Source: http://kslegislature.com/li/b2019_20/statute/032_000_0000_chapter/032_009_0000_article/032_009_0085_section/032_009_0085_k/
Timestamp: 2019-08-22 00:57:31
Document Index: 304414865

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 4', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 102']

32-985. Agents; designation; bond; disposition of fees. (a) The secretary or the county clerk of any county in this state may appoint such number of persons as necessary to serve the convenience of applicants for licenses, permits, stamps and other issues of the department and may authorize such persons to issue such licenses, permits, stamps and other issues to both residents and nonresidents of the state upon the payment of the prescribed fee.
(b) Any person appointed pursuant to this section may purchase the licenses, permits, stamps and other issues for cash from the county clerk, if appointed by the clerk, or from the secretary, if appointed by the secretary, or, in lieu thereof, such person shall be required to execute a special surety bond to the state of Kansas conditioned on payment of all moneys received from fees for licenses, permits, stamps and other issues of the department and on payment of the maximum value for all licenses, permits, stamps and issues of the department not settled for and not returned to the county clerk or secretary appointing such person. The bond shall be in a form prescribed by the secretary and the fee therefor shall be in the amount prescribed pursuant to K.S.A. 32-988 and shall be deposited in the manner prescribed by K.S.A. 32-990 and 32-991. The bond shall be in an amount fixed by the county clerk, if the person is appointed by the clerk, or in an amount fixed by the secretary, if the person is appointed by the secretary, but such amount shall not be less than the maximum amount which can be realized from the sale of the issues of the department in such person's possession. The bond shall be filed in the office of the county treasurer, if the person is appointed by the county clerk, or with the secretary, if the person is appointed by the secretary.
(c) Any person appointed pursuant to this section and electing to file a bond, upon the execution and filing of the required bond, shall be the agent of the county clerk, if appointed by the clerk, or of the secretary, if appointed by the secretary, for the issuance of licenses, permits, stamps or other issues of the department in the county, if appointed by a county clerk, or approved place of business, if appointed by the secretary, during such time as the bond is effective until the appointment expires or is revoked. Persons electing not to file a bond shall become agents immediately upon their appointment.
(d) No agent appointed pursuant to this section shall offer for sale a license, permit, stamp or other issue of the department for an amount less than the fee prescribed pursuant to law or rules and regulations of the secretary for such issue.
(e) All fees collected by the bonded agent for licenses, permits, stamps and other issues of the department shall be paid to the county clerk, if the agent is appointed by the county clerk, or to the secretary, if the agent is appointed by the secretary, at such times and places as the county clerk or secretary, as appropriate, designates, but settlement shall be made at least three days before the expiration date of the issues in the possession of the agent. Upon receipt of such fees by the county clerk, the clerk shall remit the entire amount thereof to the county treasurer in the manner provided in K.S.A. 32-984 for disposition in the manner provided for in that section. Upon receipt of such fees by the secretary, the fees shall be disposed of as provided in K.S.A. 32-990, 32-991 and 32-993. All unsold issues of the department shall be returned to the county clerk, if the agent is appointed by the clerk, or to the secretary, if the agent is appointed by the secretary.
(f) The secretary may examine, at any reasonable time, those records of any agent appointed pursuant to this section which relate to issues of the department.
(g) An agent appointed pursuant to this section may collect and retain a service charge fee as provided by K.S.A. 32-989 for services in connection with the issuing or selling of licenses, permits, stamps and other issues of the department. The agent shall receive no additional compensation from the county clerk or from the secretary for such services.
History: L. 1963, ch. 244, § 1; L. 1969, ch. 138, § 1; L. 1982, ch. 175, § 4; L. 1985, ch. 130, § 1; L. 1985, ch. 131, § 1; L. 1985, ch. 134, § 1; L. 1986, ch. 101, § 1; L. 1989, ch. 118, § 102; July 1.
2019. Powered by KLISS. Rendered: 2019-08-21T19:57:31. Head Rev No: 253636(E)