(a) On and after January 1, 2023, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles 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 one city of Hutchinson license plate for each such passenger vehicle or truck. Such license plates 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 either the payment to the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment or the presentation of the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b).

(b) The city of Hutchinson may authorize the use of its flag image as its logo to be affixed on license plates as provided by this section. Any royalty payment received pursuant to this section shall be used to support the Hutch rec foundation and park development in Hutchinson. Any motor vehicle owner or lessee may apply annually to the city of Hutchinson for use of such logo. Such owner or lessee shall pay an amount of not less than $25 nor more than $100 to the city of Hutchinson as a logo use royalty payment for each such license plate to be issued. The logo use royalty payment shall be paid to either:

(1) The city of Hutchinson, who shall issue to the motor vehicle owner or lessee, without further charge, a logo use authorization statement that shall be presented by the motor vehicle owner or lessee at the time of registration; or

(2) the county treasurer.

(c) Any applicant for a license plate authorized by this section may make application for such license plate, 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. Any applicant for such license plate shall either provide the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or pay to the county treasurer the logo use royalty payment. Application for registration of a passenger vehicle or truck and the 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.

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

(e) The director of vehicles may transfer a city of Hutchinson license plate from a leased vehicle to a purchased vehicle.

(f) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-143, and amendments thereto, and 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 either the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or the payment of the annual royalty payment. If such statement is not presented at the time of registration or sent by the city of Hutchinson, or the annual 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.

(g) The city of Hutchinson shall provide to all county treasurers an electronic mail address where applicants can contact the city of Hutchinson for information concerning the application process or the status of such applicant’s license plate application.

(h) The city of Hutchinson, with the approval of the director of vehicles, shall design a plate to be issued under the provisions of this section.

(i) As a condition of receiving the city of Hutchinson 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 city of Hutchinson and the state treasurer.

(j) The collection and remittance of annual royalty payments by the county treasurer shall be subject to the provisions of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-1,141(h), and amendments thereto, except that payments from the city of Hutchinson royalty fund shall be made on a monthly basis to the appropriate designee of the Hutch rec foundation. A change of the city’s designee shall occur only by mutual agreement of the city of Hutchinson and the Hutch rec foundation.