(a) Except as provided in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-143k, and amendments thereto, and subsection (b), the owner of any truck or truck tractor which is duly registered and licensed in some other state, desiring to operate in intrastate commerce in this state for a temporary period only, in lieu of payment of the annual license fee, may register such truck or truck tractor and obtain either: (1) A 72-hour temporary registration; or (2) a thirty-day license authorizing operation on the highways of this state for a period not to exceed 30 days from the date of issuance of such license. The fee for: The 72-hour temporary registration shall be $26, on January 1, 2013, $36, on January 1, 2014, $46 and the fee for the thirty-day license shall be $26, on January 1, 2013, $36, on January 1, 2014, $46 or 1/8 of the annual license fee for such vehicle, whichever sum is the larger. Where either fee is paid on a truck or truck tractor no registration or fee shall be required for a trailer or semitrailer duly registered in this or another state and propelled by such truck or truck tractor. Application for such temporary registration or license shall be made to the division in the manner and form prescribed by the director and shall be accompanied by the required fee, which shall be deposited by the director as provided by Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-146, and amendments thereto.

(b) Whenever any natural catastrophe or disaster, civil riot or disorder or any other condition exists in this state that requires or necessitates emergency assistance or aid from persons owning ambulances, rescue vehicles or utility vehicles which are subject to the provisions of this section, such persons shall be exempt from the payment of the fee required in subsection (a) for any such ambulance, rescue vehicle or utility vehicle that is operated in this state for the purpose of or in connection with rendering such emergency assistance or aid.

Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 8-143b

  • Division: means the division of vehicles of the department of revenue. See Kansas Statutes 8-126
  • Owner: means a person who holds the legal title of a vehicle, or in the event a vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale thereof with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or in the event a vehicle is subject to a lease of 30 days or more with an immediate right of possession vested in the lessee; or in the event a party having a security interest in a vehicle is entitled to possession, then such conditional vendee or lessee or secured party shall be deemed the owner for the purpose of this act. See Kansas Statutes 8-126
  • Semitrailer: means every vehicle of the trailer type so designed and used in conjunction with a motor vehicle that some part of its own weight and that of its own load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle. See Kansas Statutes 8-126
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Trailer: means every vehicle without motive power designed to carry property or passengers wholly on its own structure and to be drawn by a motor vehicle. See Kansas Statutes 8-126
  • Truck: means a motor vehicle that is used for the transportation or delivery of freight and merchandise or more than 10 passengers. See Kansas Statutes 8-126
  • Truck tractor: means every motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing other vehicles, and not so constructed as to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle or load so drawn. See Kansas Statutes 8-126
  • Vehicle: means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway, excepting electric personal assistive mobility devices or devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See Kansas Statutes 8-126
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