17 | | - | Section 1. On and after January 1, 2024, K.S.A. 8-1103, as amended |
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18 | | - | by section 1 of 2023 House Bill No. 2042, is hereby amended to read as |
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19 | | - | follows: 8-1103. (a) (1) Whenever any person providing wrecker or |
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20 | | - | towing service, as defined by K.S.A. 66-1329, and amendments thereto, |
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21 | | - | while lawfully in possession of a vehicle, at the direction of a law |
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22 | | - | enforcement officer, the owner or, if a city ordinance or county resolution |
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23 | | - | authorizes the towing of vehicles by a wrecker or towing service, a self- |
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24 | | - | service storage facility operator as provided by K.S.A. 58-817, and |
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25 | | - | amendments thereto, or as otherwise provided by a city ordinance or |
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26 | | - | county resolution, renders any service to the owner thereof by the |
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27 | | - | recovery, transportation, protection, storage or safekeeping thereof, a first |
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28 | | - | and prior lien on the vehicle is hereby created in favor of such person |
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29 | | - | rendering such service and the lien shall amount to the full amount and |
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30 | | - | value of the service rendered. The lien may be foreclosed in the manner |
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31 | | - | provided in this act. |
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32 | | - | (2) If the name of the owner of the vehicle is known to the person in |
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33 | | - | possession of such vehicle, then within 15 days, notice shall be given to |
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34 | | - | the owner that the vehicle is being held subject to satisfaction of the lien. |
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35 | | - | Any vehicle remaining in the possession of a person providing wrecker or |
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36 | | - | towing service for a period of 30 days after such wrecker or towing |
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37 | | - | service was provided may be sold to pay the reasonable or agreed charges |
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38 | | - | for such recovery, transportation, protection, storage or safekeeping of |
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39 | | - | such vehicle and personal property therein, the costs of such sale, the |
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40 | | - | costs of notice to the owner of the vehicle and publication after giving the |
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41 | | - | notices required by this act, unless a court order has been issued to hold |
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42 | | - | such vehicle for the purpose of a criminal investigation or for use as |
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43 | | - | evidence at a trial. |
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44 | | - | (3) If a court orders any vehicle to be held for the purpose of a |
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45 | | - | criminal investigation or for use as evidence at a trial, then such order |
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46 | | - | shall be in writing, and the court shall assess as costs the reasonable or |
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47 | | - | agreed charges for the protection, storage or safekeeping accrued while |
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48 | | - | the vehicle was held pursuant to such written order. |
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49 | | - | (4) Any personal property within the vehicle need not be released to |
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50 | | - | the owner thereof until the reasonable or agreed charges for such |
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51 | | - | recovery, transportation or safekeeping have been paid, or satisfactory |
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52 | | - | arrangements for payment have been made, except as provided under |
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53 | | - | subsection (c) or for personal medical supplies which shall be released to |
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54 | | - | the owner thereof upon request. The person in possession of such vehicle |
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55 | | - | and personal property shall be responsible only for the reasonable care of |
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56 | | - | such property. Any personal property within the vehicle not returned to |
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57 | | - | the owner shall be sold at the auction authorized by this act. |
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58 | | - | (5) A person providing wrecker or towing service shall provide a |
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59 | | - | certification of compliance to a purchaser pursuant to section 1 of 2023 |
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60 | | - | House Bill No. 2147, and amendments thereto, upon the sale and transfer |
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61 | | - | of a vehicle authorized by this section. SENATE BILL No. 106—page 2 |
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62 | | - | (b) At the time of providing wrecker or towing service, any person |
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63 | | - | providing such wrecker or towing service shall give written notice to |
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64 | | - | the driver, if available, of the vehicle being towed that a fee will be |
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65 | | - | charged for storage of such vehicle. Failure to give such written notice |
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66 | | - | shall invalidate any lien established for such storage fee. |
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67 | | - | (c) A city ordinance or county resolution authorizing the towing of |
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68 | | - | vehicles from private property shall specify in such ordinance or |
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69 | | - | resolution: |
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70 | | - | (1) The maximum rate such wrecker or towing service may charge |
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71 | | - | for such wrecker or towing service and storage fees; |
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72 | | - | (2) that an owner of a vehicle towed shall have access to personal |
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73 | | - | property in such vehicle for 48 hours after such vehicle has been towed |
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74 | | - | and such personal property shall be released to the owner; and |
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75 | | - | (3) that the wrecker or towing service shall report the location of |
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76 | | - | such vehicle to local law enforcement within two hours of such tow. |
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77 | | - | (d) A person providing towing services shall not tow a vehicle to a |
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78 | | - | location outside of Kansas without the consent of either: |
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79 | | - | (1) The driver or owner of the motor vehicle; |
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80 | | - | (2) a motor club of which the driver or owner of the motor vehicle |
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81 | | - | is a member; or |
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82 | | - | (3) the insurance company processing a claim with respect to the |
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83 | | - | vehicle or an agent of such insurance company. |
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84 | | - | Sec. 2. K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-6614 is hereby amended to read as |
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85 | | - | follows: 21-6614. (a) (1) Except as provided in subsections (b), (c), (d), |
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86 | | - | (e) and (f), any person convicted in this state of a traffic infraction, |
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87 | | - | cigarette or tobacco infraction, misdemeanor or a class D or E felony, |
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88 | | - | or for crimes committed on or after July 1, 1993, any nongrid felony or |
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89 | | - | felony ranked in severity levels 6 through 10 of the nondrug grid, or for |
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90 | | - | crimes committed on or after July 1, 1993, but prior to July 1, 2012, |
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91 | | - | any felony ranked in severity level 4 of the drug grid, or for crimes |
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92 | | - | committed on or after July 1, 2012, any felony ranked in severity level |
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93 | | - | 5 of the drug grid may petition the convicting court for the |
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94 | | - | expungement of such conviction or related arrest records if three or |
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95 | | - | more years have elapsed since the person: (A) Satisfied the sentence |
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96 | | - | imposed; or (B) was discharged from probation, a community |
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97 | | - | correctional services program, parole, postrelease supervision, |
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98 | | - | conditional release or a suspended sentence. |
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99 | | - | (2) Except as provided in subsections (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f), any |
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100 | | - | person who has fulfilled the terms of a diversion agreement may |
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101 | | - | petition the district court for the expungement of such diversion |
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102 | | - | agreement and related arrest records if three or more years have elapsed |
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103 | | - | since the terms of the diversion agreement were fulfilled. |
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104 | | - | (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a)(1), and |
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105 | | - | except as provided in subsections (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f), any person |
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106 | | - | who has completed the requirements of a specialty court program |
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107 | | - | established pursuant to K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 20-173, and amendments |
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108 | | - | thereto, may petition the district court for the expungement of the |
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109 | | - | conviction and related arrest records. The court may waive all or part |
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110 | | - | of the docket fee imposed for filing a petition pursuant to this |
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111 | | - | subsection. |
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112 | | - | (b) Any person convicted of prostitution, as defined in K.S.A. 21- |
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113 | | - | 3512, prior to its repeal, convicted of a violation of K.S.A. 2022 Supp. |
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114 | | - | 21-6419, and amendments thereto, or who entered into a diversion |
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115 | | - | agreement in lieu of further criminal proceedings for such violation, |
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116 | | - | may petition the convicting court for the expungement of such |
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117 | | - | conviction or diversion agreement and related arrest records if: |
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118 | | - | (1) One or more years have elapsed since the person satisfied the |
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119 | | - | sentence imposed or the terms of a diversion agreement or was |
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120 | | - | discharged from probation, a community correctional services program, SENATE BILL No. 106—page 3 |
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121 | | - | parole, postrelease supervision, conditional release or a suspended |
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122 | | - | sentence; and |
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123 | | - | (2) such person can prove they were acting under coercion caused |
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124 | | - | by the act of another. For purposes of this subsection, "coercion" |
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125 | | - | means: Threats of harm or physical restraint against any person; a |
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126 | | - | scheme, plan or pattern intended to cause a person to believe that |
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127 | | - | failure to perform an act would result in bodily harm or physical |
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128 | | - | restraint against any person; or the abuse or threatened abuse of the |
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129 | | - | legal process. |
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130 | | - | (c) Except as provided in subsections (e) and (f), no person may |
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131 | | - | petition for expungement until five or more years have elapsed since |
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132 | | - | the person satisfied the sentence imposed or the terms of a diversion |
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133 | | - | agreement or was discharged from probation, a community correctional |
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134 | | - | services program, parole, postrelease supervision, conditional release or |
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135 | | - | a suspended sentence, if such person was convicted of a class A, B or C |
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136 | | - | felony, or for crimes committed on or after July 1, 1993, if convicted of |
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137 | | - | an off-grid felony or any felony ranked in severity levels 1 through 5 of |
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138 | | - | the nondrug grid, or for crimes committed on or after July 1, 1993, but |
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139 | | - | prior to July 1, 2012, any felony ranked in severity levels 1 through 3 |
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140 | | - | of the drug grid, or for crimes committed on or after July 1, 2012, any |
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141 | | - | felony ranked in severity levels 1 through 4 of the drug grid, or: |
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142 | | - | (1) Vehicular homicide, as defined in K.S.A. 21-3405, prior to its |
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143 | | - | repeal, or K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5406, and amendments thereto, or as |
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144 | | - | prohibited by any law of another state that is in substantial conformity |
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145 | | - | with that statute; |
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146 | | - | (2) driving while the privilege to operate a motor vehicle on the |
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147 | | - | public highways of this state has been canceled, suspended or revoked, |
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148 | | - | as prohibited by K.S.A. 8-262, and amendments thereto, or as |
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149 | | - | prohibited by any law of another state that is in substantial conformity |
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150 | | - | with that statute; |
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151 | | - | (3) perjury resulting from a violation of K.S.A. 8-261a, and |
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152 | | - | amendments thereto, or resulting from the violation of a law of another |
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153 | | - | state that is in substantial conformity with that statute; |
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154 | | - | (4) violating the provisions of K.S.A. 8-142 Fifth, and |
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155 | | - | amendments thereto, relating to fraudulent applications or violating the |
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156 | | - | provisions of a law of another state that is in substantial conformity |
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157 | | - | with that statute; |
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158 | | - | (5) any crime punishable as a felony wherein a motor vehicle was |
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159 | | - | used in the perpetration of such crime; |
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160 | | - | (6) failing to stop at the scene of an accident and perform the |
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161 | | - | duties required by K.S.A. 8-1603, prior to its repeal, or K.S.A. 8-1602 |
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162 | | - | or 8-1604, and amendments thereto, or required by a law of another |
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163 | | - | state that is in substantial conformity with those statutes; |
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164 | | - | (7) violating the provisions of K.S.A. 40-3104, and amendments |
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165 | | - | thereto, relating to motor vehicle liability insurance coverage; or |
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166 | | - | (8) a violation of K.S.A. 21-3405b, prior to its repeal. |
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167 | | - | (d) (1) No person may petition for expungement until five or more |
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168 | | - | years have elapsed since the person satisfied the sentence imposed or |
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169 | | - | the terms of a diversion agreement or was discharged from probation, a |
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170 | | - | community correctional services program, parole, postrelease |
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171 | | - | supervision, conditional release or a suspended sentence, if such person |
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172 | | - | was convicted of a first violation of K.S.A. 8-1567, and amendments |
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173 | | - | thereto, including any diversion for such violation. |
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174 | | - | (2) No person may petition for expungement until 10 or more |
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175 | | - | years have elapsed since the person satisfied the sentence imposed or |
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176 | | - | was discharged from probation, a community correctional services |
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177 | | - | program, parole, postrelease supervision, conditional release or a |
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178 | | - | suspended sentence, if such person was convicted of a second or |
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179 | | - | subsequent violation of K.S.A. 8-1567, and amendments thereto. SENATE BILL No. 106—page 4 |
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180 | | - | (3) Except as provided further, the provisions of this subsection |
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181 | | - | shall apply to all violations committed on or after July 1, 2006. The |
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182 | | - | provisions of subsection (d)(2) shall not apply to violations committed |
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183 | | - | on or after July 1, 2014, but prior to July 1, 2015. |
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184 | | - | (e) There shall be no expungement of convictions for the |
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185 | | - | following offenses or of convictions for an attempt to commit any of |
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186 | | - | the following offenses: |
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187 | | - | (1) Rape, as defined in K.S.A. 21-3502, prior to its repeal, or |
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188 | | - | K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5503, and amendments thereto; |
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189 | | - | (2) indecent liberties with a child or aggravated indecent liberties |
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190 | | - | with a child, as defined in K.S.A. 21-3503 or 21-3504, prior to their |
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191 | | - | repeal, or K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5506, and amendments thereto; |
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192 | | - | (3) criminal sodomy, as defined in K.S.A. 21-3505(a)(2) or (a)(3), |
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193 | | - | prior to its repeal, or K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5504(a)(3) or (a)(4), and |
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194 | | - | amendments thereto; |
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195 | | - | (4) aggravated criminal sodomy, as defined in K.S.A. 21-3506, |
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196 | | - | prior to its repeal, or K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5504, and amendments |
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197 | | - | thereto; |
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198 | | - | (5) indecent solicitation of a child or aggravated indecent |
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199 | | - | solicitation of a child, as defined in K.S.A. 21-3510 or 21-3511, prior to |
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200 | | - | their repeal, or K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5508, and amendments thereto; |
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201 | | - | (6) sexual exploitation of a child, as defined in K.S.A. 21-3516, |
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202 | | - | prior to its repeal, or K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5510, and amendments |
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203 | | - | thereto; |
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204 | | - | (7) internet trading in child pornography or aggravated internet |
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205 | | - | trading in child pornography, as defined in K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5514, |
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206 | | - | and amendments thereto; |
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207 | | - | (8) aggravated incest, as defined in K.S.A. 21-3603, prior to its |
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208 | | - | repeal, or K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5604, and amendments thereto; |
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209 | | - | (9) endangering a child or aggravated endangering a child, as |
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210 | | - | defined in K.S.A. 21-3608 or 21-3608a, prior to their repeal, or K.S.A. |
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211 | | - | 2022 Supp. 21-5601, and amendments thereto; |
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212 | | - | (10) abuse of a child, as defined in K.S.A. 21-3609, prior to its |
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213 | | - | repeal, or K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5602, and amendments thereto; |
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214 | | - | (11) capital murder, as defined in K.S.A. 21-3439, prior to its |
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215 | | - | repeal, or K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5401, and amendments thereto; |
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216 | | - | (12) murder in the first degree, as defined in K.S.A. 21-3401, prior |
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217 | | - | to its repeal, or K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5402, and amendments thereto; |
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218 | | - | (13) murder in the second degree, as defined in K.S.A. 21-3402, |
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219 | | - | prior to its repeal, or K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5403, and amendments |
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220 | | - | thereto; |
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221 | | - | (14) voluntary manslaughter, as defined in K.S.A. 21-3403, prior |
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222 | | - | to its repeal, or K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5404, and amendments thereto; |
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223 | | - | (15) involuntary manslaughter, as defined in K.S.A. 21-3404, |
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224 | | - | prior to its repeal, or K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5405, and amendments |
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225 | | - | thereto; |
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226 | | - | (16) sexual battery, as defined in K.S.A. 21-3517, prior to its |
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227 | | - | repeal, or K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5505, and amendments thereto, when |
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228 | | - | the victim was less than 18 years of age at the time the crime was |
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229 | | - | committed; |
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230 | | - | (17) aggravated sexual battery, as defined in K.S.A. 21-3518, prior |
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231 | | - | to its repeal, or K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5505, and amendments thereto; |
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232 | | - | (18) a violation of K.S.A. 8-2,144, and amendments thereto, |
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233 | | - | including any diversion for such violation; or |
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234 | | - | (19) any conviction for any offense in effect at any time prior to |
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235 | | - | July 1, 2011, that is comparable to any offense as provided in this |
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236 | | - | subsection. |
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237 | | - | (f) Except as provided in K.S.A. 22-4908, and amendments |
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238 | | - | thereto, for any offender who is required to register as provided in the SENATE BILL No. 106—page 5 |
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239 | | - | Kansas offender registration act, K.S.A. 22-4901 et seq., and |
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240 | | - | amendments thereto, there shall be no expungement of any conviction |
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241 | | - | or any part of the offender's criminal record while the offender is |
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242 | | - | required to register as provided in the Kansas offender registration act. |
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243 | | - | (g) (1) When a petition for expungement is filed, the court shall |
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244 | | - | set a date for a hearing of such petition and shall cause notice of such |
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245 | | - | hearing to be given to the prosecutor and the arresting law enforcement |
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246 | | - | agency. The petition shall state the: |
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247 | | - | (A) Defendant's full name; |
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248 | | - | (B) full name of the defendant at the time of arrest, conviction or |
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249 | | - | diversion, if different than the defendant's current name; |
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250 | | - | (C) defendant's sex, race and date of birth; |
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251 | | - | (D) crime for which the defendant was arrested, convicted or |
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252 | | - | diverted; |
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253 | | - | (E) date of the defendant's arrest, conviction or diversion; and |
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254 | | - | (F) identity of the convicting court, arresting law enforcement |
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255 | | - | authority or diverting authority. |
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256 | | - | (2) Except as otherwise provided by law, a petition for |
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257 | | - | expungement shall be accompanied by a docket fee in the amount of |
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258 | | - | $176. On and after July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2025, the supreme |
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259 | | - | court may impose a charge, not to exceed $19 per case, to fund the |
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260 | | - | costs of non-judicial personnel. The charge established in this section |
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261 | | - | shall be the only fee collected or moneys in the nature of a fee collected |
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262 | | - | for the case. Such charge shall only be established by an act of the |
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263 | | - | legislature and no other authority is established by law or otherwise to |
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264 | | - | collect a fee. |
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265 | | - | (3) All petitions for expungement shall be docketed in the original |
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266 | | - | criminal action. Any person who may have relevant information about |
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267 | | - | the petitioner may testify at the hearing. The court may inquire into the |
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268 | | - | background of the petitioner and shall have access to any reports or |
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269 | | - | records relating to the petitioner that are on file with the secretary of |
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270 | | - | corrections or the prisoner review board. |
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271 | | - | (h) At the hearing on the petition, the court shall order the |
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272 | | - | petitioner's arrest record, conviction or diversion expunged if the court |
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273 | | - | finds that: |
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274 | | - | (1) (A) The petitioner has not been convicted of a felony in the |
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275 | | - | past two years and no proceeding involving any such crime is presently |
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276 | | - | pending or being instituted against the petitioner if the petition is filed |
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277 | | - | under subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2); or |
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278 | | - | (B) no proceeding involving a felony is presently pending or being |
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279 | | - | instituted against the petitioner if the petition is filed under subsection |
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280 | | - | (a)(3); |
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281 | | - | (2) the circumstances and behavior of the petitioner warrant the |
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282 | | - | expungement; |
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283 | | - | (3) the expungement is consistent with the public welfare; and |
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284 | | - | (4) with respect to petitions seeking expungement of a felony |
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285 | | - | conviction, possession of a firearm by the petitioner is not likely to |
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286 | | - | pose a threat to the safety of the public. |
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287 | | - | (i) When the court has ordered an arrest record, conviction or |
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288 | | - | diversion expunged, the order of expungement shall state the |
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289 | | - | information required to be contained in the petition. The clerk of the |
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290 | | - | court shall send a certified copy of the order of expungement to the |
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291 | | - | Kansas bureau of investigation that shall notify the federal bureau of |
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292 | | - | investigation, the secretary of corrections and any other criminal justice |
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293 | | - | agency that may have a record of the arrest, conviction or diversion. If |
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294 | | - | the case was appealed from municipal court, the clerk of the district |
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295 | | - | court shall send a certified copy of the order of expungement to the |
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296 | | - | municipal court. The municipal court shall order the case expunged |
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297 | | - | once the certified copy of the order of expungement is received. After SENATE BILL No. 106—page 6 |
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298 | | - | the order of expungement is entered, the petitioner shall be treated as |
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299 | | - | not having been arrested, convicted or diverted of the crime, except |
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300 | | - | that: |
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301 | | - | (1) Upon conviction for any subsequent crime, the conviction that |
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302 | | - | was expunged may be considered as a prior conviction in determining |
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303 | | - | the sentence to be imposed; |
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304 | | - | (2) the petitioner shall disclose that the arrest, conviction or |
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305 | | - | diversion occurred if asked about previous arrests, convictions or |
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306 | | - | diversions: |
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307 | | - | (A) In any application for licensure as a private detective, private |
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308 | | - | detective agency, certification as a firearms trainer pursuant to K.S.A. |
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309 | | - | 75-7b21, and amendments thereto, or employment as a detective with a |
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310 | | - | private detective agency, as defined by K.S.A. 75-7b01, and |
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311 | | - | amendments thereto; as security personnel with a private patrol |
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312 | | - | operator, as defined by K.S.A. 75-7b01, and amendments thereto; or |
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313 | | - | with an institution, as defined in K.S.A. 76-12a01, and amendments |
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314 | | - | thereto, of the Kansas department for aging and disability services; |
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315 | | - | (B) in any application for admission, or for an order of |
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316 | | - | reinstatement, to the practice of law in this state; |
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317 | | - | (C) to aid in determining the petitioner's qualifications for |
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318 | | - | employment with the Kansas lottery or for work in sensitive areas |
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319 | | - | within the Kansas lottery as deemed appropriate by the executive |
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320 | | - | director of the Kansas lottery; |
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321 | | - | (D) to aid in determining the petitioner's qualifications for |
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322 | | - | executive director of the Kansas racing and gaming commission, for |
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323 | | - | employment with the commission or for work in sensitive areas in |
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324 | | - | parimutuel racing as deemed appropriate by the executive director of |
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325 | | - | the commission, or to aid in determining qualifications for licensure or |
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326 | | - | renewal of licensure by the commission; |
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327 | | - | (E) to aid in determining the petitioner's qualifications for the |
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328 | | - | following under the Kansas expanded lottery act: (i) Lottery gaming |
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329 | | - | facility manager or prospective manager, racetrack gaming facility |
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330 | | - | manager or prospective manager, licensee or certificate holder; or (ii) |
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331 | | - | an officer, director, employee, owner, agent or contractor thereof; |
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332 | | - | (F) upon application for a commercial driver's license under |
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333 | | - | K.S.A. 8-2,125 through 8-2,142, and amendments thereto; |
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334 | | - | (G) to aid in determining the petitioner's qualifications to be an |
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335 | | - | employee of the state gaming agency; |
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336 | | - | (H) to aid in determining the petitioner's qualifications to be an |
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337 | | - | employee of a tribal gaming commission or to hold a license issued |
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338 | | - | pursuant to a tribal-state gaming compact; |
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339 | | - | (I) in any application for registration as a broker-dealer, agent, |
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340 | | - | investment adviser or investment adviser representative all as defined |
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341 | | - | in K.S.A. 17-12a102, and amendments thereto; |
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342 | | - | (J) in any application for employment as a law enforcement officer |
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343 | | - | as defined in K.S.A. 22-2202 or 74-5602, and amendments thereto; or |
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344 | | - | (K) to aid in determining the petitioner's qualifications for a |
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345 | | - | license to act as a bail enforcement agent pursuant to K.S.A. 75-7e01 |
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346 | | - | through 75-7e09, and amendments thereto, and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 50- |
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347 | | - | 6,141, and amendments thereto; |
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348 | | - | (3) the court, in the order of expungement, may specify other |
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349 | | - | circumstances under which the conviction is to be disclosed; |
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350 | | - | (4) the conviction may be disclosed in a subsequent prosecution |
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351 | | - | for an offense that requires as an element of such offense a prior |
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352 | | - | conviction of the type expunged; and |
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353 | | - | (5) upon commitment to the custody of the secretary of |
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354 | | - | corrections, any previously expunged record in the possession of the |
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355 | | - | secretary of corrections may be reinstated and the expungement |
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356 | | - | disregarded, and the record continued for the purpose of the new SENATE BILL No. 106—page 7 |
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357 | | - | commitment. |
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358 | | - | (j) Whenever a person is convicted of a crime, pleads guilty and |
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359 | | - | pays a fine for a crime, is placed on parole, postrelease supervision or |
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360 | | - | probation, is assigned to a community correctional services program, is |
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361 | | - | granted a suspended sentence or is released on conditional release, the |
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362 | | - | person shall be informed of the ability to expunge the arrest records or |
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363 | | - | conviction. Whenever a person enters into a diversion agreement, the |
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364 | | - | person shall be informed of the ability to expunge the diversion. |
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365 | | - | (k) (1) Subject to the disclosures required pursuant to subsection |
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366 | | - | (i), in any application for employment, license or other civil right or |
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367 | | - | privilege, or any appearance as a witness, a person whose arrest |
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368 | | - | records, conviction or diversion of a crime has been expunged under |
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369 | | - | this statute may state that such person has never been arrested, |
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370 | | - | convicted or diverted of such crime. |
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371 | | - | (2) A person whose arrest record, conviction or diversion of a |
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372 | | - | crime that resulted in such person being prohibited by state or federal |
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373 | | - | law from possessing a firearm has been expunged under this statute |
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374 | | - | shall be deemed to have had such person's right to keep and bear arms |
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375 | | - | fully restored. This restoration of rights shall include, but not be limited |
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376 | | - | to, the right to use, transport, receive, purchase, transfer and possess |
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377 | | - | firearms. The provisions of this paragraph shall apply to all orders of |
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378 | | - | expungement, including any orders issued prior to July 1, 2021. |
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379 | | - | (l) Whenever the record of any arrest, conviction or diversion has |
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380 | | - | been expunged under the provisions of this section or under the |
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381 | | - | provisions of any other existing or former statute, the custodian of the |
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382 | | - | records of arrest, conviction, diversion and incarceration relating to that |
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383 | | - | crime shall not disclose the existence of such records, except when |
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384 | | - | requested by: |
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385 | | - | (1) The person whose record was expunged; |
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386 | | - | (2) a private detective agency or a private patrol operator, and the |
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387 | | - | request is accompanied by a statement that the request is being made in |
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388 | | - | conjunction with an application for employment with such agency or |
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389 | | - | operator by the person whose record has been expunged; |
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390 | | - | (3) a court, upon a showing of a subsequent conviction of the |
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391 | | - | person whose record has been expunged; |
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392 | | - | (4) the secretary for aging and disability services, or a designee of |
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393 | | - | the secretary, for the purpose of obtaining information relating to |
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394 | | - | employment in an institution, as defined in K.S.A. 76-12a01, and |
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395 | | - | amendments thereto, of the Kansas department for aging and disability |
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396 | | - | services of any person whose record has been expunged; |
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397 | | - | (5) a person entitled to such information pursuant to the terms of |
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398 | | - | the expungement order; |
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399 | | - | (6) a prosecutor, and such request is accompanied by a statement |
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400 | | - | that the request is being made in conjunction with a prosecution of an |
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401 | | - | offense that requires a prior conviction as one of the elements of such |
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402 | | - | offense; |
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403 | | - | (7) the supreme court, the clerk or disciplinary administrator |
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404 | | - | thereof, the state board for admission of attorneys or the state board for |
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405 | | - | discipline of attorneys, and the request is accompanied by a statement |
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406 | | - | that the request is being made in conjunction with an application for |
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407 | | - | admission, or for an order of reinstatement, to the practice of law in this |
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408 | | - | state by the person whose record has been expunged; |
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409 | | - | (8) the Kansas lottery, and the request is accompanied by a |
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410 | | - | statement that the request is being made to aid in determining |
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411 | | - | qualifications for employment with the Kansas lottery or for work in |
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412 | | - | sensitive areas within the Kansas lottery as deemed appropriate by the |
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413 | | - | executive director of the Kansas lottery; |
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414 | | - | (9) the governor or the Kansas racing and gaming commission, or |
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415 | | - | a designee of the commission, and the request is accompanied by a SENATE BILL No. 106—page 8 |
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416 | | - | statement that the request is being made to aid in determining |
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417 | | - | qualifications for executive director of the commission, for |
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418 | | - | employment with the commission, for work in sensitive areas in |
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419 | | - | parimutuel racing as deemed appropriate by the executive director of |
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420 | | - | the commission or for licensure, renewal of licensure or continued |
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421 | | - | licensure by the commission; |
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422 | | - | (10) the Kansas racing and gaming commission, or a designee of |
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423 | | - | the commission, and the request is accompanied by a statement that the |
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424 | | - | request is being made to aid in determining qualifications of the |
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425 | | - | following under the Kansas expanded lottery act: (A) Lottery gaming |
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426 | | - | facility managers and prospective managers, racetrack gaming facility |
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427 | | - | managers and prospective managers, licensees and certificate holders; |
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428 | | - | and (B) their officers, directors, employees, owners, agents and |
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429 | | - | contractors; |
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430 | | - | (11) the Kansas sentencing commission; |
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431 | | - | (12) the state gaming agency, and the request is accompanied by a |
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432 | | - | statement that the request is being made to aid in determining |
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433 | | - | qualifications: (A) To be an employee of the state gaming agency; or |
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434 | | - | (B) to be an employee of a tribal gaming commission or to hold a |
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435 | | - | license issued pursuant to a tribal-gaming compact; |
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436 | | - | (13) the Kansas securities commissioner or a designee of the |
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437 | | - | commissioner, and the request is accompanied by a statement that the |
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438 | | - | request is being made in conjunction with an application for |
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439 | | - | registration as a broker-dealer, agent, investment adviser or investment |
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440 | | - | adviser representative by such agency and the application was |
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441 | | - | submitted by the person whose record has been expunged; |
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442 | | - | (14) the Kansas commission on peace officers' standards and |
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443 | | - | training and the request is accompanied by a statement that the request |
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444 | | - | is being made to aid in determining certification eligibility as a law |
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445 | | - | enforcement officer pursuant to K.S.A. 74-5601 et seq., and |
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446 | | - | amendments thereto; |
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447 | | - | (15) a law enforcement agency and the request is accompanied by |
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448 | | - | a statement that the request is being made to aid in determining |
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449 | | - | eligibility for employment as a law enforcement officer as defined by |
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450 | | - | K.S.A. 22-2202, and amendments thereto; |
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451 | | - | (16) (A) the attorney general and the request is accompanied by a |
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452 | | - | statement that the request is being made to aid in determining |
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453 | | - | qualifications for a license to act as a bail enforcement agent pursuant |
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454 | | - | to K.S.A. 75-7e01 through 75-7e09, and amendments thereto, and |
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455 | | - | K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 50-6,141, and amendments thereto; or |
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456 | | - | (B) the attorney general for any other purpose authorized by law, |
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457 | | - | except that an expungement record shall not be the basis for denial of a |
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458 | | - | license to carry a concealed handgun under the personal and family |
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459 | | - | protection act; or |
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460 | | - | (17) the Kansas bureau of investigation, for the purpose of |
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461 | | - | completing a person's criminal history record information within the |
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462 | | - | central repository, in accordance with K.S.A. 22-4701 et seq., and |
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463 | | - | amendments thereto. |
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464 | | - | (m) (1) The provisions of subsection (l)(17) shall apply to records |
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465 | | - | created prior to, on and after July 1, 2011. |
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466 | | - | (2) Upon the issuance of an order of expungement that resulted in |
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467 | | - | the restoration of a person's right to keep and bear arms, the Kansas |
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468 | | - | bureau of investigation shall report to the federal bureau of |
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469 | | - | investigation that such expunged record be withdrawn from the national |
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470 | | - | instant criminal background check system. The Kansas bureau of |
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471 | | - | investigation shall include such order of expungement in the person's |
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472 | | - | criminal history record for purposes of documenting the restoration of |
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473 | | - | such person's right to keep and bear arms. |
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474 | | - | Sec. 3. K.S.A. 25-1122, as amended by section 1 of 2023 House SENATE BILL No. 106—page 9 |
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475 | | - | Bill No. 2053, is hereby amended to read as follows: 25-1122. (a) Any |
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476 | | - | registered voter may file with the county election officer where the |
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477 | | - | such person is a resident, or where the such person is authorized by law |
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478 | | - | to vote as a former precinct resident, an application for an advance |
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479 | | - | voting ballot. The signed application shall be transmitted only to the |
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480 | | - | county election officer by personal delivery, mail, facsimile or as |
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481 | | - | otherwise provided by law. |
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482 | | - | (b) If the registered voter is applying for an advance voting ballot |
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483 | | - | to be transmitted in person, the voter shall provide identification |
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484 | | - | pursuant to K.S.A. 25-2908, and amendments thereto. |
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485 | | - | (c) If the registered voter is applying for an advance voting ballot |
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486 | | - | to be transmitted by mail, the voter shall provide with the application |
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487 | | - | for an advance voting ballot the voter's current and valid Kansas |
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488 | | - | driver's license number, nondriver's identification card number or a |
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489 | | - | photocopy of any other identification provided by K.S.A. 25-2908, and |
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490 | | - | amendments thereto. |
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491 | | - | (d) A voter may vote a provisional ballot according to K.S.A. 25- |
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492 | | - | 409, and amendments thereto, if: |
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493 | | - | (1) The voter is unable or refuses to provide current and valid |
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494 | | - | identification; or |
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495 | | - | (2) the name and address of the voter provided on the application |
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496 | | - | for an advance voting ballot do not match the voter's name and address |
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497 | | - | on the registration book. The voter shall provide a valid form of |
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498 | | - | identification as defined in K.S.A. 25-2908, and amendments thereto, |
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499 | | - | to the county election officer in person or provide a copy by mail or |
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500 | | - | electronic means before the meeting of the county board of canvassers. |
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501 | | - | At the meeting of the county board of canvassers the county election |
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502 | | - | officer shall present copies of identification received from provisional |
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503 | | - | voters and the corresponding provisional ballots. If the county board of |
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504 | | - | canvassers determines that a voter's identification is valid and the |
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505 | | - | provisional ballot was properly cast, the ballot shall be counted. |
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506 | | - | (e) No county election officer shall provide an advance voting |
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507 | | - | ballot to a person who is requesting an advance voting ballot to be |
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508 | | - | transmitted by mail unless: |
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509 | | - | (1) The county election official verifies that the signature of the |
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510 | | - | person matches that on file in the county voter registration records, |
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511 | | - | except that verification of the voter's signature shall not be required if a |
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512 | | - | voter has a disability preventing the voter from signing. Signature |
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513 | | - | verification may occur by electronic device or by human inspection. In |
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514 | | - | the event that the signature of a person who is requesting an advance |
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515 | | - | voting ballot does not match that on file, the county election officer |
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516 | | - | shall attempt to contact the person and shall offer the person another |
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517 | | - | opportunity to provide the person's signature for the purposes of |
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518 | | - | verifying the person's identity. If the county election officer is unable to |
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519 | | - | reach the person, the county election officer may transmit a provisional |
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520 | | - | ballot, however, such provisional ballot may not be counted unless a |
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521 | | - | signature is included therewith that can be verified; and |
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522 | | - | (2) the person provides such person's full Kansas driver's license |
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523 | | - | number, Kansas nondriver's identification card number issued by the |
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524 | | - | division of vehicles, or submits such person's application for an |
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525 | | - | advance voting ballot and a copy of identification provided by K.S.A. |
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526 | | - | 25-2908, and amendments thereto, to the county election officer for |
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527 | | - | verification. If a person applies for an advance voting ballot to be |
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528 | | - | transmitted by mail but fails to provide identification pursuant to this |
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529 | | - | subsection or the identification of the person cannot be verified by the |
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530 | | - | county election officer, the county election officer shall provide |
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531 | | - | information to the person regarding the voter rights provisions of |
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532 | | - | subsection (d) and shall provide the person an opportunity to provide |
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533 | | - | identification pursuant to this subsection. For the purposes of this act, SENATE BILL No. 106—page 10 |
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534 | | - | Kansas state offices and offices of any subdivision of the state will |
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535 | | - | allow any person seeking to vote by an advance voting ballot the use of |
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536 | | - | a photocopying device to make one photocopy of an identification |
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537 | | - | document at no cost. |
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538 | | - | (f) (1) Applications for advance voting ballots to be transmitted to |
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539 | | - | the voter by mail shall be filed only at the following times: |
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540 | | - | (A) For the primary election occurring on the first Tuesday in |
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541 | | - | August in both even-numbered and odd-numbered years, between April |
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542 | | - | 1 of such year and the Tuesday of the week preceding such primary |
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543 | | - | election; |
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544 | | - | (B) for the general election occurring on the Tuesday following |
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545 | | - | the first Monday in November in both even-numbered and odd- |
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546 | | - | numbered years, between 90 days prior to such election and the |
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547 | | - | Tuesday of the week preceding such general election; |
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548 | | - | (C) for the presidential preference primary election held pursuant |
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549 | | - | to K.S.A. 25-4501a, and amendments thereto, between January 1 of the |
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550 | | - | year in which such election is held and 30 days prior to the day of such |
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551 | | - | election; |
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552 | | - | (D) for question submitted elections occurring on the date of a |
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553 | | - | primary or general election, the same as is provided for ballots for |
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554 | | - | election of officers at such election; |
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555 | | - | (E) for question submitted elections not occurring on the date of a |
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556 | | - | primary or general election, between the time of the first published |
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557 | | - | notice thereof and the Tuesday of the week preceding such question |
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558 | | - | submitted election, except that if the question submitted election is held |
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559 | | - | on a day other than a Tuesday, the final date for mailing of advance |
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560 | | - | voting ballots shall be one week before such election; and |
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561 | | - | (F) for any special election of officers, at such time as is specified |
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562 | | - | by the secretary of state. |
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563 | | - | (2) The county election officer of any county may receive |
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564 | | - | applications prior to the time specified in this subsection and hold such |
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565 | | - | applications until the beginning of the prescribed application period. |
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566 | | - | Such applications shall be treated as filed on that date. |
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567 | | - | (g) (1) Unless an earlier date is designated by the county election |
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568 | | - | office, applications for advance voting ballots transmitted to the voter |
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569 | | - | in person in the office of the county election officer shall be filed on the |
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570 | | - | Tuesday next preceding the election and on each subsequent business |
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571 | | - | day until no later than 12 noon on the day preceding such election. If |
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572 | | - | the county election officer so provides, applications for advance voting |
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573 | | - | ballots transmitted to the voter in person in the office of the county |
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574 | | - | election officer also may be filed on the Saturday preceding the |
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575 | | - | election. Upon receipt of any such properly executed application, the |
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576 | | - | county election officer shall deliver to the voter such ballots and |
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577 | | - | instructions as are provided for in this act. |
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578 | | - | (2) An application for an advance voting ballot filed by a voter |
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579 | | - | who has a temporary illness or disability or who is not proficient in |
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580 | | - | reading the English language or by a person rendering assistance to |
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581 | | - | such voter may be filed during the regular advance ballot application |
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582 | | - | periods until the close of the polls on election day. |
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583 | | - | (3) The county election officer may designate places other than the |
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584 | | - | central county election office as satellite advance voting sites. At any |
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585 | | - | satellite advance voting site, a registered voter may obtain an |
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586 | | - | application for advance voting ballots. Ballots and instructions shall be |
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587 | | - | delivered to the voter in the same manner and subject to the same |
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588 | | - | limitations as otherwise provided by this subsection. |
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589 | | - | (h) Any person having a permanent disability or an illness that has |
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590 | | - | been diagnosed as a permanent illness is hereby authorized to make an |
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591 | | - | application for permanent advance voting status. Applications for |
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592 | | - | permanent advance voting status shall be in the form and contain such SENATE BILL No. 106—page 11 |
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593 | | - | information as is required for application for advance voting ballots and |
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594 | | - | also shall contain information that establishes the voter's right to |
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595 | | - | permanent advance voting status. |
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596 | | - | (i) On receipt of any application filed under the provisions of this |
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597 | | - | section, the county election officer shall prepare and maintain in such |
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598 | | - | officer's office a list of the names of all persons who have filed such |
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599 | | - | applications, together with their correct post office address and the |
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600 | | - | precinct, ward, township or voting area in which the persons claim to |
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601 | | - | be registered voters or to be authorized by law to vote as former |
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602 | | - | precinct residents and the present resident address of each applicant. |
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603 | | - | Names and addresses shall remain so listed until the day of such |
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604 | | - | election. The county election officer shall maintain a separate listing of |
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605 | | - | the names and addresses of persons qualifying for permanent advance |
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606 | | - | voting status. All such lists shall be available for inspection upon |
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607 | | - | request in compliance with this subsection by any registered voter |
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608 | | - | during regular business hours. The county election officer upon receipt |
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609 | | - | of the applications shall enter upon a record kept by such officer the |
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610 | | - | name and address of each applicant, which record shall conform to the |
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611 | | - | list above required. Before inspection of any advance voting ballot |
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612 | | - | application list, the person desiring to make the inspection shall provide |
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613 | | - | to the county election officer identification in the form of driver's |
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614 | | - | license or other reliable identification and shall sign a log book or |
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615 | | - | application form maintained by the officer stating the person's name |
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616 | | - | and address and showing the date and time of inspection. All records |
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617 | | - | made by the county election officer shall be subject to public |
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618 | | - | inspection, except that the voter identification information required by |
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619 | | - | subsections (b) and (c) and the identifying number on ballots and ballot |
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620 | | - | envelopes and records of such numbers shall not be made public. |
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621 | | - | (j) If a person on the permanent advance voting list fails to vote in |
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622 | | - | four consecutive general elections held on the Tuesday succeeding the |
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623 | | - | first Monday in November of each even-numbered and odd-numbered |
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624 | | - | year, the county election officer may mail a notice to such voter. The |
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625 | | - | notice shall inform the voter that the voter's name will be removed from |
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626 | | - | the permanent advance voting list unless the voter renews the |
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627 | | - | application for permanent advance voting status within 30 days after |
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628 | | - | the notice is mailed. If the voter fails to renew such application, the |
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629 | | - | county election officer shall remove the voter's name from the |
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630 | | - | permanent advance voting list. Failure to renew the application for |
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631 | | - | permanent advance voting status shall not result in removal of the |
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632 | | - | voter's name from the voter registration list. |
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633 | | - | (k) (1) Any person who solicits by mail a registered voter to file |
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634 | | - | an application for an advance voting ballot and includes an application |
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635 | | - | for an advance voting ballot in such mailing shall include on the |
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636 | | - | exterior of such mailing, and on each page contained therein, except the |
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637 | | - | application, a clear and conspicuous label in 14-point font or larger that |
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638 | | - | includes: |
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639 | | - | (A) The name of the individual or organization that caused such |
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640 | | - | solicitation to be mailed; |
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641 | | - | (B) if an organization, the name of the president, chief executive |
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642 | | - | officer or executive director of such organization; |
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643 | | - | (C) the address of such individual or organization; and |
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644 | | - | (D) the following statement: "Disclosure: This is not a government |
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645 | | - | mailing. It is from a private individual or organization." |
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646 | | - | (2) The application for an advance voting ballot included in such |
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647 | | - | mailing shall be the official application for advance ballot by mail |
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648 | | - | provided by the secretary of state. No portion of such application shall |
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649 | | - | be completed prior to mailing such application to the registered voter. |
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650 | | - | (3) An application for an advance voting ballot shall include an |
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651 | | - | envelope addressed to the appropriate county election office for the SENATE BILL No. 106—page 12 |
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652 | | - | mailing of such application. In no case shall the person who mails the |
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653 | | - | application to the voter direct that the completed application be |
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654 | | - | returned to such person. |
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655 | | - | (4) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to: |
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656 | | - | (A) The secretary of state or any election official or county |
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657 | | - | election office; or |
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658 | | - | (B) the official protection and advocacy for voting access agency |
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659 | | - | for this state as designated pursuant to the federal help America vote act |
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660 | | - | of 2002, public law 107-252, or any other entity required to provide |
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661 | | - | information concerning elections and voting procedures by federal law. |
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662 | | - | (5) A violation of this subsection is a class C nonperson |
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| 12 | + | New Section 1. (a) No person shall knowingly or intentionally |
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| 13 | + | manufacture, import, distribute, sell, offer for sale, install or reinstall a |
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| 14 | + | device intended to replace a supplemental restraint system component if |
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| 15 | + | the device is: |
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| 16 | + | (1) A counterfeit supplemental restraint system component; |
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| 17 | + | (2) a nonfunctional airbag; or |
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| 18 | + | (3) any object in lieu of a supplemental restraint system component |
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| 19 | + | that was not designed in accordance with federal safety regulations for the |
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| 20 | + | make, model and year of the motor vehicle in which such device is or will |
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| 21 | + | be installed. |
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| 22 | + | (b) Violation of subsection (a) shall be a class A nonperson |
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664 | | - | (l) (1) No person shall mail or cause to be mailed an application |
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665 | | - | for an advance voting ballot, unless such person is a resident of this |
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666 | | - | state or is otherwise domiciled in this state. |
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667 | | - | (2) Any individual may file a complaint in writing with the |
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668 | | - | attorney general alleging a violation of this subsection. Such complaint |
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669 | | - | shall include the name of the person alleged to have violated this |
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670 | | - | subsection and any other information as required by the attorney |
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671 | | - | general. Upon receipt of a complaint, the attorney general shall |
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672 | | - | investigate and may file an action against any person found to have |
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673 | | - | violated this subsection. |
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674 | | - | (3) Any person who violates the provisions of this subsection is |
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675 | | - | subject to a civil penalty of $20. Each instance in which a person mails |
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676 | | - | an application for an advance voting ballot in violation of this section |
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677 | | - | shall constitute a separate violation. |
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678 | | - | (m) A county election officer shall not mail a ballot to a voter |
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679 | | - | unless such voter has submitted an application for an advance voting |
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680 | | - | ballot, except that a ballot may be mailed to a voter if such voter has |
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681 | | - | permanent advance voting ballot status pursuant to subsection (h) or if |
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682 | | - | the election is conducted pursuant to the mail ballot election act, |
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683 | | - | K.S.A. 25-431 et seq., and amendments thereto. |
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684 | | - | (n) The secretary of state may adopt rules and regulations in order |
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685 | | - | to implement the provisions of this section and to define valid forms of |
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686 | | - | identification. |
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687 | | - | Sec. 4. K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 25-3009, as amended by section 48 of |
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688 | | - | 2023 Senate Bill No. 221, is hereby amended to read as follows: 25- |
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689 | | - | 3009. (a) After an election and prior to the meeting of the county board |
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690 | | - | of canvassers to certify the official election results for any election in |
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691 | | - | which the canvassers certify the results, the county election officer shall |
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692 | | - | conduct a manual audit or tally of each vote cast, regardless of the |
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693 | | - | method of voting, in 1% of all precincts, with a minimum of one |
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694 | | - | precinct located within the county. The precinct or precincts shall be |
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695 | | - | randomly selected and the selection shall take place after the election. |
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696 | | - | (b) (1) The audit shall be performed manually and shall review all |
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697 | | - | paper ballots selected pursuant to subsection (a). The audit shall be |
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698 | | - | performed by a sworn election board consisting of bipartisan trained |
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699 | | - | board members. The county election officer shall determine the |
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700 | | - | members of the sworn election board who will conduct the audit. |
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701 | | - | (2) The audit shall review contested races as follows: |
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702 | | - | (A) In presidential election years: |
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703 | | - | (i) One federal race; |
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704 | | - | (ii) one state legislative race; |
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705 | | - | (iii) one county race; and |
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706 | | - | (iv) one constitutional amendment question, if any. |
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707 | | - | (B) In even-numbered, non-presidential election years: |
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708 | | - | (i) One federal race; |
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709 | | - | (ii) one statewide race; |
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710 | | - | (iii) one state legislative race; SENATE BILL No. 106—page 13 |
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711 | | - | (iv) one county race; and |
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712 | | - | (v) one constitutional amendment question, if any. |
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713 | | - | (C) In even-numbered election years, any federal, statewide or |
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714 | | - | state legislative race that is within 1% of the total number of votes cast |
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715 | | - | tallied on election night, as determined by the secretary of state, shall |
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716 | | - | be audited. The county election officer shall conduct the audit in the |
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717 | | - | manner set forth in subsection (a) in 10% of all county precincts in the |
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718 | | - | specified race, with a minimum of one precinct in the county. The |
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719 | | - | precincts audited pursuant to this subsection shall be in addition to the |
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720 | | - | precincts audited under subparagraphs (2)(A) and (B). |
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721 | | - | (D) In odd-numbered election years, two local races will be |
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722 | | - | randomly selected, and the selection shall take place after the election. |
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723 | | - | (E) Any presidential preference primary election held pursuant to |
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724 | | - | K.S.A. 25-4501a, and amendments thereto. |
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725 | | - | (c) At least five days prior to the audit, notice of the time and |
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726 | | - | location of the audit shall be provided to the public on the official |
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727 | | - | county website. The audit shall be conducted in a public setting. Any |
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728 | | - | candidate or entity who is authorized to appoint a poll agent may |
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729 | | - | appoint a poll agent for the audit. |
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730 | | - | (d) The results of the audit shall be compared to the unofficial |
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731 | | - | election night returns and a report shall be submitted to the county |
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732 | | - | election office and to the secretary of state's office prior to the meeting |
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733 | | - | of the county board of canvassers. If a discrepancy is reported between |
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734 | | - | the audit and the unofficial returns and cannot be resolved, the county |
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735 | | - | election officer or the secretary of state may require audits of additional |
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736 | | - | precincts. Once the audit has been completed, the results of the audit |
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737 | | - | shall be used by the county board of canvassers when certifying the |
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738 | | - | official election results. |
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739 | | - | (e) Upon publication of the notice of the audit pursuant to |
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740 | | - | subsection (c), the signed and certified official abstracts required by |
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741 | | - | K.S.A. 25-3006, and amendments thereto, shall be made available by |
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742 | | - | the county election office for review by any authorized poll agent. Such |
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743 | | - | abstracts shall be from all precincts and shall not be limited to those |
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744 | | - | precincts that are subject to the audit. The abstracts shall be available |
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745 | | - | for review until commencement of the original canvass. |
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746 | | - | (f) The secretary of state shall adopt rules and regulations |
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747 | | - | governing the conduct and procedure of the audit, including the random |
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748 | | - | selection of the precincts and offices involved in the audit. |
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749 | | - | Sec. 5. K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 65-4101 is hereby amended to read as |
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750 | | - | follows: 65-4101. As used in this act: |
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751 | | - | (a) "Administer" means the direct application of a controlled |
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752 | | - | substance, whether by injection, inhalation, ingestion or any other |
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753 | | - | means, to the body of a patient or research subject by: |
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754 | | - | (1) A practitioner or pursuant to the lawful direction of a |
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755 | | - | practitioner; or |
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756 | | - | (2) the patient or research subject at the direction and in the |
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757 | | - | presence of the practitioner. |
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758 | | - | (b) "Agent" means an authorized person who acts on behalf of or |
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759 | | - | at the direction of a manufacturer, distributor or dispenser. It "Agent" |
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760 | | - | does not include a common carrier, public warehouseman or employee |
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761 | | - | of the carrier or warehouseman. |
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762 | | - | (c) "Application service provider" means an entity that sells |
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763 | | - | electronic prescription or pharmacy prescription applications as a |
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764 | | - | hosted service where the entity controls access to the application and |
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765 | | - | maintains the software and records on its server. |
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766 | | - | (d) "Board" means the state board of pharmacy. |
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767 | | - | (e) "Bureau" means the bureau of narcotics and dangerous drugs, |
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768 | | - | United States department of justice, or its successor agency. |
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769 | | - | (f) "Controlled substance" means any drug, substance or SENATE BILL No. 106—page 14 |
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770 | | - | immediate precursor included in any of the schedules designated in |
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771 | | - | K.S.A. 65-4105, 65-4107, 65-4109, 65-4111 and 65-4113, and |
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772 | | - | amendments thereto. |
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773 | | - | (g) (1) "Controlled substance analog" means a substance that is |
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774 | | - | intended for human consumption, and at least one of the following: |
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775 | | - | (A) The chemical structure of the substance is substantially similar |
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776 | | - | to the chemical structure of a controlled substance listed in or added to |
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777 | | - | the schedules designated in K.S.A. 65-4105 or 65-4107, and |
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778 | | - | amendments thereto; |
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779 | | - | (B) the substance has a stimulant, depressant or hallucinogenic |
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780 | | - | effect on the central nervous system substantially similar to the |
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781 | | - | stimulant, depressant or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous |
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782 | | - | system of a controlled substance included in the schedules designated |
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783 | | - | in K.S.A. 65-4105 or 65-4107, and amendments thereto; or |
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784 | | - | (C) with respect to a particular individual, such individual |
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785 | | - | represents or intends the substance to have a stimulant, depressant or |
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786 | | - | hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system substantially |
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787 | | - | similar to the stimulant, depressant or hallucinogenic effect on the |
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788 | | - | central nervous system of a controlled substance included in the |
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789 | | - | schedules designated in K.S.A. 65-4105 or 65-4107, and amendments |
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790 | | - | thereto. |
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791 | | - | (2) "Controlled substance analog" does not include: |
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792 | | - | (A) A controlled substance; |
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793 | | - | (B) a substance for which there is an approved new drug |
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794 | | - | application; or |
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795 | | - | (C) a substance with respect to which an exemption is in effect for |
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796 | | - | investigational use by a particular person under section 505 of the |
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797 | | - | federal food, drug and cosmetic act, 21 U.S.C. § 355, to the extent |
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798 | | - | conduct with respect to the substance is permitted by the exemption. |
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799 | | - | (h) "Counterfeit substance" means a controlled substance that, or |
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800 | | - | the container or labeling of which, without authorization bears the |
---|
801 | | - | trademark, trade name or other identifying mark, imprint, number or |
---|
802 | | - | device or any likeness thereof of a manufacturer, distributor or |
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803 | | - | dispenser other than the person who in fact manufactured, distributed |
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804 | | - | or dispensed the substance. |
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805 | | - | (i) "Cultivate" means the planting or promotion of growth of five |
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806 | | - | or more plants that contain or can produce controlled substances. |
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807 | | - | (j) "DEA" means the U.S. department of justice, drug enforcement |
---|
808 | | - | administration. |
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809 | | - | (k) "Deliver" or "delivery" means the actual, constructive or |
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810 | | - | attempted transfer from one person to another of a controlled substance, |
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811 | | - | whether or not there is an agency relationship. |
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812 | | - | (l) "Dispense" means to deliver a controlled substance to an |
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813 | | - | ultimate user or research subject by or pursuant to the lawful order of a |
---|
814 | | - | practitioner, including the packaging, labeling or compounding |
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815 | | - | necessary to prepare the substance for that delivery, or pursuant to the |
---|
816 | | - | prescription of a mid-level practitioner. |
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817 | | - | (m) "Dispenser" means a practitioner or pharmacist who |
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818 | | - | dispenses, or a physician assistant who has authority to dispense |
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819 | | - | prescription-only drugs in accordance with K.S.A. 65-28a08(b), and |
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820 | | - | amendments thereto. |
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821 | | - | (n) "Distribute" means to deliver other than by administering or |
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822 | | - | dispensing a controlled substance. |
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823 | | - | (o) "Distributor" means a person who distributes. |
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824 | | - | (p) (1) "Drug" means substances: |
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825 | | - | (A) Substances Recognized as drugs in the official United States |
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826 | | - | pharmacopeia, official homeopathic pharmacopoeia of the United |
---|
827 | | - | States or official national formulary or any supplement to any of them; |
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828 | | - | (B) substances intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, SENATE BILL No. 106—page 15 |
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829 | | - | treatment or prevention of disease in human or animals; |
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830 | | - | (C) substances (other than food) intended to affect the structure or |
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831 | | - | any function of the body of human or animals; and |
---|
832 | | - | (D) substances intended for use as a component of any article |
---|
833 | | - | specified in subparagraph (A), (B) or (C). |
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834 | | - | (2) "Drug" does not include devices or their components, parts or |
---|
835 | | - | accessories. |
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836 | | - | (q) "Immediate precursor" means a substance that the board has |
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837 | | - | found to be and by rule and regulation designates as being the principal |
---|
838 | | - | compound commonly used or produced primarily for use and that is an |
---|
839 | | - | immediate chemical intermediary used or likely to be used in the |
---|
840 | | - | manufacture of a controlled substance, the control of which is |
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841 | | - | necessary to prevent, curtail or limit manufacture. |
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842 | | - | (r) "Electronic prescription" means an electronically prepared |
---|
843 | | - | prescription that is authorized and transmitted from the prescriber to the |
---|
844 | | - | pharmacy by means of electronic transmission. |
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845 | | - | (s) "Electronic prescription application" means software that is |
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846 | | - | used to create electronic prescriptions and that is intended to be |
---|
847 | | - | installed on the prescriber's computers and servers where access and |
---|
848 | | - | records are controlled by the prescriber. |
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849 | | - | (t) "Electronic signature" means a confidential personalized digital |
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850 | | - | key, code, number or other method for secure electronic data |
---|
851 | | - | transmissions that identifies a particular person as the source of the |
---|
852 | | - | message, authenticates the signatory of the message and indicates the |
---|
853 | | - | person's approval of the information contained in the transmission. |
---|
854 | | - | (u) "Electronic transmission" means the transmission of an |
---|
855 | | - | electronic prescription, formatted as an electronic data file, from a |
---|
856 | | - | prescriber's electronic prescription application to a pharmacy's |
---|
857 | | - | computer, where the data file is imported into the pharmacy |
---|
858 | | - | prescription application. |
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859 | | - | (v) "Electronically prepared prescription" means a prescription |
---|
860 | | - | that is generated using an electronic prescription application. |
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861 | | - | (w) "Facsimile transmission" or "fax transmission" means the |
---|
862 | | - | transmission of a digital image of a prescription from the prescriber or |
---|
863 | | - | the prescriber's agent to the pharmacy. "Facsimile transmission" |
---|
864 | | - | includes, but is not limited to, transmission of a written prescription |
---|
865 | | - | between the prescriber's fax machine and the pharmacy's fax machine; |
---|
866 | | - | transmission of an electronically prepared prescription from the |
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867 | | - | prescriber's electronic prescription application to the pharmacy's fax |
---|
868 | | - | machine, computer or printer; or transmission of an electronically |
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869 | | - | prepared prescription from the prescriber's fax machine to the |
---|
870 | | - | pharmacy's fax machine, computer or printer. |
---|
871 | | - | (x) "Intermediary" means any technology system that receives and |
---|
872 | | - | transmits an electronic prescription between the prescriber and the |
---|
873 | | - | pharmacy. |
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874 | | - | (y) "Isomer" means all enantiomers and diastereomers. |
---|
875 | | - | (z) "Manufacture" means the production, preparation, propagation, |
---|
876 | | - | compounding, conversion or processing of a controlled substance either |
---|
877 | | - | directly or indirectly or by extraction from substances of natural origin |
---|
878 | | - | or independently by means of chemical synthesis or by a combination |
---|
879 | | - | of extraction and chemical synthesis and includes any packaging or |
---|
880 | | - | repackaging of the substance or labeling or relabeling of its container, |
---|
881 | | - | except that this term does not include the preparation or compounding |
---|
882 | | - | of a controlled substance by an individual for the individual's own |
---|
883 | | - | lawful use or the preparation, compounding, packaging or labeling of a |
---|
884 | | - | controlled substance: |
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885 | | - | (1) By a practitioner or the practitioner's agent pursuant to a |
---|
886 | | - | lawful order of a practitioner as an incident to the practitioner's |
---|
887 | | - | administering or dispensing of a controlled substance in the course of SENATE BILL No. 106—page 16 |
---|
888 | | - | the practitioner's professional practice; or |
---|
889 | | - | (2) by a practitioner or by the practitioner's authorized agent under |
---|
890 | | - | such practitioner's supervision for the purpose of or as an incident to |
---|
891 | | - | research, teaching or chemical analysis or by a pharmacist or medical |
---|
892 | | - | care facility as an incident to dispensing of a controlled substance. |
---|
893 | | - | (aa) "Marijuana" means all parts of all varieties of the plant |
---|
894 | | - | Cannabis whether growing or not, the seeds thereof, the resin extracted |
---|
895 | | - | from any part of the plant and every compound, manufacture, salt, |
---|
896 | | - | derivative, mixture or preparation of the plant, its seeds or resin. It does |
---|
897 | | - | not include: |
---|
898 | | - | (1) The mature stalks of the plant, fiber produced from the stalks, |
---|
899 | | - | oil or cake made from the seeds of the plant, any other compound, |
---|
900 | | - | manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture or preparation of the mature |
---|
901 | | - | stalks, except the resin extracted therefrom, fiber, oil or cake or the |
---|
902 | | - | sterilized seed of the plant that is incapable of germination; |
---|
903 | | - | (2) any substance listed in schedules II through V of the uniform |
---|
904 | | - | controlled substances act; |
---|
905 | | - | (3) drug products approved by the United States food and drug |
---|
906 | | - | administration as of the effective date of this act; |
---|
907 | | - | (4) cannabidiol (other trade name: 2-[(3-methyl-6-(1- |
---|
908 | | - | methylethenyl)-2-cyclohexen-1-yl]-5-pentyl-1,3-benzenediol); or |
---|
909 | | - | (5) industrial hemp as defined in K.S.A. 2-3901, and amendments |
---|
910 | | - | thereto, when cultivated, produced, possessed or used for activities |
---|
911 | | - | authorized by the commercial industrial hemp act. |
---|
912 | | - | (bb) "Medical care facility" shall have the meaning ascribed to |
---|
913 | | - | that term in K.S.A. 65-425, and amendments thereto. |
---|
914 | | - | (cc) "Mid-level practitioner" means a certified nurse-midwife |
---|
915 | | - | engaging in the independent practice of midwifery under the |
---|
916 | | - | independent practice of midwifery act, an advanced practice registered |
---|
917 | | - | nurse issued a license pursuant to K.S.A. 65-1131, and amendments |
---|
918 | | - | thereto, who has authority to prescribe drugs pursuant to a written |
---|
919 | | - | protocol with a responsible physician under K.S.A. 65-1130, and |
---|
920 | | - | amendments thereto, or a physician assistant licensed under the |
---|
921 | | - | physician assistant licensure act who has authority to prescribe drugs |
---|
922 | | - | pursuant to a written agreement with a supervising physician under |
---|
923 | | - | K.S.A. 65-28a08, and amendments thereto. |
---|
924 | | - | (dd) "Narcotic drug" means any of the following whether |
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925 | | - | produced directly or indirectly by extraction from substances of |
---|
926 | | - | vegetable origin or independently by means of chemical synthesis or by |
---|
927 | | - | a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis: |
---|
928 | | - | (1) Opium and opiate and any salt, compound, derivative or |
---|
929 | | - | preparation of opium or opiate; |
---|
930 | | - | (2) any salt, compound, isomer, derivative or preparation thereof |
---|
931 | | - | that is chemically equivalent or identical with any of the substances |
---|
932 | | - | referred to in paragraph (1) but not including the isoquinoline alkaloids |
---|
933 | | - | of opium; |
---|
934 | | - | (3) opium poppy and poppy straw; |
---|
935 | | - | (4) coca leaves and any salt, compound, derivative or preparation |
---|
936 | | - | of coca leaves, and any salt, compound, isomer, derivative or |
---|
937 | | - | preparation thereof that is chemically equivalent or identical with any |
---|
938 | | - | of these substances, but not including decocainized coca leaves or |
---|
939 | | - | extractions of coca leaves that do not contain cocaine or ecgonine. |
---|
940 | | - | (ee) "Opiate" means any substance having an addiction-forming or |
---|
941 | | - | addiction-sustaining liability similar to morphine or being capable of |
---|
942 | | - | conversion into a drug having addiction-forming or addiction- |
---|
943 | | - | sustaining liability. It does not include, unless specifically designated as |
---|
944 | | - | controlled under K.S.A. 65-4102, and amendments thereto, the |
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945 | | - | dextrorotatory isomer of 3-methoxy-n-methylmorphinan and its salts |
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946 | | - | (dextromethorphan). It does include its racemic and levorotatory forms. SENATE BILL No. 106—page 17 |
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947 | | - | (ff) "Opium poppy" means the plant of the species Papaver |
---|
948 | | - | somniferum l. except its seeds. |
---|
949 | | - | (gg) "Person" means an individual, corporation, government, or |
---|
950 | | - | governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, |
---|
951 | | - | partnership or association or any other legal entity. |
---|
952 | | - | (hh) "Pharmacist" means any natural person licensed under K.S.A. |
---|
953 | | - | 65-1625 et seq., and amendments thereto, to practice pharmacy. |
---|
954 | | - | (ii) "Pharmacist intern" means: (1) A student currently enrolled in |
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955 | | - | an accredited pharmacy program; (2) a graduate of an accredited |
---|
956 | | - | pharmacy program serving such person's internship; or (3) a graduate |
---|
957 | | - | of a pharmacy program located outside of the United States that is not |
---|
958 | | - | accredited and who had successfully passed equivalency examinations |
---|
959 | | - | approved by the board. |
---|
960 | | - | (jj) "Pharmacy prescription application" means software that is |
---|
961 | | - | used to process prescription information, is installed on a pharmacy's |
---|
962 | | - | computers and servers, and is controlled by the pharmacy. |
---|
963 | | - | (kk) "Poppy straw" means all parts, except the seeds, of the opium |
---|
964 | | - | poppy, after mowing. |
---|
965 | | - | (ll) "Practitioner" means a person licensed to practice medicine |
---|
966 | | - | and surgery, dentist, podiatrist, veterinarian, optometrist, or scientific |
---|
967 | | - | investigator or other person authorized by law to use a controlled |
---|
968 | | - | substance in teaching or chemical analysis or to conduct research with |
---|
969 | | - | respect to a controlled substance. |
---|
970 | | - | (mm) "Prescriber" means a practitioner or a mid-level practitioner. |
---|
971 | | - | (nn) "Production" includes the manufacture, planting, cultivation, |
---|
972 | | - | growing or harvesting of a controlled substance. |
---|
973 | | - | (oo) "Readily retrievable" means that records kept by automatic |
---|
974 | | - | data processing applications or other electronic or mechanized |
---|
975 | | - | recordkeeping systems can be separated out from all other records |
---|
976 | | - | within a reasonable time not to exceed 48 hours of a request from the |
---|
977 | | - | board or other authorized agent or that hard-copy records are kept on |
---|
978 | | - | which certain items are asterisked, redlined or in some other manner |
---|
979 | | - | visually identifiable apart from other items appearing on the records. |
---|
980 | | - | (pp) "Ultimate user" means a person who lawfully possesses a |
---|
981 | | - | controlled substance for such person's own use or for the use of a |
---|
982 | | - | member of such person's household or for administering to an animal |
---|
983 | | - | owned by such person or by a member of such person's household. |
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984 | | - | Sec. 6. K.S.A. 75-7240, as amended by section 15 of 2023 House |
---|
985 | | - | Bill No. 2019, is hereby amended to read as follows: 75-7240. (a) The |
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986 | | - | executive branch agency heads shall: |
---|
987 | | - | (1) Be solely responsible for security of all data and information |
---|
988 | | - | technology resources under such agency's purview, irrespective of the |
---|
989 | | - | location of the data or resources. Locations of data may include: |
---|
990 | | - | (A) Agency sites; |
---|
991 | | - | (B) agency real property; |
---|
992 | | - | (C) infrastructure in state data centers; |
---|
993 | | - | (D) third-party locations; and |
---|
994 | | - | (E) in transit between locations; |
---|
995 | | - | (2) ensure that an agency-wide information security program is in |
---|
996 | | - | place; |
---|
997 | | - | (3) designate an information security officer to administer the |
---|
998 | | - | agency's information security program that reports directly to executive |
---|
999 | | - | leadership; |
---|
1000 | | - | (4) participate in CISO-sponsored statewide cybersecurity |
---|
1001 | | - | program initiatives and services; |
---|
1002 | | - | (5) implement policies and standards to ensure that all the |
---|
1003 | | - | agency's data and information technology resources are maintained in |
---|
1004 | | - | compliance with applicable state and federal laws and rules and |
---|
1005 | | - | regulations; SENATE BILL No. 106—page 18 |
---|
1006 | | - | (6) implement appropriate cost-effective safeguards to reduce, |
---|
1007 | | - | eliminate or recover from identified threats to data and information |
---|
1008 | | - | technology resources; |
---|
1009 | | - | (7) include all appropriate cybersecurity requirements in the |
---|
1010 | | - | agency's request for proposal specifications for procuring data and |
---|
1011 | | - | information technology systems and services; |
---|
1012 | | - | (8) (A) submit a cybersecurity self-assessment report to the CISO |
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1013 | | - | by October 16 of each even-numbered year, including an executive |
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1014 | | - | summary of the findings, that assesses the extent to which the agency is |
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1015 | | - | vulnerable to unauthorized access or harm, including the extent to |
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1016 | | - | which the agency's or contractor's electronically stored information is |
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1017 | | - | vulnerable to alteration, damage, erasure or inappropriate use; |
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1018 | | - | (B) ensure that the agency conducts annual internal assessments of |
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1019 | | - | its security program. Internal assessment results shall be considered |
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1020 | | - | confidential and shall not be subject to discovery by or release to any |
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1021 | | - | person or agency, outside of the KISO or CISO, without authorization |
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1022 | | - | from the executive branch agency director or head. This provision |
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1023 | | - | regarding confidentiality shall expire on July 1, 2023, unless the |
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1024 | | - | legislature reviews and reenacts such provision pursuant to K.S.A. 45- |
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1025 | | - | 229, and amendments thereto, prior to July 1, 2023; and |
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1026 | | - | (C) prepare or have prepared a financial summary identifying |
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1027 | | - | cybersecurity expenditures addressing the findings of the cybersecurity |
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1028 | | - | self-assessment report required in subparagraph (A), excluding |
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1029 | | - | information that might put the data or information resources of the |
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1030 | | - | agency or its contractors at risk and submit such report to the house of |
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1031 | | - | representatives committee on appropriations and the senate committee |
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1032 | | - | on ways and means; and |
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1033 | | - | (9) ensure that if an agency owns, licenses or maintains |
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1034 | | - | computerized data that includes personal information, confidential |
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1035 | | - | information or information, the disclosure of which is regulated by law, |
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1036 | | - | such agency shall, in the event of a breach or suspected breach of |
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1037 | | - | system security or an unauthorized exposure of that information: |
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1038 | | - | (A) Comply with the notification requirements set out in K.S.A. |
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1039 | | - | 2022 Supp. 50-7a01 et seq., and amendments thereto, and applicable |
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1040 | | - | federal laws and rules and regulations, to the same extent as a person |
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1041 | | - | who conducts business in this state; and |
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1042 | | - | (B) not later than 48 hours after the discovery of the breach, |
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1043 | | - | suspected breach or unauthorized exposure, notify: (i) The CISO; and |
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1044 | | - | (ii) if the breach, suspected breach or unauthorized exposure involves |
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1045 | | - | election data, the secretary of state. |
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1046 | | - | (b) The director or head of each state agency shall: |
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1047 | | - | (1) Participate in annual agency leadership training to ensure |
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1048 | | - | understanding of: |
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1049 | | - | (A) The potential impact of common types of cyberattacks and |
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1050 | | - | data breaches on the agency's operations and assets; |
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1051 | | - | (B) how cyberattacks and data breaches on the agency's operations |
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1052 | | - | and assets may impact the operations and assets of other governmental |
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1053 | | - | entities on the state enterprise network; |
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1054 | | - | (C) how cyberattacks and data breaches occur; and |
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1055 | | - | (D) steps to be undertaken by the executive director or agency |
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1056 | | - | head and agency employees to protect their information and |
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1057 | | - | information systems; |
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1058 | | - | (2) ensure that all information technology login credentials are |
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1059 | | - | disabled the same day that any employee ends their employment with |
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1060 | | - | the state; and |
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1061 | | - | (3) require that all employees with access to information |
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1062 | | - | technology receive a minimum of one hour of information technology |
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1063 | | - | security training per year. |
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1064 | | - | (c) (1) The CISO, with input from the joint committee on SENATE BILL No. 106—page 19 |
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1065 | | - | information technology and the joint committee on Kansas security, |
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1066 | | - | shall develop a self-assessment report template for use under |
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1067 | | - | subsection (a)(8)(A). The most recent version of such template shall be |
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1068 | | - | made available to state agencies prior to July 1 of each even-numbered |
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1069 | | - | year. The CISO shall aggregate data from the self-assessments received |
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1070 | | - | under subsection (a)(8)(A) and provide a summary of such data to the |
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1071 | | - | joint committee on information technology and the joint committee on |
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1072 | | - | Kansas security. |
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1073 | | - | (2) Self-assessment reports made to the CISO pursuant to |
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1074 | | - | subsection (a)(8)(A) shall be confidential and shall not be subject to the |
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1075 | | - | provisions of the Kansas open records act, K.S.A. 45-215 et seq., and |
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1076 | | - | amendments thereto. The provisions of this paragraph shall expire on |
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1077 | | - | July 1, 2028, unless the legislature reviews and reenacts this provision |
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1078 | | - | pursuant to K.S.A. 45-229, and amendments thereto, prior to July 1, |
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1079 | | - | 2028. |
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1080 | | - | Sec. 7. K.S.A. 75-7242, as amended by section 16 of 2023 House |
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1081 | | - | Bill No. 2019, is hereby amended to read as follows: 75-7242. |
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1082 | | - | Information collected to effectuate this act shall be considered |
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1083 | | - | confidential by all state and local governmental organizations unless all |
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1084 | | - | data elements or information that specifically identifies a target, |
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1085 | | - | vulnerability or weakness that would place the organization at risk have |
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1086 | | - | been redacted, including: (a) System information logs; (b) vulnerability |
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1087 | | - | reports; (c) risk assessment reports; (d) system security plans; (e) |
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1088 | | - | detailed system design plans; (f) network or system diagrams; and (g) |
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1089 | | - | audit reports. The provisions of this section shall expire on July 1, |
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1090 | | - | 2023, unless the legislature reviews and reenacts this provision |
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1091 | | - | pursuant to K.S.A. 45-229, and amendments thereto, prior to July 1, |
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1092 | | - | 2023. |
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1093 | | - | Sec. 8. K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-3234, as amended by section 72 of |
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1094 | | - | 2023 Senate Bill No. 244, is hereby amended to read as follows: 79- |
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1095 | | - | 3234. (a) All reports and returns required by this act shall be preserved |
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1096 | | - | for three years and thereafter until the director orders them to be |
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1097 | | - | destroyed. |
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1098 | | - | (b) Except in accordance with proper judicial order, or as provided |
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1099 | | - | in subsection (c) or K.S.A. 46-1106(e), 46-1114 or 79-32,153a, and |
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1100 | | - | amendments thereto, it shall be unlawful for the secretary, the director, |
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1101 | | - | any deputy, agent, clerk or other officer, employee or former employee |
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1102 | | - | of the department of revenue or any other state officer or employee or |
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1103 | | - | former state officer or employee to divulge, or to make known in any |
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1104 | | - | way, the amount of income or any particulars set forth or disclosed in |
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1105 | | - | any report, return, federal return or federal return information required |
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1106 | | - | under this act; and it shall be unlawful for the secretary, the director, |
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1107 | | - | any deputy, agent, clerk or other officer or employee engaged in the |
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1108 | | - | administration of this act to engage in the business or profession of tax |
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1109 | | - | accounting or to accept employment, with or without consideration, |
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1110 | | - | from any person, firm or corporation for the purpose, directly or |
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1111 | | - | indirectly, of preparing tax returns or reports required by the laws of the |
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1112 | | - | state of Kansas, by any other state or by the United States government, |
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1113 | | - | or to accept any employment for the purpose of advising, preparing |
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1114 | | - | material or data, or the auditing of books or records to be used in an |
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1115 | | - | effort to defeat or cancel any tax or part thereof that has been assessed |
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1116 | | - | by the state of Kansas, any other state or by the United States |
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1117 | | - | government. |
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1118 | | - | (c) The secretary or the secretary's designee may: |
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1119 | | - | (1) Publish statistics, so classified as to prevent the identification |
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1120 | | - | of particular reports or returns and the items thereof; |
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1121 | | - | (2) allow the inspection of returns by the attorney general or other |
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1122 | | - | legal representatives of the state; |
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1123 | | - | (3) provide the post auditor access to all income tax reports or SENATE BILL No. 106—page 20 |
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1124 | | - | returns in accordance with and subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 46- |
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1125 | | - | 1106(e) or 46-1114, and amendments thereto; |
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1126 | | - | (4) disclose taxpayer information from income tax returns to |
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1127 | | - | persons or entities contracting with the secretary of revenue where the |
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1128 | | - | secretary has determined disclosure of such information is essential for |
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1129 | | - | completion of the contract and has taken appropriate steps to preserve |
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1130 | | - | confidentiality; |
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1131 | | - | (5) disclose to the secretary of commerce the following: (A) |
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1132 | | - | Specific taxpayer information related to financial information |
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1133 | | - | previously submitted by the taxpayer to the secretary of commerce |
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1134 | | - | concerning or relevant to any income tax credits, for purposes of |
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1135 | | - | verification of such information or evaluating the effectiveness of any |
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1136 | | - | tax credit or economic incentive program administered by the secretary |
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1137 | | - | of commerce; (B) the amount of payroll withholding taxes an employer |
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1138 | | - | is retaining pursuant to K.S.A. 74-50,212, and amendments thereto; (C) |
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1139 | | - | information received from businesses completing the form required by |
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1140 | | - | K.S.A. 74-50,217, and amendments thereto; and (D) findings related to |
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1141 | | - | a compliance audit conducted by the department of revenue upon the |
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1142 | | - | request of the secretary of commerce pursuant to K.S.A. 74-50,215, |
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1143 | | - | and amendments thereto; |
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1144 | | - | (6) disclose income tax returns to the state gaming agency to be |
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1145 | | - | used solely for the purpose of determining qualifications of licensees of |
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1146 | | - | and applicants for licensure in tribal gaming. Any information received |
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1147 | | - | by the state gaming agency shall be confidential and shall not be |
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1148 | | - | disclosed except to the executive director, employees of the state |
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1149 | | - | gaming agency and members and employees of the tribal gaming |
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1150 | | - | commission; |
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1151 | | - | (7) disclose the taxpayer's name, last known address and residency |
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1152 | | - | status to the Kansas department of wildlife, and parks and tourism to be |
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1153 | | - | used solely in its license fraud investigations; |
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1154 | | - | (8) disclose the name, residence address, employer or Kansas |
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1155 | | - | adjusted gross income of a taxpayer who may have a duty of support in |
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1156 | | - | a title IV-D case to the secretary of the Kansas department for children |
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1157 | | - | and families for use solely in administrative or judicial proceedings to |
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1158 | | - | establish, modify or enforce such support obligation in a title IV-D |
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1159 | | - | case. In addition to any other limits on use, such use shall be allowed |
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1160 | | - | only where subject to a protective order which prohibits disclosure |
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1161 | | - | outside of the title IV-D proceeding. As used in this section, "title IV-D |
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1162 | | - | case" means a case being administered pursuant to part D of title IV of |
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1163 | | - | the federal social security act, 42 U.S.C. § 651 et seq., and amendments |
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1164 | | - | thereto. Any person receiving any information under the provisions of |
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1165 | | - | this subsection shall be subject to the confidentiality provisions of |
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1166 | | - | subsection (b) and to the penalty provisions of subsection (e); |
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1167 | | - | (9) permit the commissioner of internal revenue of the United |
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1168 | | - | States, or the proper official of any state imposing an income tax, or the |
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1169 | | - | authorized representative of either, to inspect the income tax returns |
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1170 | | - | made under this act and the secretary of revenue may make available or |
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1171 | | - | furnish to the taxing officials of any other state or the commissioner of |
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1172 | | - | internal revenue of the United States or other taxing officials of the |
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1173 | | - | federal government, or their authorized representatives, information |
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1174 | | - | contained in income tax reports or returns or any audit thereof or the |
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1175 | | - | report of any investigation made with respect thereto, filed pursuant to |
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1176 | | - | the income tax laws, as the secretary may consider proper, but such |
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1177 | | - | information shall not be used for any other purpose than that of the |
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1178 | | - | administration of tax laws of such state, the state of Kansas or of the |
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1179 | | - | United States; |
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1180 | | - | (10) communicate to the executive director of the Kansas lottery |
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1181 | | - | information as to whether a person, partnership or corporation is |
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1182 | | - | current in the filing of all applicable tax returns and in the payment of SENATE BILL No. 106—page 21 |
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1183 | | - | all taxes, interest and penalties to the state of Kansas, excluding items |
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1184 | | - | under formal appeal, for the purpose of determining whether such |
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1185 | | - | person, partnership or corporation is eligible to be selected as a lottery |
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1186 | | - | retailer; |
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1187 | | - | (11) communicate to the executive director of the Kansas racing |
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1188 | | - | commission as to whether a person, partnership or corporation has |
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1189 | | - | failed to meet any tax obligation to the state of Kansas for the purpose |
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1190 | | - | of determining whether such person, partnership or corporation is |
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1191 | | - | eligible for a facility owner license or facility manager license pursuant |
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1192 | | - | to the Kansas parimutuel racing act; |
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1193 | | - | (12) provide such information to the executive director of the |
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1194 | | - | Kansas public employees retirement system for the purpose of |
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1195 | | - | determining that certain individuals' reported compensation is in |
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1196 | | - | compliance with the Kansas public employees retirement act, K.S.A. |
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1197 | | - | 74-4901 et seq., and amendments thereto; |
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1198 | | - | (13) (A) provide taxpayer information of persons suspected of |
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1199 | | - | violating K.S.A. 44-766, and amendments thereto, to the secretary of |
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1200 | | - | labor or such secretary's designee for the purpose of determining |
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1201 | | - | compliance by any person with the provisions of K.S.A. 44-703(i)(3) |
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1202 | | - | (D) and 44-766, and amendments thereto. The information to be |
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1203 | | - | provided shall include all relevant information in the possession of the |
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1204 | | - | department of revenue necessary for the secretary of labor to make a |
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1205 | | - | proper determination of compliance with the provisions of K.S.A. 44- |
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1206 | | - | 703(i)(3)(D) and 44-766, and amendments thereto, and to calculate any |
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1207 | | - | unemployment contribution taxes due. Such information to be provided |
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1208 | | - | by the department of revenue shall include, but not be limited to, |
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1209 | | - | withholding tax and payroll information, the identity of any person that |
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1210 | | - | has been or is currently being audited or investigated in connection |
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1211 | | - | with the administration and enforcement of the withholding and |
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1212 | | - | declaration of estimated tax act, K.S.A. 79-3294 et seq., and |
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1213 | | - | amendments thereto, and the results or status of such audit or |
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1214 | | - | investigation; |
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1215 | | - | (B) any person receiving tax information under the provisions of |
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1216 | | - | this paragraph shall be subject to the same duty of confidentiality |
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1217 | | - | imposed by law upon the personnel of the department of revenue and |
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1218 | | - | shall be subject to any civil or criminal penalties imposed by law for |
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1219 | | - | violations of such duty of confidentiality; and |
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1220 | | - | (C) each of the secretary of labor and the secretary of revenue may |
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1221 | | - | adopt rules and regulations necessary to effect the provisions of this |
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1222 | | - | paragraph; |
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1223 | | - | (14) provide such information to the state treasurer for the sole |
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1224 | | - | purpose of carrying out the provisions of K.S.A. 58-3934, and |
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1225 | | - | amendments thereto. Such information shall be limited to current and |
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1226 | | - | prior addresses of taxpayers or associated persons who may have |
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1227 | | - | knowledge as to the location of an owner of unclaimed property. For |
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1228 | | - | the purposes of this paragraph, "associated persons" includes spouses |
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1229 | | - | or dependents listed on income tax returns; |
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1230 | | - | (15) after receipt of information pursuant to subsection (f), |
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1231 | | - | forward such information and provide the following reported Kansas |
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1232 | | - | individual income tax information for each listed defendant, if |
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1233 | | - | available, to the state board of indigents' defense services in an |
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1234 | | - | electronic format and in the manner determined by the secretary: (A) |
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1235 | | - | The defendant's name; (B) social security number; (C) Kansas adjusted |
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1236 | | - | gross income; (D) number of exemptions claimed; and (E) the relevant |
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1237 | | - | tax year of such records. Any social security number provided to the |
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1238 | | - | secretary and the state board of indigents' defense services pursuant to |
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1239 | | - | this section shall remain confidential; and |
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1240 | | - | (16) disclose taxpayer information that is received from income |
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1241 | | - | tax returns to the department of commerce that may be disclosed SENATE BILL No. 106—page 22 |
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1242 | | - | pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 74-50,227, and |
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1243 | | - | amendments thereto, for the purpose of including such information in |
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1244 | | - | the database required by K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 74-50,227, and |
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1245 | | - | amendments thereto. |
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1246 | | - | (d) Any person receiving information under the provisions of |
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1247 | | - | subsection (c) shall be subject to the confidentiality provisions of |
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1248 | | - | subsection (b) and to the penalty provisions of subsection (e). |
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1249 | | - | (e) Any violation of subsection (b) or (c) is a class A nonperson |
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1250 | | - | misdemeanor and, if the offender is an officer or employee of the state, |
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1251 | | - | such officer or employee shall be dismissed from office. |
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1252 | | - | (f) For the purpose of determining whether a defendant is |
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1253 | | - | financially able to employ legal counsel under the provisions of K.S.A. |
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1254 | | - | 22-4504, and amendments thereto, in all felony cases with appointed |
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1255 | | - | counsel where the defendant's social security number is accessible from |
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1256 | | - | the records of the district court, the court shall electronically provide |
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1257 | | - | the defendant's name, social security number, district court case number |
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1258 | | - | and county to the secretary of revenue in the manner and format agreed |
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1259 | | - | to by the office of judicial administration and the secretary. |
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1260 | | - | (g) Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow disclosure |
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1261 | | - | of the amount of income or any particulars set forth or disclosed in any |
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1262 | | - | report, return, federal return or federal return information, where such |
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1263 | | - | disclosure is prohibited by the federal internal revenue code as in effect |
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1264 | | - | on September 1, 1996, and amendments thereto, related federal internal |
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1265 | | - | revenue rules or regulations, or other federal law. |
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1266 | | - | Sec. 9. K.S.A. 8-1103, as amended by section 4 of 2023 House |
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1267 | | - | Bill No. 2147, 25-1122, as amended by section 1 of 2023 House Bill |
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1268 | | - | No. 2053, 25-1122, as amended by section 28 of 2023 Senate Bill No. |
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1269 | | - | 221, 32-837, as amended by section 35 of 2023 House Bill No. 2332, |
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1270 | | - | 32-906, as amended by section 52 of 2023 House Bill No. 2332, 75- |
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1271 | | - | 1253, as amended by section 127 of 2023 House Bill No. 2332, 75- |
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1272 | | - | 7240, as amended by section 15 of 2023 House Bill No. 2019, 75-7240, |
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1273 | | - | as amended by section 8 of 2023 House Bill No. 2395, 75-7242, as |
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1274 | | - | amended by section 16 of 2023 House Bill No. 2019, and 75-7242, as |
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1275 | | - | amended by section 9 of 2023 House Bill No. 2395, and K.S.A. 2022 |
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1276 | | - | Supp. 21-6614, 21-6614i, 25-3009, as amended by section 48 of 2023 |
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1277 | | - | Senate Bill No. 221, 25-3009, as amended by section 3 of 2023 House |
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1278 | | - | Bill No. 2053, 65-4101, 65-4101d, 79-3234, as amended by section 72 |
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1279 | | - | of 2023 Senate Bill No. 244, and 79-3234, as amended by section 141 |
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1280 | | - | of 2023 House Bill No. 2332, are hereby repealed. |
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1281 | | - | Sec. 10. On and after January 1, 2024, K.S.A. 8-1103, as amended |
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1282 | | - | by section 1 of 2023 House Bill No. 2042, is hereby repealed. SENATE BILL No. 106—page 23 |
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1283 | | - | Sec. 11. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its |
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| 27 | + | (2) "Counterfeit supplemental restraint system component" means a |
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| 28 | + | replacement supplemental restraint system component that displays a mark |
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| 30 | + | manufacturer or a supplier of parts to the manufacturer of a motor vehicle |
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| 31 | + | without authorization from that manufacturer or supplier. |
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| 32 | + | (3) "Nonfunctional airbag" means a replacement airbag that: |
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| 37 | + | performed or when ownership is intended to be transferred; |
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| 38 | + | (C) includes a part or object, including a supplemental restraint |
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| 80 | + | (4) "Supplemental restraint system" means a passive inflatable motor |
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| 81 | + | vehicle occupant crash protection system designed for use in conjunction |
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| 82 | + | with active restraint systems as described in 49 C.F.R. § 571.208. A |
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| 84 | + | (A) Each airbag installed in accordance with the motor vehicle |
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| 86 | + | (B) all components required to ensure that an airbag operates as |
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| 88 | + | vehicle safety standards for the specific make, model and year of the motor |
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| 89 | + | vehicle. |
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| 90 | + | (d) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the uniform act |
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