Kansas Statutes 8-2,135. Same; commercial driver’s license, contents; endorsements or restrictions; expiration; renewal
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 8-2,135
- drive: includes operation or physical control of a motor vehicle anywhere in the state;
(k) "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
- 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
- Motor vehicle: means every vehicle that is self-propelled upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway except devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See Kansas Statutes 8-273
- Person: means every natural person, firm, copartnership, association, corporation or school. See Kansas Statutes 8-273
- 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
(a) The commercial driver‘s license shall be marked “commercial driver’s license” or “CDL,” and must be, to the maximum extent practicable, tamper proof. It shall include, but not be limited to, the following information:
(1) The requirements set out in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-243, and amendments thereto;
(2) a number or identifier deemed appropriate by the state licensing authority;
(3) the class or type of commercial motor vehicle or vehicles which the person is authorized to drive together with any endorsements or restriction;
(4) the name of this state; and
(5) the dates between which the license is valid.
(b) Commercial drivers’ licenses issued pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-234b, and amendments thereto, may be issued with the following endorsements or restrictions; and the holder of a valid commercial driver’s license may drive all vehicles in the class for which that license is issued, and all lesser classes of vehicles, except motorcycles and vehicles which require an endorsement, unless the proper endorsement appears on the license;
(1) “H”-authorizes the driver to drive a vehicle transporting hazardous materials;
(2) “L”-restricts the driver to vehicles not equipped with airbrakes;
(3) “T”-authorizes driving double and triple trailers;
(4) “P”-authorizes driving vehicles carrying passengers;
(5) “N”-authorizes driving tank vehicles;
(6) “X”-represents a combination of hazardous materials and tank vehicle endorsements;
(7) “S”-authorizes driving school buses;
(8) “E”-no manual transmission in CMV;
(9) “O”-no tractor-trailer;
(10) “M”-no class A passenger vehicle;
(11) “N”-no class A or B passenger vehicle;
(12) “Z”-no full air brake in CMV;
(13) “K”-for intrastate only; or
(14) “V”-for medical variance.
(c) Before issuing a commercial driver’s license, the division must obtain driving record information through the commercial driver license information system, the national driver register and from each state in which the person has been licensed.
(d) Within 10 days after issuing a commercial driver’s license, the division shall notify the commercial driver license information system of that fact, providing all information required to ensure identification of the person.
(e) All original licenses issued on and after July 1, 2018, shall expire on the fifth anniversary of the date of birth of the licensee which is nearest the date of application. All renewals thereof shall expire on every fifth anniversary of the date of birth of the licensee. No driver’s license shall expire in the same calendar year in which the original license or renewal license is issued, except that if the foregoing provisions of this section shall require the issuance of a renewal license or an original license for a period of less than six calendar months, the license issued to the applicant shall expire at midnight on every fifth anniversary of the date of birth of the applicant. At least 30 days prior to the expiration of a person’s license, the division shall mail a notice of expiration or renewal application to such person at the address shown on the license.
(f) When applying for renewal of a commercial driver’s license, the applicant must complete the test required in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-247(e), and amendments thereto, and the application form required by Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-2,134(b), and amendments thereto, providing updated information and required certifications and if the applicant wishes to retain a hazardous materials endorsement, the applicant must take and pass the test for such endorsement.