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10  AN ACT concerning crimes and punishments; defining and classifying
11    the crime of aggravated criminal threat[; relating to giving a false
12    alarm; amending K.S.A. 21-4110 and repealing the existing
13    section].
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15  Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
16    Section 1.  (a) Aggravated criminal threat is the commission of one
17  or more crimes of criminal threat, as defined in K.S.A. 21-3419 and
18  amendments thereto, when a public, commercial or industrial building[,
19  place of assembly or facility of transportation] is evacuated as a result
20  of the threat or threats.
21    (b)  Aggravated criminal threat is a severity level 6, person felony
22  when the loss of productivity measured by the total wages and salaries of
23  all persons evacuated as a result of the threat or threats for the period of
24  evacuation is less than $500.
25    (c)  Aggravated criminal threat is a severity level 5, person felony when
26  the loss of productivity measured by the total wages and salaries of all
27  persons evacuated as a result of the threat or threats for the period of
28  evacuation is at least $500 but less than $25,000.
29    (d)  Aggravated criminal threat is a severity level 4, person felony
30  when the loss of productivity measured by the total wages and salaries of
31  all persons evacuated as a result of the threat or threats for the period of
32  evacuation equals or exceeds $25,000.
33    [Sec. 2.  K.S.A. 21-4110 is hereby amended to read as follows:
34  21-4110. (a) Giving a false alarm is:
35    [(1)  Initiating or circulating a report or warning of an impending
36  bombing or other crime or catastrophe, knowing that the report or warn-
37  ing is baseless and under such circumstances that it is likely to cause
38  evacuation of a building, place of assembly or facility of public transport
39  or to cause public inconvenience or alarm;
40    [(2) (1)  transmitting in any manner to the fire department of
41  any city, township or other municipality a false alarm of fire, know-
42  ing at the time of such transmission that there is no reasonable
43  ground for believing that such fire exists; or
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 1    [(3) (2)  making a call in any manner for emergency service as-
 2  sistance including police, fire, medical or other emergency service
 3  provided under K.S.A. 12-5301 et seq., and amendments thereto,
 4  knowing at the time of such call that there is no reasonable ground
 5  for believing such assistance is needed.
 6    [(b)  Giving a false alarm is a class A nonperson misdemeanor.
 7    [Sec. 3.  K.S.A. 21-4110 is hereby repealed.]
 8    Sec. 2. [4.]  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after
 9  its publication in the Kansas register.