Source: http://kslegislature.org/li_2012/b2011_12/statute/066_000_0000_chapter/066_001_0000_article/066_001_0129_section/066_001_0129_k/
Timestamp: 2019-04-25 21:53:22+00:00

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(1) Every vehicle unit shall be maintained in a safe and sanitary condition at all times.
(2) Every driver of a public motor carrier, operating as a carrier of intrastate commerce within this state, shall be at least 18 years of age. Every driver of a private motor carrier, operating as a carrier of intrastate commerce within this state, shall be at least 16 years of age. All such drivers shall be competent to operate the motor vehicle under such driver's charge.
(3) Minimum age requirements for every driver of a motor carrier, operating as a carrier of interstate commerce, shall be consistent with federal motor carrier regulations.
(4) Hours of service for operators of all motor carriers to which this act applies shall be fixed by the commission.
(5) Accidents arising from or in connection with the operation of motor carriers shall be reported to the commission within the time, in the detail and in the manner as the commission requires.
(6) Every motor carrier shall have attached to each unit or vehicle distinctive marking adopted by the commission.
(7) Motor carrier transportation requirements that are consistent with continuation of the federal motor carrier safety assistance program and other federal requirements concerning transportation of hazardous materials.
(b) No rules and regulations adopted by the commission pursuant to this section shall require the operator of any motor vehicle having a gross vehicle weight rating or gross combination weight rating of not more than 10,000 pounds to submit to a physical examination, unless required by federal laws or regulations.
(1) The owner of livestock or producer of farm products transporting livestock of such owner or farm products of such producer to market in a motor vehicle of such owner or producer, or the motor vehicle of a neighbor on the basis of barter or exchange for service or employment, or to such owner or producer transporting supplies for the use of such owner or producer in or producer, or in the motor vehicle of a neighbor on the basis of barter or exchange for service or employment.
(2) The transportation of children to and from school, or to motor vehicles owned by schools, colleges, and universities, religious or charitable organizations and institutions, or governmental agencies, when used to convey students, inmates, employees, athletic teams, orchestras, bands or other similar activities.
(3) (A) Except for motor vehicles under subparagraph (B), motor vehicles, with a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,000 pounds or less, carrying tools, property or material belonging to the owner of the vehicle, and used in repair, building or construction work, not having been sold or being transported for the purpose of sale, except vehicles transporting hazardous materials which require placards.
(B) Except vehicles transporting hazardous materials which require placards, motor vehicles, with a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,000 pounds or less, carrying tools, property or material belonging to the owner of the vehicle and used in repair, building or construction work and such tools, property or material are being transported to or from an active construction site located within a radius of 25 miles of the principal place of business of the motor carrier.
(4) Persons operating motor vehicles which have an ad valorem tax situs in and are registered in the state of Kansas, and used only to transport grain from the producer to an elevator or other place for storage or sale for a distance of not to exceed 50 miles.
(5) The operation of hearses, funeral coaches, funeral cars or ambulances by motor carriers.
(6) Motor vehicles owned and operated by the United States, the District of Columbia, any state, any municipality or any other political subdivisions of this state.
(7) Any motor vehicle with a normal seating capacity of not more than the driver and 15 passengers while used for vanpooling or otherwise not for profit in transporting persons who, as a joint undertaking, bear or agree to bear all the costs of such operations, or motor vehicles with a normal seating capacity not more than the driver and 15 passengers for not-for-profit transportation by one or more employers of employees to and from the factories, plants, offices, institutions, construction sites or other places of like nature where such persons are employed or accustomed to work.
(8) Motor vehicles used to transport water for domestic purposes, as defined by subsection (c) of K.S.A. 82a-701, and amendments thereto, or livestock consumption.
(9) The operation of vehicles used for servicing, repairing or transporting of implements of husbandry, as defined in K.S.A. 8-1427, and amendments thereto, by a person actively engaged in the business of buying, selling or exchanging implements of husbandry, if such operation is within 100 miles of such person's established place of business in this state, unless the implement of husbandry is transported on a commercial motor vehicle.
History: L. 1931, ch. 236, § 22; L. 1959, ch. 258, § 12; L. 1965, ch. 506, § 36; L. 1976, ch. 289, § 1; L. 1977, ch. 226, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 269, § 1; L. 1985, ch. 227, § 1; L. 1988, ch. 356, § 242; L. 1990, ch. 241, § 3; L. 2001, ch. 73, § 3; L. 2003, ch. 124, § 27; L. 2004, ch. 152, § 7; May 27.

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