(a) Application for a permit for a vehicle, or vehicles, to be used in the transportation of carcasses of domestic animals or packing house refuse on public highways shall be made to the commissioner on forms provided by the commissioner. Each such application shall set forth: (1) The type, make and year model of each vehicle, (2) the area of proposed operations, (3) the name and address of the disposal plant or the disposal plants where proposed deliveries are to be made and (4) such other information as the commissioner may require.

(b) Each such application shall be accompanied by a fee in an amount set by the Kansas animal health board and adopted by rules and regulations of the commissioner of not more than $75 for each such vehicle. The fee established by this subsection on the day preceding the effective date of this act shall continue in effect until a different fee is set as provided under this subsection.

(c) The permit for each vehicle used in the transportation upon public highways of the carcasses of domestic animals or packing house refuse, or approved evidence of such permit, shall be attached to such vehicles in a conspicuous place on the left side of the cab.