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Session of 1999
          HOUSE BILL No. 2555           By Committee on Federal and State Affairs           3-9          

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  9             AN  ACT concerning crimes and punishment; relating to unlawfully dis-
10             arming a law enforcement officer.
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12       Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
13             Section  1. (a) Unlawfully disarming a law enforcement officer is:
14             (1) Taking a weapon, that the officer is authorized by such officer's
15       employer to carry, other than a firearm, from a law enforcement officer
16       without such officer's consent while such officer is engaged in the per-
17       formance of such officer's duty and the person taking the weapon knows
18       or has reason to believe the individual from whom the weapon is taken
19       is a law enforcement officer; or
20             (2) taking a firearm, that the officer is authorized by such officer's
21       employer to carry, from a law enforcement officer without such officer's
22       consent while such officer is engaged in the performance of such officer's
23       duty and the person taking the firearm knows or has reason to believe
24       the individual from whom the firearm is taken is a law enforcement
25       officer.
26             (b) Unlawfully disarming a law enforcement officer as defined in sub-
27       section (a)(1) is a severity 5, person felony. Unlawfully disarming a law
28       enforcement officer as defined in subsection (a)(2) is a severity level 6,
29       person felony.
30             (c) As used in this subsection, law enforcement officer shall have the
31       same meaning ascribed thereto by K.S.A. 74-5602, and amendments
32       thereto.
33             (d) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the Kansas crim-
34       inal code.
35        Sec.  2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
36       publication in the statute book.