Kansas Statutes 8-143g. Trip permits authorizing certain dealers to demonstrate trucks and truck tractors; fees; application; limitations; plate display; laws applicable; act supplemental; disposition of fees
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 8-143g
- Division: means the division of vehicles of the department of revenue. See Kansas Statutes 8-126
- Highway: means every way or place of whatever nature open to the use of the public as a matter of right for the purpose of vehicular travel. See Kansas Statutes 8-126
- Motor vehicle: means every vehicle, other than a motorized bicycle, electric-assisted bicycle or a motorized wheelchair, that is self-propelled. 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
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- 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
A motor vehicle dealer licensed in this state or in a state contiguous to this state, who is the owner of a truck or truck tractor which the owner desires to demonstrate under actual working conditions by having it operated by the prospective purchaser in interstate or intrastate commerce on the highways of this state, in lieu of obtaining a regular registration for such vehicle, may obtain from the division, or an agent designated by director of vehicles, a trip permit authorizing such demonstration and operation for a period of: (a) Seventy-two hours upon making proper application and the payment of a fee of $26, on January 1, 2013, $36, on January 1, 2014, $46; or (b) fifteen days upon making proper application and the payment of a fee of $100, on January 1, 2013, $110, on January 1, 2014, $120. A dealer may purchase such demonstration permits in multiples of three upon making proper application and the payment of required fees. The application shall be to the division on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles. The name of the prospective purchaser must be shown on the application. A dealer purchasing permits in multiples, shall complete the application and permit as required by the division and mail a copy of such application to the division within 24 hours from the date of issuance of such permit. Only one such permit may be used by the same prospective purchaser on the same truck or truck tractor. Whenever a truck or truck tractor is operated under the authority of a trip permit issued hereunder it also shall have displayed thereon a dealer’s registration plate which has been issued by this state or a state contiguous to this state to the dealer who is the owner of such truck or truck tractor. The provision of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-136, and amendments thereto, prohibiting the hauling of commodities in excess of two tons by a vehicle displaying a dealer plate shall not apply to a truck or truck tractor being operated under a trip permit as authorized by this section. This section shall be construed as a part of and supplementary to the motor vehicle registration law of this state. The division shall remit all fees collected under this section to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the state highway fund.