SESSION OF 2021
SUPPLEMENTAL NOTE ON SENATE BILL NO. 33
As Recommended by Senate Committee on
Transportation

Brief*
SB 33 would authorize the Director of Vehicles
(Director), Kansas Department of Revenue, to issue a
temporary display show license to a sponsor of a motor
vehicle display show. A display show sponsor, which the bill
would not require to be a licensed new vehicle dealer, would
be responsible for organizing and operating the display show
under such terms and conditions as the Director may
reasonably require. A fee of $100 would be paid by the
sponsor upon application, and each show participant
displaying vehicles would pay $35 to the sponsor. All fees
would be remitted to the Director.
The bill would authorize new vehicle dealers, first stage
manufacturers, second stage manufacturers, first stage
converters, second stage converters, and distributors
(manufacturers and distributors) to attend and participate in
the display of new motor vehicles at a temporary display
show without regard to geographical territorial assignment or
relevant market area. The bill would require participating new
vehicle dealers to be licensed motor vehicle dealers, but
manufacturers and distributors would not be required to be
licensed to participate. The bill would authorize participation
by new motor vehicle dealers without the approval of any
manufacturer or distributor, and it would prohibit a
manufacturer or distributor from barring or treating a new
vehicle dealer adversely for participating in a display show.

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*Supplemental notes are prepared by the Legislative Research
Department and do not express legislative intent. The supplemental
note and fiscal note for this bill may be accessed on the Internet at
http://www.kslegislature.org
 The bill would prohibit sales or lease transactions at a
display show but would authorize test drives for purposes
other than sale or lease, to demonstrate the vehicle and its
features.
The bill also would add leases and test drives to sales
transactions as activities that could not occur at the
temporary location of a new vehicle dealer that is not a
display show.

Background
The bill was introduced by the Senate Committee on
Transportation at the request of a representative of the
Kansas Automobile Dealers Association (KADA).

Senate Committee on Transportation
In the Senate Committee hearing, the president of the
KADA provided proponent testimony. He stated the bill
would allow the display and demonstration of new vehicles
during an auto show and would allow the Kansas City Auto
Show to be moved from downtown Kansas City, Missouri, to
the Kansas Speedway. Written-only proponent testimony was
provided by the chief operating officer of the Automobile
Dealers Association of Greater Kansas City, who also is the
producer of the Kansas City International Auto Show.
No opponent or neutral testimony was provided.
The Senate Committee recommended the bill be placed
on the Consent Calendar.

Fiscal Information
According to the fiscal note prepared by the Division of
the Budget, the Department of Revenue estimates enactment
of the bill would increase its expenditures for FY 2022 by

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$5,090, primarily for programming and system testing, and
would increase revenues to the State Highway Fund by
approximately $1,000 annually. Any fiscal effect is not
reflected in The FY 2022 Governor's Budget Report.
Keywords: Transportation; motor vehicle; licensure; display show permit; auto show


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Statutes affected:
As introduced: 8-2435
Enrolled: 8-2435