68-2020a. Failure or refusal to pay toll; penalty; refusal to register vehicle; appeals. (a) The registered owner of a vehicle driven on a turnpike project shall pay all tolls associated with that vehicle's use on any turnpike project. The Kansas turnpike authority may provide by regular U.S. mail or accepted United States postal service tracking method a notice of toll-evasion violation to the registered owner of a vehicle driven on any turnpike project for which the toll has not been paid. The notice of toll evasion may include a toll-evasion civil penalty, administrative fee, and costs for each instance in which the registered owner of a vehicle driven on any turnpike project has failed to pay the toll.
(b) On and after January 1, 2018, if the outstanding amount of any tolls due and owing by the registered owner exceeds $100, the director or the director's designee is authorized to instruct the division of vehicles to require payment of any tolls due and owing to the county treasurer at the time of registration or renewal of registration or otherwise to refuse to register or renew the registration of the vehicle, as set forth in K.S.A. 8-173(e), and amendments thereto, of the registered owner or owners, until those amounts are paid to the satisfaction of the director or the director's designee.
(c) The registered owner may contest any notice of toll evasion, including all tolls, penalties, fees, costs and registration holds, directly to the Kansas turnpike authority. Upon receipt of a contest from the registered owner, the authority shall investigate and provide to the registered owner, within 30 days of receipt of the registered owner's submission, a toll-evasion violation order, which shall contain the findings of the investigation. A registered owner may thereafter pay the specified amount or contest these findings and conclusions of the authority by requesting an administrative hearing within 15 days of receipt of the toll-evasion violation order, pursuant to the Kansas administrative procedure act.
(1) The administrative hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act.
(2) Any party may appeal the administrative hearing order to the district court, in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas judicial review act.
(d) The turnpike authority may adopt any rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
History: L. 2016, ch. 56, § 1; July 1.
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