Printable Format8-1,219. Support the troops license plate; requirements. (a) On and after January 1, 2025, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles or trucks registered for a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less, who is a resident of Kansas, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one support the troops license plate for each such passenger vehicle or truck. Such license plate shall be issued for the same time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto.
(b) Any applicant or renewal of registration for a support the troops license plate authorized by this section shall make payment of an annual support the troops fee to the county treasurer of $25 for each license plate to be issued. Any support the troops fee payment received pursuant to this section shall be used to support the purposes of the Kansas department of the American Legion and the Kansas department of veterans of foreign wars.
(c) Any applicant for a license plate authorized by this section may make application for such license plate not less than 60 days prior to such person's renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles. Application for registration of a passenger vehicle or truck and issuance of the license plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(d) No registration or license plate issued under this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(e) The director of vehicles may transfer a support the troops license plate from a leased vehicle to a purchased vehicle.
(f) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and in the manner prescribed in K.S.A. 8-132, and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant has filed a form with the director as provided in subsection (b). If such form is not filed, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the license plate to the county treasurer of such person's residence.
(g) The support the troops license plate shall have a background design, an emblem or colors that designate the license plate as a support the troops license plate.
(h) As a condition of receiving the support the troops license plate and any subsequent registration renewal of such license plate, the applicant shall provide consent to the division authorizing the division's release of motor vehicle record information, including the applicant's name, address, support the troops fee payment amount, plate number and vehicle type to the Kansas department of the American Legion and the Kansas department of veterans of foreign wars.
(i) The collection and remittance of annual support the troops fee payments by the county treasurer shall be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,141(h), and amendments thereto, except that payments from the support the troops license plate royalty fund shall be disbursed on a monthly basis with 50% of the moneys disbursed to the Kansas department of the American Legion and 50% of the moneys disbursed to the Kansas department of veterans of foreign wars.
History: L. 2024, ch. 68, ยง 7; July 1.