Section 8-1,209 - Kansas down syndrome awareness license plate; requirements(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 Kansas down syndrome awareness license plate for each such passenger vehicle 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 K.S.A. 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 north central Kansas down syndrome society may authorize the use of the organization's logo to be affixed on license plates as provided by this section. Any motor vehicle owner or lessee may apply annually to the north central Kansas down syndrome society for use of such logo. Such owner or lessee shall pay an amount of not less than $25 nor more than $100 to the north central Kansas down syndrome society 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 north central Kansas down syndrome society, which 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, and 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 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 Kansas down syndrome awareness 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 subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in K.S.A. 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 faxed by the north central Kansas down syndrome society, or the annual royalty payment is not made to the county treasurer, the applicant shall be required to comply with the provisions of K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the license plate to the county treasurer of such person's residence.(g) The north central Kansas down syndrome society shall provide to all county treasurers an electronic mail address where applicants can contact the north central Kansas down syndrome society for information concerning the application process or the status of such applicant's license plate application.(h) The north central Kansas down syndrome society, 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 order of the Kansas down syndrome awareness 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 north central Kansas down syndrome society and the state treasurer.(j) The collection and remittance of annual royalty payments by the county treasurer shall be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,141(h), and amendments thereto.Added by L. 2022, ch. 25,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2022.