8-145d. In addition to the annual vehicle registration fees prescribed by K.S.A. 8-143, 8-143b, 8-143c, 8-143g, 8-143h, 8-143i, 8-167, 8-172, 8-195, 8-1,103 and 8-1,108, and amendments thereto, and K.S.A. 8-143l, and amendments thereto, any applicant for vehicle registration or renewal thereof for registration shall pay a service fee in the amount of $5 to the county treasurer, the division of vehicles or a contractor of the division at the time of making such application. In addition to such service fee, the county treasurer may charge any applicant for vehicle registration or renewal thereof for registration, a registration fee as follows: (1) In an amount not to exceed $5 per vehicle registration or renewal thereof for registration, when such application is made at a registration facility in a county with multiple vehicle registration facilities as established by the county treasurer; and (2) in an amount not to exceed $2.50 per vehicle registration or renewal thereof for registration, when such application is made at a registration facility in a county with a single vehicle registration facility as established by the county treasurer. The county treasurer, division or contractor shall deposit all amounts received under this section in the special fund created pursuant to K.S.A. 8-145, and amendments thereto, and such amounts shall be used by the county treasurer, division or contractor for all purposes for which such fund has been appropriated by law, and such additional amounts are hereby appropriated as other amounts deposited in such fund.
History: L. 1982, ch. 34, § 1; L. 1985, ch. 45, § 2; L. 1989, ch. 37, § 2; L. 1992, ch. 105, § 10; L. 1997, ch. 109, § 1; L. 1999, ch. 114, § 5; L. 2002, ch. 70, § 1; L. 2002, ch. 134, § 7; L. 2006, ch. 136, § 6; L. 2010, ch. 164, § 5; L. 2013, ch. 91, § 1; L. 2017, ch. 74, § 3; July 1.
Attorney General's Opinions:
Disabled veterans' registration and license plates; free parking privileges; identification card production charge. 94-16.
County not authorized to charge additional fee for registration at "satellite" facility. 96-65.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Charge imposed by state for disabled placards and identification cards not a tax for tax injunction act purposes. Marcus v. State of Kan. Dept. of Revenue, 980 F. Supp. 398, 400, 402 (1997).
2. Costs for vehicle registration and disabled parking placards are regulatory fees not taxes; Tax Injunction Act inapplicable. Marcus v. State of Kansas Dept. of Revenue, 170 F.3d 1305 (1999).
3. Settlement of class action alleging state's fees for parking placards violated ADA (42 U.S.C. § 12131 et seq.) upheld as reasonable. Marcus v. State of Kansas, Dept. of Revenue, 209 F. Supp. 2d 1179, 1180 (2002).