§ 8-241 — Licensee must submit to examination, when; examination and reinstatement fees; disposition of moneys; notice; restriction, suspension or revocation of license, when; license with DUI-IID designation, requirements, fees

(a) Except as provided in K.S.A. 8-2,125 through 8-2,142, and amendments thereto, any person licensed to operate a motor vehicle in this state shall submit to an examination whenever: (1) The division of vehicles has good cause to believe that such person is incompetent or otherwise not qualified to be licensed; or (2) the division of vehicles has suspended such person's license pursuant to K.S.A. 8-1014, and amendments thereto, as the result of a test refusal, test failure or conviction for a violation of K.S.A. 8-1567, and amendments thereto, or a violation of a city ordinance or county resolution prohibiting the acts prohibited by K.S.A. 8-1567, and amendments thereto, except that no person shall have to submit to and successfully complete an examination more than once as the result of separate suspensions arising out of the same occurrence.
(b) When a person is required to submit to an examination pursuant to subsection (a)(1), the fee for such examination shall be in the amount provided by K.S.A. 8-240, and amendments thereto. When a person is required to submit to an examination pursuant to subsection (a)(2), the fee for such examination shall be $25. In addition, any person required to submit to an examination pursuant to subsection (a)(2) as the result of a test failure, a conviction for a violation of K.S.A. 8-1567, and amendments thereto, or a violation of a city ordinance or county resolution prohibiting the acts prohibited by K.S.A. 8-1567, and amendments thereto, shall be required, at the time of examination, to pay a reinstatement fee of $200 after the first occurrence, $400 after the second occurrence, $600 after the third occurrence and $800 after the fourth or subsequent occurrence; and as a result of a test refusal, shall be required, at the time of examination, to pay a reinstatement fee of $600 after the first occurrence, $900 after the second occurrence, $1,200 after the third occurrence and $1,500 after the fourth or subsequent occurrence.
(1) All examination fees collected pursuant to this section shall be remitted to the state treasurer, in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto, who shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury and credit 80% to the state highway fund and 20% shall be disposed of as provided in K.S.A. 8-267, and amendments thereto.
(2) All reinstatement fees collected pursuant to this section shall be remitted to the state treasurer, in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto, who shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury and credit 35% to the community alcoholism and intoxication programs fund created pursuant to K.S.A. 41-1126, and amendments thereto, 20% to the juvenile alternatives to detention fund created by K.S.A. 79-4803, and amendments thereto, 20% to the forensic laboratory and materials fee fund created by K.S.A. 28-176, and amendments thereto, and 25% to the driving under the influence fund created by K.S.A. 75-5660, and amendments thereto. Moneys credited to the forensic laboratory and materials fee fund as provided herein shall be used to supplement existing appropriations and shall not be used to supplant general fund appropriations to the Kansas bureau of investigation.
(c) When an examination is required pursuant to subsection (a), at least five days' written notice of the examination shall be given to the licensee. The examination administered hereunder shall be at least equivalent to the examination required by K.S.A. 8-247(e), and amendments thereto, with such additional tests as the division deems necessary. Upon the conclusion of such examination, the division shall take action as may be appropriate and may suspend or revoke the license of such person or permit the licensee to retain such license, or may issue a license subject to restrictions as permitted under K.S.A. 8-245, and amendments thereto.
(d) Refusal or neglect of the licensee to submit to an examination as required by this section shall be grounds for suspension or revocation of the license.
(e) The division may issue a driver's license with a DUI-IID designation for a licensee that is operating under ignition interlock restrictions required by K.S.A. 8-1014, and amendments thereto. The reexamination requirement in subsection (a)(2) shall not require reexamination and payment of reinstatement fees until the end of the licensee's ignition interlock restriction period. If the applicant's Kansas driver's license has been expired for one year or more, the applicant must complete a reexamination and pay any applicable reinstatement fees before qualifying for a driver's license with an ignition interlock designation. All other requirements for issuance and renewal of a driver's license under K.S.A. 8-240, and amendments thereto, shall continue to apply. The renewal periods and other requirements in K.S.A. 8-247, and amendments thereto, shall apply. The fees charged for the driver's license with ignition interlock designation shall include: (1) The fee amounts set out in K.S.A. 8-240(f), and amendments thereto; (2) fees prescribed by the secretary of revenue and required in K.S.A. 8-243(a), and amendments thereto; and (3) a $10 fee to the DUI-IID designation fund. There is hereby created in the state treasury the DUI-IID designation fund. All moneys credited to the DUI-IID designation fund shall be used by the highway patrol only for the purpose of funding the administration and oversight of state certified ignition interlock manufacturers and their service providers.

Legislative History

L. 1937, ch. 73, § 8; L. 1939, ch. 84, § 1; L. 1949, ch. 104, § 12; L. 1959, ch. 49, § 23; L. 1972, ch. 25, § 1; L. 1973, ch. 30, § 2; L. 1977, ch. 37, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 40, § 1; L. 1990, ch. 43, § 3; L. 1991, ch. 36, § 23; L. 1994, ch. 351, § 1; L. 1995, ch. 208, § 1; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 31; L. 2001, ch. 200, § 10; L. 2012, ch. 172, § 4; L. 2014, ch. 1, § 1; L. 2014, ch. 125, § 1; L. 2015, ch. 71, § 1; L. 2016, ch. 46, § 18; L. 2018, ch. 106, § 2; L. 2022, ch. 80, § 7; July 1.