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Session of 1999
          HOUSE BILL No. 2302           By Committee on Judiciary           2-5          

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  9             AN  ACT concerning crimes, criminal procedure and punishment; relat-
10             ing to aggravated battery; amending K.S.A. 21-3414 and repealing the
11             existing section.
12      
13       Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
14             Section  1.  K.S.A. 21-3414 is hereby amended to read as follows: 21-
15       3414. (a) Aggravated battery is:
16             (1) (A)   Intentionally causing great bodily harm to another person or
17       disfigurement of another person; or
18             (B)   intentionally causing bodily harm to another person with a deadly
19       weapon, or in any manner whereby great bodily harm, disfigurement or
20       death can be inflicted; or
21             (C)   intentionally causing physical contact with another person when
22       done in a rude, insulting or angry manner with a deadly weapon, or in
23       any manner whereby great bodily harm, disfigurement or death can be
24       inflicted; or
25             (2) (A)   recklessly causing great bodily harm to another person or
26       disfigurement of another person; or
27             (B)   recklessly causing bodily harm to another person with a deadly
28       weapon, or in any manner whereby great bodily harm, disfigurement or
29       death can be inflicted.;
30             (3) (A)   unintentionally causing great bodily harm to another person
31       or disfigurement of another person which is done while committing or
32       attempting to commit a violation of K.S.A. 8-1567, and amendments
33       thereto; or
34             (B)   unintentionally causing bodily harm to another person whereby
35       great bodily harm, disfigurement or death can be inflicted which is done
36       while committing or attempting to commit a violation of K.S.A. 8-1567,
37       and amendments thereto; or
38             (C)   unintentionally causing bodily harm to another person which is
39       done while committing or attempting to commit a violation of K.S.A. 8-
40       1567, and amendments thereto.
41             (b)   Aggravated battery as described in subsection (a)(1)(A) is a se-
42       verity level 4, person felony. Aggravated battery as described in subsec-
43       tions (a)(1)(B) and (a)(1)(C) is a severity level 7, person felony. Aggravated
44       battery as described in subsection (a)(2)(A) is a severity level 5, person
45       felony. Aggravated battery as described in subsection (a)(2)(B) is a sever-
46       ity level 8, person felony. Aggravated battery as described in subsection
47       (a)(3)(A) is a severity level 6, person felony. Aggravated battery as de-
48       scribed in subsection (a)(3)(B) is a severity level 9, person felony. Aggra-
49       vated battery as described in subsection (a)(3)(C) is a class A misde-
50       meanor. A person convicted of aggravated battery shall be subject to the
51       provisions of subsection (h) of K.S.A. 21-4704 and amendments thereto.
52             Sec.  2. K.S.A. 21-3414 is hereby repealed.
53             Sec.  3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
54       publication in the statute book.