or occasional sale of motor vehicles or
trailers on and after July 1, 2004, which that the base for computing the
tax was the value pursuant to K.S.A. 79-5105(a), (b)(1) and (b)(2), and
amendments thereto, when such amount was higher than the amount of
sales tax which that would have been paid under the law as it existed on
June 30, 2004, shall be refunded to the taxpayer pursuant to the procedure
prescribed by this section. Such refund shall be in an amount equal to the
difference between the amount of sales tax paid by the taxpayer and the
amount of sales tax which would have been paid by the taxpayer under the
law as it existed on June 30, 2004. Each claim for a sales tax refund shall
be verified and submitted not later than six months from the effective date
of this act to the director of taxation upon forms furnished by the director
and shall be accompanied by any additional documentation required by the
director. The director shall review each claim and shall refund that amount
of tax paid as provided by this act. All such refunds shall be paid from the
sales tax refund fund, upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports
pursuant to vouchers approved by the director of taxation or the director's
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designee. No refund for an amount less than $10 shall be paid pursuant to
this act. In determining the base for computing the tax on such isolated or
occasional sale, the fair market value of any motor vehicle or trailer traded
in by the purchaser to the seller may be deducted from the selling price;
(p) the gross receipts received for the service of installing or applying
tangible personal property which when installed or applied is not being
held for sale in the regular course of business, and whether or not such
tangible personal property when installed or applied remains tangible
personal property or becomes a part of real estate, except that no tax shall
be imposed upon the service of installing or applying tangible personal
property in connection with the original construction of a building or
facility, the original construction, reconstruction, restoration, remodeling,
renovation, repair or replacement of a residence or the construction,
reconstruction, restoration, replacement or repair of a bridge or highway.
For the purposes of this subsection:
(1) "Original construction" means the first or initial construction of a
new building or facility. The term "Original construction" shall include
includes the addition of an entire room or floor to any existing building or
facility, the completion of any unfinished portion of any existing building
or facility and the restoration, reconstruction or replacement of a building,
facility or utility structure damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, tornado,
lightning, explosion, windstorm, ice loading and attendant winds,
terrorism or earthquake, but such term, except with regard to a residence ,
shall. "Original construction" does not include replacement, remodeling,
restoration, renovation or reconstruction under any other circumstances;
(2) "building" means only those enclosures within which individuals
customarily are employed , or which that are customarily used to house
machinery, equipment or other property, and including the land
improvements immediately surrounding such building;
(3) "facility" means a mill, plant, refinery, oil or gas well, water well,
feedlot or any conveyance, transmission or distribution line of any
cooperative, nonprofit, membership corporation organized under or subject
to the provisions of K.S.A. 17-4601 et seq., and amendments thereto, or
municipal or quasi-municipal corporation, including the land
improvements immediately surrounding such facility;
(4) "residence" means only those enclosures within which individuals
customarily live;
(5) "utility structure" means transmission and distribution lines
owned by an independent transmission company or cooperative, the
Kansas electric transmission authority or natural gas or electric public
utility; and
(6) "windstorm" means straight line winds of at least 80 miles per
hour as determined by a recognized meteorological reporting agency or
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(q) the gross receipts received for the service of repairing, servicing,
altering or maintaining tangible personal property which when such
services are rendered is not being held for sale in the regular course of
business, and whether or not any tangible personal property is transferred
in connection therewith. The tax imposed by this subsection shall be
applicable to the services of repairing, servicing, altering or maintaining an
item of tangible personal property which that has been and is fastened to,
connected with or built into real property;
(r) the gross receipts from fees or charges made under service or
maintenance agreement contracts for services, charges for the providing of
which are taxable under the provisions of subsection (p) or (q);
(s) on and after January 1, 2005, the gross receipts received from the
sale of prewritten computer software and the sale of the services of
modifying, altering, updating or maintaining prewritten computer
software, whether the prewritten computer software is installed or
delivered electronically by tangible storage media physically transferred to
the purchaser or by load and leave;
(t) the gross receipts received for telephone answering services;
(u) the gross receipts received from the sale of prepaid calling service
and prepaid wireless calling service as defined in K.S.A. 79-3673, and
amendments thereto;
(v) all sales of bingo cards, bingo faces and instant bingo tickets by
licensees under K.S.A. 75-5171 et seq., and amendments thereto, shall be
exempt from taxes imposed pursuant to this section;
(w) all sales of charitable raffle tickets in accordance with K.S.A. 75-
5171 et seq., and amendments thereto, shall be exempt from taxes imposed
pursuant to this section; and
(x) commencing on Ja nuary 1, 2023, and thereafter, the state rate on
the gross receipts from the sale of food and food ingredients shall be as set
forth in K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-3603d, and amendments thereto.
Sec. 8. K.S.A. 79-5102 is hereby amended to read as follows: 79-
5102. (a) All motor vehicles, as defined by K.S.A. 79-5101, and
amendments thereto, shall be valued and taxed under the provisions of this
act and shall not be subject to property or ad valorem taxes levied under
any other law of the state of Kansas or any resolution or ordinance of any
taxing subdivision thereof. On and after January 1, 2027, motor vehicles
used as p assenger vehicles and vehicles registered to an individual or
individuals and used for personal use shall not be subject to property or
ad valorem taxes pursuant this section. Taxes levied upon motor vehicles
under the provisions of this act shall be due from the first day of the month
immediately following the month in which the vehicle was purchased or
acquired and shall be payable to the county treasurer at the time of making
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application for the registration of motor vehicles under the provisions of
article 1 of chapter 8 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments
thereto, and shall not be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 79-2004a, and
amendments thereto. Motor vehicles subject to taxation under the
provisions of this act shall not be subject to the provisions of article 3 of
chapter 79 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto,
relating to the listing of other personal property for taxation or be included
in the abstract of the assessment rolls prepared under the provisions of
K.S.A. 79-1604, and amendments thereto. Taxes levied under the
provisions of this act shall not be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 79-
1801, and amendments thereto.
(b) It shall be the duty of the county appraiser to value each motor
vehicle, as defined by K.S.A. 79-5101, in the year 1980 but no such motor
vehicle shall be placed on the tax roll for taxation purposes. In making
such valuation the county appraiser shall use the valuation schedules
furnished by the director of property valuation.
(c) At the time of determining the valuation of each motor vehicle in
the year 1980, the county appraiser also shall classify the motor vehicle
according to the schedule provided by the secretary of revenue for such
purpose. Such classification shall be within the classes prescribed by
K.S.A. 79-5104 , and amendments thereto, and based upon the trade-in
value of the motor vehicle in the year 1980, as determined from manuals
furnished by the director of property valuation. Such classification shall be
reported to the secretary of revenue.
Sec. 9. K.S.A. 8-135, 8-1,176, 75-5160 and 79-5102 and K.S.A. 2025
Supp. 8-134, 8-143, 8-1,177 and 79-3603 are hereby repealed.
Sec. 10. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
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