Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 8-1,126

  • 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
  • Person: means every natural person, firm, partnership, association or corporation. See Kansas Statutes 8-126
  • person with a disability: means any individual who:

    (a) Has a severe visual impairment;

    (b) cannot walk 100 feet without stopping to rest;

    (c) cannot walk without the use of or assistance from, a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, wheelchair or other assistive device;

    (d) is restricted by lung disease to such an extent that the person's forced (respiratory) expiratory volume for one second, when measured by spirometry, is less than one liter or the arterial oxygen tension is less than 60 mm/hg on room air at rest;

    (e) uses portable oxygen;

    (f) has a cardiac condition to the extent that the person's functional limitations are classified in severity as class III or class IV according to standards set by the American heart association; or

    (g) is severely limited in such person's ability to walk at least 100 feet due to an arthritic, neurological or orthopedic condition. See Kansas Statutes 8-1,124

  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • 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

When a motor vehicle which bears a special license plate, placard or decal issued pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-1,125, and amendments thereto, is being operated by or used for the transportation of a person with a disability, such motor vehicle:

(a) May be parked in any parking space, whether on public or private property, which is clearly marked as being reserved for the use of persons with a disability or persons responsible for the transportation of a person with a disability, except a parking space on private property which is clearly marked as being reserved for the use of a specified person with a disability;

(b) may be parked for a period of time not to exceed 24 hours in any parking zone which is restricted as to the length of parking time permitted, except where stopping, standing or parking is prohibited to all vehicles, where parking is reserved for special types of vehicles or where parking would clearly present a traffic hazard; and

(c) shall be exempt from any parking meter fees of the state or any city, county or other political subdivision.