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      8-1,124.   Accessible parking, definition. As used in this act, "person with a disability" means any individual who:

      (a)   Has a severe visual impairment;

      (b)   cannot walk 100 feet without stopping to rest;

      (c)   cannot walk without the use of or assistance from, a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, wheelchair or other assistive device;

      (d)   is restricted by lung disease to such an extent that the person's forced (respiratory) expiratory volume for one second, when measured by spirometry, is less than one liter or the arterial oxygen tension is less than 60 mm/hg on room air at rest;

      (e)   uses portable oxygen;

      (f)   has a cardiac condition to the extent that the person's functional limitations are classified in severity as class III or class IV according to standards set by the American heart association; or

      (g)   is severely limited in such person's ability to walk at least 100 feet due to an arthritic, neurological or orthopedic condition.

      History:   L. 1986, ch. 36, § 1; L. 1987, ch. 44, § 1; L. 1988, ch. 45, § 1; L. 1991, ch. 35, § 2; L. 1992, ch. 105, § 11; L. 1999, ch. 68, § 1; July 1.

K.S.A. 8-1,125

      8-1,125.   License plates, placards and individual identification cards for persons with disability; penalty. (a) Any Kansas resident who submits satisfactory proof to the director of vehicles, on a form provided by the director, that such person is a person with a disability or is responsible for the transportation of a person with a disability shall be issued a special license plate or a permanent placard for any motor vehicle owned by such person or shall be issued a temporary placard. Satisfactory proof of disability, condition or impairment shall include a statement from a person licensed to practice the healing arts in any state, a licensed optometrist or a Christian Science practitioner listed in The Christian Science Journal certifying that such person is a person with a disability. The placard shall be suspended immediately below the rear view mirror of any motor vehicle used for the transportation of a person with a disability so as to be maximally visible from outside the vehicle. In addition to the special license plate or permanent placard, the director of vehicles shall issue to the person with a disability an individual identification card which must be carried by the person with a disability when the motor vehicle being operated by or used for the transportation of such person is parked in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,126, and amendments thereto. In addition to the temporary placard, a person issued such temporary placard shall carry the state or county receipt showing the name of the person who is issued such temporary placard. A person submitting satisfactory proof that such person's disability, condition or impairment is permanent in nature, and upon such person's request and payment of the fees prescribed in subsections (b) and (c), shall be issued a permanent placard or a permanent placard and a special license plate and an individual identification card. Upon proper request, one additional permanent placard shall be issued to the applicant who has not requested and received a special license plate. Upon proper request, one additional temporary placard shall be issued to the applicant certified as temporarily disabled. Temporary placards shall have an expiration date of not longer than six months from the date of issuance. The special license plates and placards shall display the international symbol of access to the physically disabled.

      (b)   Special license plates issued pursuant to this section shall be issued for the same period of time as other license plates are issued or for the remainder of such period if an existing license plate is to be exchanged for the special license plate. There shall be no fee for such special license plates in addition to the regular registration fee. No person shall be issued more than one special license plate, except that agencies or businesses which provide transportation for persons with a disability as a service, may obtain additional special license plates for vehicles which are utilized in the provision of that service. Special license plates may be personalized license plates subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 8-132, and amendments thereto, including the payment of the additional fee.

      (c)   Except as otherwise provided in this section, placards and individual identification cards issued pursuant to this section shall be issued for such period of time as the person to whom issued continues to be a person with a disability or a person responsible for the transportation of a person with a disability, except that the secretary of revenue shall make a determination of continued eligibility for a special license plate or placard at least every three years from the original date of issuance of such license plate and placard. The secretary of revenue may adopt rules and regulations prescribing a fee for placards and individual identification cards issued pursuant to this section, however, such fee shall not exceed the actual cost of issuance thereof.

      (d)   On and after July 1, 1992, the color of the permanent placard shall be white on a blue background and the temporary placard shall be white on a red background.

      (e)   In addition to such other information contained on identification cards, cards issued or reissued on and after July 1, 2000, shall have the date of birth and the sex of the person to whom the card is issued.

      (f)   Permanent placards and individual identification cards shall be returned to the department of revenue upon the death of the person with a disability. Temporary placards shall be returned to the department of revenue upon the expiration of the placard or upon the death of the person with a disability. Special license plates shall be returned to the county treasurer to be exchanged for another license plate upon the death of the person with a disability. The individual identification cards issued with the special license plates shall be returned to the department of revenue upon the death of the person with a disability.

      (g)   Violation of subsection (f) is an unclassified misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $50.

      History:   L. 1986, ch. 36, § 2; L. 1987, ch. 44, § 2; L. 1988, ch. 45, § 2; L. 1991, ch. 35, § 3; L. 1992, ch. 105, § 12; L. 1995, ch. 186, § 5; L. 1999, ch. 68, § 2; July 1.

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