Except as provided in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-143k, the owner of any duly registered and licensed farm truck in this state, engaged in the hauling of grain as provided by subsection (h) of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 66-1,109, and amendments thereto, or chopped forage, and 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 farm truck and obtain a thirty-day license authorizing operation on the highways of this state for a period of only 30 days from the date of issuance of such license. The fee for such license shall be $26, on January 1, 2013, $36, on January 1, 2014, $46. Where such fee is paid on a farm truck no registration or fee shall be required for a trailer duly registered in this or another state and propelled by such farm truck. Application for such license shall be made to the division of vehicles on such form as the director of vehicles shall prescribe and shall be accompanied by the required fee, which shall be deposited by the division as provided by Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-146, and amendments thereto. The director of vehicles may designate agents to issue the licenses authorized by this act so that such licenses will be obtainable at convenient locations. This section shall be construed as supplemental to and a part of the motor vehicle registration laws of this state.