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AN ACT concerning crimes and punishment; relating to furnishing cereal
  malt beverage to a minor; amending K.S.A. 21-3610a and repealing
  the existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
  Section 1.  K.S.A. 21-3610a is hereby amended to read as follows: 21-
3610a. (a) Furnishing cereal malt beverage to a minor is buying for or
selling, giving or furnishing, whether directly or indirectly, any cereal malt
beverage to any person under the legal age for consumption of cereal
malt beverage.
  (b)  Furnishing cereal malt beverage to a minor is a class B person
misdemeanor for which the minimum fine is $200.
  (c)  This section shall not apply to the furnishing of cereal malt bev-
erage by a parent or legal guardian to such parent's child or such guar-
dian's ward, except if such cereal malt beverage is furnished to such child
or ward on or to be consumed upon any public property of a governmental
entity or at any event or activity open to the general public.
  (d)  It shall be a defense to a prosecution under this section if: (1) The
defendant is a licensed retailer, or an employee thereof; (2) the defendant
sold the cereal malt beverage to the person with reasonable cause to
believe that such person was of legal age for consumption of cereal malt
beverage; and (3) to purchase the cereal malt beverage, the person ex-
hibited to the defendant a driver's license, Kansas nondriver's identifi-
cation card or other official or apparently official document containing a
photograph of the minor and purporting to establish that such person was
of legal age for consumption of cereal malt beverage.
  (e)  As used in this section, ``cereal:
  (1)  ``Cereal malt beverage'',,'' ``retailer'' and ``legal age for consump-
tion of cereal malt beverage'' have the meanings provided by K.S.A. 41-
2701 and amendments thereto; and
  (2)  ``governmental entity'' shall have the meaning provided by K.S.A.
75-6102, and amendments thereto.
  (f)  This section shall be part of and supplemental to the Kansas crim-
inal code.
  Sec. 2.  K.S.A. 21-3610a is hereby repealed.
  Sec. 3.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.