Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 8-267

  • driver: means any person who drives, operates or is in physical control of a commercial motor vehicle, in any place open to the general public for purposes of vehicular traffic, or who is required to hold a commercial driver's license;

    (l) "driver's license" means any driver's license or any other license or permit to operate a motor vehicle issued under, or granted by, the laws of this state, including:

    (1) Any temporary license or instruction;

    (2) the privilege of any person to drive a motor vehicle whether or not such person holds a valid license; or

    (3) any nonresident's operating privilege;

    (m) "employer" means any person, including the United States, a state or a political subdivision of a state, who owns or leases a commercial motor vehicle or assigns a person to drive a commercial motor vehicle;

    (n) "endorsement" means an authorization to an individual's commercial driver's license required to permit the individual to operate certain types of commercial motor vehicles;

    (o) "felony" means any offense under state or federal law that is punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one year;

    (p) "gross vehicle weight rating" means the value specified by the manufacturer as the maximum loaded weight of a single or a combination (articulated) vehicle. See Kansas Statutes 8-2,128

  • hazardous materials: means any material that has been designated as hazardous under 49 U. See Kansas Statutes 8-2,128
  • secretary: means the secretary of the Kansas department of revenue;

    (v) "serious traffic violation" means:

    (1) Excessive speeding, is defined as 15 miles per hour or more over the posted speed limit;

    (2) reckless driving, as defined under Kan. See Kansas Statutes 8-2,128

  • state: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa and the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands;

    (6) "wireless communication device" means any wireless electronic communication device that provides for voice or data communication between two or more parties, including, but not limited to, a mobile or cellular telephone, a text messaging device, a personal digital assistant that sends or receives messages, an audio-video player that sends or receives messages or a laptop computer; and

    (7) "religious organization" means any organization, church, body of communicants, or group, gathered in common membership for mutual support and edification in piety, worship and religious observances, or a society of individuals united for religious purposes at a definite place and which religious organization maintains an established place of worship within this state and has a regular schedule of services or meetings at least on a weekly basis and has been determined to be organized and created as a bona fide religious organization. See Kansas Statutes 8-234a

All moneys received under this act shall be remitted by the secretary of revenue 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 and shall:

(a) Credit 37.5% of all moneys so received from class C driver‘s licenses and 20% of all moneys so received from class M driver’s licenses and 20% of all moneys so received from class A or B driver’s licenses and 20% of all moneys so received from all commercial driver licensee classes remaining after the $2 credit provided in subsection (c) to a special fund, which is hereby created and shall be known as the state safety fund;

(b) credit 20% of all moneys so received from class M driver’s licenses to a special fund which is hereby created and shall be known as the motorcycle safety fund;

(c) credit $2 from each commercial driver’s license fee to a special fund which is hereby created and shall be known as the truck driver training fund;

(d) credit all photo fees collected under Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-243, and amendments thereto, to the photo fee fund;

(e) credit all hazardous materials endorsement fees collected under Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-2,151, and amendments thereto, to the hazmat fee fund; and

(f) credit the driver improvement clinic fees collected under Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-255, and amendments thereto, as follows:

(1) Credit 50% of each such fee to the division of vehicles operating fund; and

(2) credit 50% of each such fee to the correctional services special revenue fund.

Moneys in the state safety fund and in the motorcycle safety fund shall be distributed to provide funds for driver training courses in the schools and community colleges in Kansas and for the administration of this act, as the legislature shall provide. In addition, moneys in the motorcycle safety fund shall be distributed to provide funds for courses in motorcycle safety in community colleges in Kansas. Moneys in the truck driver training fund shall be distributed to provide funds for courses in truck driver training in community colleges, area vocational schools and area vocational-technical schools in Kansas. Except as otherwise provided by Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-241, and amendments thereto, the state treasurer shall credit the balance of all moneys received under this act, including all moneys received from commercial driver’s license endorsements to the state highway fund.