except that two consecutive sets of tandem axles may carry a gross load of 34,000 pounds each if the overall distance between the first and last axles is 36 feet or more.

        (1)   The gross weight on any one axle of a vehicle shall not exceed the limits prescribed in K.S.A. 8-1908, and amendments thereto.

        (2)   Except as otherwise provided by subsection (e), for vehicles and combinations of vehicles on the interstate system the table in this section shall not authorize a maximum gross weight of more than 80,000 pounds.

        (3)   The table in this section shall not apply to truck tractor and dump semitrailer or truck trailer combination when such are used as a combination unit exclusively for the transportation of sand, salt for highway maintenance operations, gravel, slag stone, limestone, crushed stone, cinders, coal, blacktop, dirt or fill material, when such vehicles are used for transportation to a construction site, highway maintenance or construction project or other storage facility, except that such vehicles or combination of vehicles shall not be exempted from any application of the table as may be required to determine applicable axle weights for triple and quad axles as defined in K.S.A. 8-1908, and amendments thereto. As used in paragraph (3), the term 'dump semitrailer' means any semitrailer designed in such a way as to divest itself of the load carried thereon.

(b)   Any vehicle registered under the laws of this state which vehicle is designed and used primarily for the transportation of property or for the transportation of 10 or more persons may, at the time of its registration, be subjected by the director of vehicles to investigation or test as may be necessary to enable such director to determine whether such vehicle may safely be operated upon the highways in compliance with all provisions of this act. Every such vehicle shall meet the following requirements:

        (1)   It shall be equipped with brakes as required in K.S.A. 8-1734, and amendments thereto.

        (2)   Every motor vehicle to be operated outside of business and residence districts shall have motive power adequate to propel such vehicle and any load thereon or to be drawn thereby, at a speed which will not impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic. Exception to this requirement shall be recognized when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or when a vehicle or combination of vehicles is necessarily or in compliance with law or police direction proceeding at reduced speed.

(c)    It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any vehicle or combination of vehicles with a gross weight in excess of the limitations set forth in article 19 of chapter 8 of Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, except as provided in K.S.A. 8-1911, and amendments thereto.

(d)   As used in this section, 'interstate system' means the national system of interstate and defense highways.

(e)   A vehicle, if operated by an engine fueled primarily by natural gas, may exceed any vehicle weight limit under this section, up to a maximum gross vehicle weight of 82,000 pounds, by an amount that is equal to the difference between:

        (1)   The weight of the vehicle attributable to the natural gas tank and fueling system carried by that vehicle; and

        (2)   the weight of a comparable diesel tank and fueling system.

History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1909; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 48; L. 1980, ch. 45, § 1; L. 1981, ch. 46, § 3; L. 1983, ch. 41, § 4; L. 1986, ch. 45, § 2; L. 2016, ch. 44, § 3; April 14.

 

8-1909a. Vehicle operation on national system of interstate and defense highways.

        Nothing in this act shall authorize any gross weight of a vehicle, combination of vehicles or axle or axles of a vehicle on the national system of interstate and defense highways greater than permitted by laws of the United States Congress, except that this section shall not apply to a truck tractor and dump semitrailer or truck trailer combination authorized under the provisions of subsection (a)(3) of K.S.A. 8-1909, and amendments thereto.

History: L. 1981, ch. 46, § 5; L. 2006, ch. 7, § 1; March 2.

 

8-1910. Enforcement of vehicle weight laws; officers may weigh vehicles; portable scales; required drive to stationary scales; off-loading or load redistribution required, when.

(a)   Any police officer having reason to believe that the gross weight of a vehicle or combination of vehicles or the gross weight on any axle or sets of axles is unlawful is authorized to require the driver to stop and submit to a weighing of the same by means of either portable or stationary scales and may require that such vehicle be driven to any scales suitable for this purpose within five miles. When portable scales are used for weighing for the purpose of this section, the location of such portable scales shall be not more than 10 miles from any stationary scales whose accuracy is certified in accordance with law.

(b)   Whenever a police officer, upon weighing a vehicle or combination of vehicles, determines that the weight is unlawful, such officer may require the driver to stop the vehicle in a suitable place and remain standing until such portion of the load is removed as may be necessary to reduce the gross weight of such vehicle or combination of vehicles or remove or redistribute the gross weight on any axle or sets of axles to such limit as permitted under article 19 of chapter 8 of Kansas Statutes Annotated. All material so unloaded shall be cared for by the owner, lessee or operator of such vehicle at the risk of such owner, lessee or operator.

(c)    Any driver of a vehicle or combination of vehicles who fails or refuses to stop and submit such vehicle or combination of vehicles to weighing as provided in this section or who fails or refuses when directed by a police officer to comply with the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1910; L. 1975, ch. 39, § 32; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 49; L. 1977, ch. 304, § 17; L. 1980, ch. 46, § 1; L. 1986, ch. 45, § 3; L. 1988, ch. 266, § 2; July 1.

 

8-1911. Permits for oversize or overweight vehicles.

(a)   The secretary of transportation with respect to highways under the secretary's jurisdiction and local authorities with respect to highways under their jurisdiction, in their discretion, upon application, may issue a special permit, such term shall include an authorization number, to the owner or operator of an oversize or overweight vehicle. The special permit shall authorize the special permit holder to operate or move a vehicle or combination of vehicles that exceed the limitations of this act, on a route, or routes, designated in the special permit and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the special permit.

(b)   The application for the permit shall describe the vehicle, or combination of vehicles and all loads or cargo for which the special permit is requested, the route or routes on which operation is sought and whether a single trip or annual operation is requested. One special permit may be issued for a vehicle or combination of vehicles, that are both oversize and overweight. A special permit under this section may be for a single trip or for annual operation. The special permit shall designate the route or routes that may be used and any other terms, conditions or restrictions deemed necessary. The secretary of transportation shall charge a fee for each permit or authorization number issued as provided for in subsection (f). No permit shall be required to authorize the moving or operating upon any highway, by an implement dealer, as defined in K.S.A. 2018 Supp. 8-1918, and amendments thereto, or employee thereof who possesses an annual permit and following all conditions set forth in K.S.A. 2018 Supp. 8-1918, and amendments thereto, of farm tractors, combines, fertilizer dispensing equipment or other farm machinery, or machinery being transported to be used for terracing or soil or water conservation work upon farms. No permit shall be required to authorize the moving or operating upon any highway of farm tractors, combines, fertilizer dispensing equipment or other farm machinery, or machinery being transported to be used for terracing or soil or water conservation work upon farms, or vehicles owned by counties, cities and other political subdivisions of the state, except that this sentence shall not:

        (1)   Exempt trucks owned by counties, cities and other political subdivisions specifically designed and equipped and used exclusively for garbage, refuse or solid waste disposal operations from the maximum gross weight limitations contained in the table in K.S.A. 8-1909, and amendments thereto; or

        (2)   authorize travel on interstate highways.

(c)    A permit shall be valid only when the registration on the power unit is equal to or exceeds the total gross weight of the vehicle. When the gross weight of the vehicle exceeds the upper limit of the available registration, the maximum amount of registration must be purchased. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to a wrecker or tow truck, as defined in K.S.A. 66-1329, and amendments thereto, and registered in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto.

(d)   The secretary or local authority may issue or withhold the permit at the secretary's or local authority's discretion or may limit the number of trips, or establish seasonal or other time limitations within which the vehicles described may be operated on the highways, or may otherwise limit or prescribe conditions of operations of such vehicle or combination of vehicles, when necessary to assure against undue damage to the road. The secretary or local authority may require such undertaking or other security as may be deemed necessary to compensate for any injury to any roadway or road structure.

(e)   Every permit shall be carried in the vehicle or combination of vehicles to which it refers and shall be open to inspection by any police officer or authorized agent of any authority granting the permit. It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any of the terms or conditions of special permit.

(f)    The secretary of transportation shall charge and collect fees as follows:

        (1)   Prior to January 1, 2020:

                (A)   Twenty dollars for each single-trip permit;

                (B)   thirty dollars for each single-trip permit for a large structure, as defined by rules and regulations;

                (C)   fifty dollars for each single-trip permit for a superload, as defined by rules and regulations;

                (D)  twenty-five dollars for a five-year permit for vehicles authorized to move bales of hay under subsection (j) on noninterstate highways;

                (E)   one hundred and fifty dollars for each annual permit; or

                (F)   two thousand dollars per year for each qualified carrier company for special vehicle combination permits authorized under K.S.A. 8-1915, and amendments thereto, plus $50 per year for each power unit operating under such annual permit.

        (2)   On and after January 1, 2020:

                (A)   Forty dollars for each single-trip permit;

                (B)   two hundred dollars for each single-trip permit for a large structure, as defined by rules and regulations;

                (C)   two hundred dollars for each single-trip permit for a superload, as defined by rules and regulations;

                (D)  twenty-five dollars for a five-year permit for vehicles authorized to move bales of hay under subsection (j) on noninterstate highways;

                (E)   two hundred dollars for each annual permit; or

                (F)   two thousand dollars per year for each qualified carrier company for special vehicle combination permits authorized under K.S.A. 8-1915, and amendments thereto, plus $50 per year for each power unit operating under such annual permit.

No fees shall be charged for permits issued for vehicles owned by counties, cities and other political subdivisions of the state. All permit fees received under this section shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the state highway fund. The secretary may adopt rules and regulations for payment and collection of all fees. The secretary may adopt rules and regulations implementing the provisions of this section to prescribe standards for any permit program to enhance highway safety.

(g)   If any local authority does not desire to exercise the powers conferred on it by this section to issue or deny permits then such a permit from the local authority shall not be required to operate any such vehicle or combination of vehicles on highways under the jurisdiction of such local authority, but in no event shall the jurisdiction of the local authority be construed as extending to any portion of any state highway, any city street designated by the secretary as a connecting link in the state highway system or any highway within the national system of interstate and defense highways, which highways and streets, for the purpose of this section, shall be under the jurisdiction of the secretary.

(h)   A house trailer, manufactured home or mobile home that exceeds the width as provided in K.S.A. 8-1902(a), and amendments thereto, may be moved on the highways of this state by obtaining a permit as provided in this section, if:

        (1)   The width of such house trailer, manufactured home or mobile home does not exceed 16 1/2 feet;

        (2)   the driver of the vehicle pulling the house trailer, manufactured home or mobile home has a valid driver's license; and

        (3)   the driver carries evidence that the housetrailer, manufactured home or mobile home, and the vehicle pulling it, are covered by motor vehicle liability insurance with limits of not less than $100,000 for injury to any one person, and $300,000 for injury to persons in any one accident, and $25,000 for injury to property.

For the purposes of this subsection, the terms 'manufactured home' and 'mobile home' shall have the meanings ascribed to them by K.S.A. 58-4202, and amendments thereto.

(i)    Upon proper application stating the description and registration of each power unit, the secretary of transportation shall issue permits for a period, from May 1 to November 15, for custom combine operators to tow custom-combine equipment on a trailer within legal dimensions or a trailer especially designed for the transportation of combines or combine equipment at the rate of $10 per power unit. Each application shall be accompanied by information as required by the secretary. The permit shall allow custom combine operators to haul two combine headers on designated interstate highways provided:

        (1)   The vehicle plus the load do not exceed 14 feet in width;

        (2)   the move is completed during the period beginning 30 minutes before sunrise and ending 30 minutes after sunset; and

        (3)   the vehicle plus the load are not overweight.

(j)    Except as provided in K.S.A. 8-1902 (d)(2), and amendments thereto, a vehicle loaded with bales of hay that exceeds the width as provided in K.S.A. 8-1902(a), and amendments thereto, may be moved on any highway designated as a part of the national network of highways by obtaining a permit as provided by this section, if:

        (1)   The vehicle plus the bales of hay do not exceed 12 feet in width;

        (2)   the vehicle plus the bales of hay do not exceed the height authorized under K.S.A. 8-1904, and amendments thereto;

        (3)   the move is completed during the period beginning 30 minutes before sunrise and ending 30 minutes after sunset;

        (4)   the vehicle plus the load are not overweight; and

        (5)   the vehicle plus the load comply with the signing and marking requirements of K.S.A. 8-1902(d)(3), and amendments thereto.

(k)   If it is determined by the secretary of transportation that a person has been granted a permit and has not complied with the applicable provisions of this section and the rules and regulations of the secretary of transportation relating thereto, the secretary may cancel the permit and may refuse to grant future permits to the individual.

(l)    (1)   Vehicles operating under the provisions of a permit issued under subsection (a), that exceed the width limitations prescribed by K.S.A. 8-1902, and amendments thereto, or the length provisions in K.S.A. 8-1904, and amendments thereto, shall have a sign attached that states "OVERSIZE LOAD" and the dimensions of the sign shall be a minimum of seven feet long and 18 inches high. Letters shall be a minimum of 10 inches high with a brush stroke of not less than 12∕5 inches. The sign shall be readily visible from a distance of 500 feet and shall be removed when the vehicle or load no longer exceeds the legal width dimensions prescribed by K.S.A. 8-1902, and amendments thereto, or the length provisions in K.S.A. 8-1904, and amendments thereto. Each such vehicle shall be equipped with red flags on all four corners of the oversize load.

        (2)   Vehicles operating under the provision of a permit issued under subsection (a), which exceed the weight limitations of K.S.A. 8-1908 or 8-1909, and amendments thereto, but do not exceed the width limitations prescribed by K.S.A. 8-1902, and amendments thereto, or the length provisions in K.S.A. 8-1904, and amendments thereto, shall not have a sign attached which states "OVERSIZE LOAD."

(m)  (1)   Vehicles operating under the provisions of a permit issued under subsection (a), that exceed the width limitations prescribed by K.S.A. 8-1902, and amendments thereto, or the length provisions in K.S.A. 8-1904, and amendments thereto, shall not operate: (A) During the time period between 30 minutes after sunset to 30 minutes before sunrise, unless specifically authorized under another statute or regulation; (B) under conditions where visibility is less than 1∕2 mile; or (C) when highway surfaces have ice or snow pack or drifting snow.

        (2)   Vehicles operating under the provisions of a permit issued under subsection (a), that exceed the weight limitations of K.S.A. 8-1908 or 8-1909, and amendments thereto, but do not exceed the width limitations prescribed by K.S.A. 8-1902, and amendments thereto, or the length provisions in K.S.A. 8-1904, and amendments thereto, may operate 24-hour days, except that such vehicles shall not operate when highway surfaces have ice or snow pack or drifting snow.

History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1911; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 50; L. 1984, ch. 42, § 1; L. 1986, ch. 43, § 2; L. 1987, ch. 49, § 2; L. 1989, ch. 44, § 2; L. 1990, ch. 50, § 4; L. 1991, ch. 33, § 17; L. 1992, ch. 138, § 2; L. 1994, ch. 112, § 1; L. 1996, ch. 221, § 2; L. 1998, ch. 193, § 4; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 37; L. 2007, ch. 140, § 8, L. 2009, ch. 108, § 2; L. 2014, ch. 117, § 1; L. 2019, ch. 51, § 2; July 1.

 

8-1912. When secretary of transportation or local authorities may restrict use of highways.

(a)   Local authorities with respect to highways under their jurisdiction may prohibit, by ordinance or resolution, the operation of vehicles upon any such highway or impose restrictions as to the weight of vehicles to be operated upon any such highway, for a total period of not to exceed ninety (90) days in any one (1) calendar year, whenever any said highway by reason of deterioration, rain, snow or other climatic conditions will be seriously damaged or destroyed unless the use of vehicles thereon is prohibited or the permissible weights thereof reduced.

(b)   The local authority enacting any such ordinance or resolution shall erect or cause to be erected and maintained signs designating the provisions of the ordinance or resolution at each end of that portion of any highway affected thereby, and the ordinance or resolution shall not be effective unless and until such signs are erected and maintained.

(c)    Local authorities with respect to highways under their jurisdiction also, by ordinance or resolution, may prohibit the operation of trucks or other commercial vehicles, or may impose limitations as to the weight or size thereof, on designated highways, which prohibitions and limitations shall be designated by appropriate signs placed on such highways: Provided,That adjacent premises to such restricted streets may be served, and such restrictions shall not apply to any street which is a connecting link of the state highway system, unless a satisfactory alternate route is provided and has been approved by the secretary of transportation.

(d)   The secretary of transportation likewise shall have authority as hereinabove granted to local authorities to determine by resolution and to impose restrictions as to the weight or size of vehicles operated upon any highways under the jurisdiction of said secretary and such restrictions shall be effective when signs giving notice thereof are erected upon the highway or portion of any highway affected by such resolution.

History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1912; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 51; Aug. 15.

 

8-1913. Liability for damage to highway or structure.

(a)   Any person driving any vehicle, object or contrivance upon any highway or highway structure shall be liable for all damage which said highway or structure may sustain as a result of any illegal operation, driving or moving of such vehicle, object or contrivance, or as a result of operating, driving or moving any vehicle, object or contrivance weighing in excess of the maximum weight in this act but authorized by a special permit issued as provided in this article.

(b)   Whenever such driver is not the owner of such vehicle, object or contrivance, but is so operating, driving or moving the same with the express or implied permission of said owner, then said owner and driver shall be jointly and severally liable for any such damage.

(c)    Such damage may be recovered in a civil action brought by the authorities in control of such highways or highway structure.

History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1913; July 1.

 

8-1914. Issuance of special permits for operation of vehicles from Kansas turnpike authority toll booths and motor-freight truck terminals.

        The secretary of transportation with respect to highways under the secretary's jurisdiction and local authorities with respect to highways under their jurisdiction may issue permits authorized under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1911, and amendments thereto, for the operation of combinations of vehicles operating on a route designated by the secretary or local authority between a Kansas turnpike authority toll booth and a motor-freight truck terminal located within a ten-mile radius of any such toll booth, except at the northeastern end of the turnpike at which location a twenty-mile radius shall apply.

History: L. 1990, ch. 50, § 1; L. 1992, ch. 138, § 3; July 1.

 

8-1915. Issuance of special vehicle combination permits; conditions; penalties; rules and regulations.

(a)   The secretary of transportation may issue a special vehicle combination permit pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1911, and amendments thereto, for the operation of a special vehicle combination consisting of a truck tractor, semitrailer, trailer and trailer. In addition to the conditions the secretary may establish under K.S.A. 8-1911, and amendments thereto, such vehicle combinations shall also be required to operate under the following conditions:

        (1)   The special vehicle combination may be operated only on:

                (A)   United States highway 69 alternate between a motor-freight truck terminal located at the city of Baxter Springs and the Kansas-Oklahoma line; and

                (B)   interstate highway 70 between a motor-freight truck terminal located within a five-mile radius of such interstate at the city of Goodland and the Kansas-Colorado line;

        (2)   any semitrailer or trailer used in such special vehicle combination, shall not exceed 28 1/2 feet in length;

        (3)   travel of such special vehicle combination may be restricted to specific routes, hours of operation, specific days or seasonal periods; and

        (4)   the secretary may enforce any other restrictions determined by the secretary to be necessary.

(b)   The secretary of transportation may adopt rules and regulations implementing the provisions of subsection (a), including prescribing standards for the qualifications of drivers operating such special vehicle combinations and the equipping and operation of such special vehicle combinations to enhance highway traffic safety.

(c)    A person, firm or corporation convicted of violating any provision of this section or any restriction on the special permits issued by the secretary under this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 and all special permits issued for the operation of such special vehicle combinations in violation shall be confiscated. The special vehicle combination must be separated into combinations of legal length before the units may proceed.

(d)   The provisions of this section shall not govern the operations of combinations of vehicles authorized to be operated under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1914.

History: L. 1990, ch. 50, § 2; April 19.

 

8-1916. Cotton modules; allowable movement.

(a)  Any person issued a special permit under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1911, and amendments thereto, for the purpose of moving cotton modules on the highways of this state, shall be allowed to move such cotton modules 24-hours per day. Such person shall comply with all applicable provisions of K.S.A. 8-1911, and amendments thereto, and rules and regulations adopted by the secretary.

(b)   The gross weight on tandem axles of a cotton module issued a special permit under K.S.A. 8-1911, and amendments thereto, shall not exceed 50,000 pounds. A cotton module with a tandem gross axle weight of 50,000 pounds or less shall not be considered a superload as defined in rules and regulations of the Kansas department of transportation

(c)   This section shall be part of and supplemental to the uniform act regulating traffic on highways.

History: L. 2004, ch. 152, § 1; L. 2009, ch. 108, § 3; July 1.

 

8-1917. Gross weight limits on wheels and axles; vehicles equipped with idle reduction technoloy.

(a)   Notwithstanding the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1908 and 8-1909, and amendments thereto, the maximum gross weight limit and axle weight limit for any vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped with idle reduction technology may be increased by a quantity necessary to compensate for the additional weight of such idle reduction technology as provided for in 23 U.S.C. 658.17. In no case shall the additional weight increase allowed by this section be greater than 400 pounds.

(b)   Upon request by an appropriate law enforcement officer, the vehicle operator shall provide proof:

        (1)   By written certification, the weight of the idle reduction technology;

        (2)   by demonstration or certification, that the idle reduction technology is fully functional at all times; and

        (3)   that the gross weight increase is not used for any purpose other than for the use of idle reduction technology.

(c)    As used in this section, "idle reduction technology" means any device or system of devices that:

        (1)   Is installed on a heavy-duty diesel-powered on-highway truck or truck tractor; and

        (2)   is designed to provide to such truck or truck tractor those services, such as heat, air conditioning or electricity, that would otherwise require the operation of the main drive engine while the truck or truck tractor is temporarily parked or remains stationary.

(d)   This section shall be part of and supplemental to the uniform act regulating traffic on highways.

History: L. 2007, ch. 140, § 2, April 26, 2007.

 

8-1917. Idle reduction technology; maximum weight limit exception.

(a)   Notwithstanding the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1908 and 8-1909, and amendments thereto, the maximum gross weight limit and axle weight limit for any vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped with idle reduction technology may be increased by a quantity necessary to compensate for the additional weight of such idle reduction technology as provided for in 23 U.S.C. § 658.17. In no case shall the additional weight increase allowed by this section be greater than 400 pounds.

(b)   Upon request by an appropriate law enforcement officer, the vehicle operator shall provide proof:

        (1)   By written certification, the weight of the idle reduction technology;

        (2)   by demonstration or certification, that the idle reduction technology is fully functional at all times; and

        (3)   that the gross weight increase is not used for any purpose other than for the use of idle reduction technology.

(c)    As used in this section, "idle reduction technology" means any device or system of devices that:

        (1)   Is installed on a heavy-duty diesel-powered on-highway truck or truck tractor; and

        (2)   is designed to provide to such truck or truck tractor those services, such as heat, air conditioning or electricity, that would otherwise require the operation of the main drive engine while the truck or truck tractor is temporarily parked or remains stationary.

(d)   This section shall be part of and supplemental to the uniform act regulating traffic on highways.

History: L. 2007, ch. 140, § 2; Apr. 26.

 

8-1918. Farm implement dealers; movement on highways.

(a)   An implement dealer who obtains an annual permit pursuant to K.S.A. 8-1911, and amendments thereto, shall be allowed to move or transport farm tractors, implements of husbandry, combines, fertilizer dispensing equipment or other farm machinery on highways under the jurisdiction of the secretary of transportation.

(b)   Such annual permit shall allow an implement dealer to move such equipment or machinery subject to the following conditions:

        (1)   Except as provided in subsection (e), loads being moved or transported shall not exceed a width of 17 feet, nine inches;

        (2)   except as provided in subsection (e), movement of loads exceeding a width of 14 feet shall use escort vehicles as required by the rules and regulations of the Kansas department of transportation;

        (3)   moves shall not be made within 1∕2 hour after sunset and 1∕2 hour before sunrise; and

        (4)   loads cannot be moved on any highway that is part of the national systems of interstate and defense highways.

(c)    An implement dealer, or employee thereof, moving farm equipment or machinery on highways under the jurisdiction of the secretary of transportation that exceed the weight limits established by K.S.A. 8-1908 or 8-1909, and amendments thereto, or the height and length limits established by K.S.A. 8-1904, and amendments thereto, shall obtain an appropriate permit under K.S.A. 8-1911, and amendments thereto, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Kansas department of transportation.

(d)   Except as provided in subsection (e), the provisions of this section shall apply whether the implement dealer, or employees thereof, moves the equipment or machinery either:

        (1)   On a trailer or semi-trailer;

        (2)   pinning the equipment or machinery onto a truck or truck tractor with the item traveling on the item’s wheels; or

        (3)   under the machinery or equipment’s own power.

(e)   An implement dealer, or employees thereof, may move farm machinery when towing such machinery behind a farm tractor within a 100 mile radius of any of the implement dealer’s places of business when such farm tractor and equipment or machinery are equipped with flashing lights on both the front and rear and towed in accordance with subsections (b)(3), (b)(4) and (c).

(f)    An implement dealer, or employee thereof, moving farm machinery designed for use at speeds of less than 25 miles per hour, or which is normally moved at speeds less than 25 miles per hour, shall have displayed on the farm machinery a slow-moving vehicle emblem, as defined in K.S.A. 8-1717(e)(2), and amendments thereto, which shall be clearly visible from the rear of the farm machinery.

(g)   As used in this section, "implement dealer" shall mean a person, firm, organization or business that buys, sells or services farm tractors, implements of husbandry, combines, fertilizer dispensing equipment or other farm machinery in the regular course of business.

History: L. 2014, ch. 14, § 1; July 1.

 

8-1919. Annual overweight divisible load permits.

(a)   The secretary of transportation, with respect to highways under the secretary’s jurisdiction, including those highways designated as city connecting links, may issue an annual overweight divisible load permit for a truck-tractor semitrailer combination vehicle or a truck-tractor semitrailer, trailer combination vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of more than 85,500 pounds but not more than 90,000 pounds transporting divisible loads on six or more axles.

(b)   Such vehicles shall be subject to the following requirements:

        (1)   The vehicle, when loaded in excess of 80,000 pounds, may not be operated on the interstate system;

        (2)   the vehicle must be registered at the maximum weight category in accordance with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto;

        (3)   the vehicle shall not be operated on any bridge or highway that has a posted gross weight limit or posted axle weight limit less than that which the vehicle is operating;

        (4)   the permit must be carried in the vehicle when the vehicle is operating at a weight over 85,500 pounds;

        (5)   the vehicle must comply with the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1908 and 8-1909, and amendments thereto, except as otherwise provided by this section;

        (6)   any vehicle operating under an overweight divisible load permit cannot violate the width provisions of K.S.A. 8-1902, and amendments thereto, or the height and length provisions of K.S.A. 8-1904, and amendments thereto;

        (7)   the vehicle, when operating in excess of 85,500 pounds, must not operate when highway surfaces have ice or snowpack or drifting snow; and

        (8)   the vehicle, when operating in excess of 85,500 pounds, shall only carry agricultural inputs, farm supplies, biofuels, feed, raw or processed agricultural commodities, livestock, raw meat products intended by the shipper for further processing or farm products. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed liberally so as to effectuate the purposes thereof.

(c)    The secretary shall charge and collect a fee of $200 for the annual permit provided in this section. No single trip permits shall be issued.

(d)   No vehicle issued a permit under this section shall be moved or operated on any highway when the gross weight on two or more consecutive axles exceeds the limitations in the following table:

Distance in feet between the         Maximum load in pounds carried

extremes of any group of 2 or        on any group of 2 or more

more consecutive axles          consecutive axles

                                        6 axles    7 axles            8 axles

35 ..................................................................................... 86,000

36 ..................................................................................... 86,500

37 ..................................................................................... 87,000

38 ..................................................................................... 87,500

39 ..................................................................................... 88,500

40 ..................................................................................... 89,000

41 ..................................................................................... 89,500

42 ..................................................................................... 90,000

43

44

45 ................................................................. 86,000

46 ................................................................. 87,000

47 ................................................................. 87,500

48 ................................................................. 88,000

49 ................................................................. 88,500

50 ................................................................. 89,000

51 ................................................................. 89,500

52 ................................................................. 90,000

53 ............................................. 86,000

54 ............................................. 86,500

55 ............................................. 87,000

56 ............................................. 87,500

57 ............................................. 88,000

58 ............................................. 89,000

59 ............................................. 89,500

60 ............................................. 90,000

(e)   All permit fees received under this section shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the state highway fund.

History: L. 2017, ch. 50, § 1; July 1.

 

8-1920. Maximum weight of emergency vehicles.

(a)   Notwithstanding any other laws to the contrary, an emergency vehicle may operate at a gross weight not exceeding 86,000 pounds, subject to a maximum weight of:

        (1)   24,000 pounds on a single steering axle;

        (2)   33,500 pounds on a single drive axle;

        (3)   62,000 pounds on a tandem axle;

        (4)   52,000 pounds on a tandem rear drive steer axle.

(b)   As used in this section, "emergency vehicle" means a vehicle designed to be used under emergency conditions to:

        (1)   Transport personnel and equipment; and

        (2)   support the suppression of fires and mitigation of other hazardous situations.

History: L. 2018, ch. 72, § 3; July 1.

 

8-1921. Escort vehicles; registration required; requirements.

(a)   Commencing on and after January 1, 2020, each company that operates an escort vehicle service in this state shall register annually with the secretary of transportation in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the secretary.

(b)   Each application for registration shall be accompanied by the following:

        (1)   The name and address of the agent for service of process;

        (2)   proof that each vehicle operated in this state by the applicant maintains the required insurance, self-insurance or other financial security required pursuant to K.S.A. 40-3104, and amendments thereto;

        (3)   proof that each driver of an escort vehicle has a valid operator's license issued by a state or territory of the United States;

        (4)   proof that each driver has successfully completed an escort vehicle training course approved by the secretary; and

        (5)   such other information as the secretary may require.

(c)    The secretary may revoke, suspend or refuse to issue a registration for any violation of this section.

History: L. 2019, ch. 51, § 1; July 1.