Session of 1998
                   
HOUSE BILL No. 2751
         
By Committee on Judiciary
         
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            9             AN ACT concerning crimes and punishment; relating to a child's mis-
10             conduct; amending K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 21-3612 and repealing the ex-
11             isting section.
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13       Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
14           Section 1. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 21-3612 is hereby amended to read as
15       follows: 21-3612. (a) Contributing to a child's misconduct or deprivation
16       is:
17           (1) Causing or encouraging a child under 18 years of age to become
18       or remain a child in need of care as defined by the Kansas code for care
19       of children;
20           (2) causing or encouraging a child under 18 years of age to commit
21       a traffic infraction or an act which, if committed by an adult, would be a
22       misdemeanor or to violate the provisions of K.S.A. 41-727 or subsection
23       (j) of K.S.A. 74-8810 and amendments thereto;
24           (3) failure to reveal, upon inquiry by a uniformed or properly iden-
25       tified law enforcement officer engaged in the performance of such offi-
26       cer's duty or by such runaway's parent or other custodian, any informa-
27       tion one has regarding a runaway, with intent to aid the runaway in
28       avoiding detection or apprehension;
29           (4) sheltering or concealing a runaway with intent to aid the runaway
30       in avoiding detection or apprehension by law enforcement officers or by
31       such runaway's parent or other custodian;
32           (5) causing or encouraging a child under 18 years of age to commit
33       an act which, if committed by an adult, would be a felony; or
34           (6) causing or encouraging a child to violate the terms or conditions
35       of the child's probation or conditional release pursuant to subsection
36       (a)(1) of K.S.A. 38-1663, and amendments thereto.
37           Contributing to a child's misconduct or deprivation as described in
38       subsection (a)(1), (2), (3) or (6) is a class A nonperson misdemeanor.
39       Contributing to a child's misconduct or deprivation as described in sub-
40       section (a)(4) is a severity level 8, person felony. Contributing to a child's
41       misconduct or deprivation as described in subsection (a)(5) is a severity
42       level 7, person felony.
43           (b) A person may be found guilty of contributing to a child's miscon-

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  1       duct or deprivation even though no prosecution of the child whose mis-
  2       conduct or deprivation the defendant caused or encouraged has been
  3       commenced pursuant to the Kansas code for care of children, Kansas
  4       juvenile justice code or Kansas criminal code.
  5           (c) As used in this section, ``runaway'' means a child under 18 years
  6       of age who is willfully and voluntarily absent from:
  7           (1) The child's home without the consent of the child's parent or
  8       other custodian; or
  9           (2) a court ordered or designated placement, or a placement pursuant
10       to court order, if the absence is without the consent of the person with
11       whom the child is placed or, if the child is placed in a facility, without
12       the consent of the person in charge of such facility or such person's des-
13       ignee.
14           (d) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the Kansas crim-
15       inal code.
16           Sec. 2. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 21-3612 is hereby repealed.
17           Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
18       publication in the statute book.
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