(a) On and after January 1, 2023, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles, motorcycles or trucks registered for a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less, who is a resident of Kansas, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued a Kansas department of wildlife and parks license plate established pursuant to this section for each such passenger vehicle, motorcycle or truck. Such license plate shall be issued for the same time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-143, and amendments thereto, and the payment to the county treasurer of the wildlife and parks license plate royalty payment established pursuant to this section.

(b) Any applicant or renewal for a Kansas department of wildlife and parks license plate authorized by this section shall make an annual payment of a wildlife and parks license plate royalty payment of an amount determined by the secretary of the Kansas department of wildlife and parks of not less than $40 nor more than $100. Payment of such wildlife and parks license plate royalty payment shall be made to the county treasurer for each such license plate to be issued.

(c) Subject to the approval of the director of vehicles, the Kansas department of wildlife and parks is authorized to establish four new distinctive license plates. Each such plate shall be subject to the provisions of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-1,141, and amendments thereto. The plates are intended to depict and promote the following:

(1) State parks;

(2) hunting;

(3) fishing; and

(4) nongame wildlife.

(d) Any person may make an application for a license plate authorized by this section not less than 60 days prior to such person’s renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for such license plate shall pay to the county treasurer the wildlife and parks license plate royalty payment. Application for registration of a passenger vehicle, motorcycle or truck and issuance of the license plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.

(e) No registration or license plate issued under this section shall be transferable to any other person.

(f) The director of vehicles may transfer a Kansas department of wildlife and parks license plate from a leased vehicle to a purchased vehicle.

(g) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the regular license fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-132(b), and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant provides to the county treasurer the payment of the wildlife and parks license plate royalty payment. If such annual wildlife and parks license plate royalty payment is not made to the county treasurer, the applicant shall be required to comply with the provisions of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the license plate to the county treasurer of such person’s residence.

(h) As a condition of receiving the Kansas department of wildlife and parks license plate and any subsequent registration renewal of such license plate, the applicant shall consent to the division authorizing the division’s release of motor vehicle record information, including the applicant’s name, address, royalty payment amount, plate number and vehicle type, to the Kansas department of wildlife and parks and the state treasurer.

(i) Annual wildlife and parks license plate royalty payments collected by county treasurers under this section shall be remitted 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. Of each deposit, amounts shall be credited as follows:

(1) For license plates issued pursuant to subsection (c)(1), the entire annual wildlife and parks license plate royalty payment shall be credited to the parks fee fund created by Kan. Stat. Ann. § 32-991, and amendments thereto; and

(2) for license plates issued pursuant to subsections (c)(2), (3) and (4):

(A) An amount equal to the current cost of an annual park and recreation motor vehicle permit that is established according to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-134, and amendments thereto, shall be credited to the parks fee fund created by Kan. Stat. Ann. § 32-991, and amendments thereto; and

(B) the balance remaining after crediting pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be credited to the wildlife fee fund created by Kan. Stat. Ann. § 32-990, and amendments thereto.