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      21-3610.   Furnishing alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage to a minor. (a) Furnishing alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage to a minor is directly or indirectly, selling to, buying for, giving or furnishing any alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage to any minor.

      (b)   Furnishing alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage to a minor is a class B person misdemeanor for which the minimum fine is $200.

      (c)   As used in this section, terms have the meanings provided by K.S.A. 41-102, 41-2601 and 41-2701, and amendments thereto.

      (d)   It shall be a defense to a prosecution under this section if: (1) The defendant is a licensed retailer, club, drinking establishment or caterer or holds a temporary permit, or an employee thereof; (2) the defendant sold the alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage to the minor with reasonable cause to believe that the minor was 21 or more years of age or of legal age for the consumption of alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage; and (3) to purchase the alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage, the person exhibited to the defendant a driver's license, Kansas nondriver's identification card or other official or apparently official document, containing a photograph of the minor and purporting to establish that such minor was 21 or more years of age or of legal age for the consumption of alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage.

      (e)   This section shall not apply to the furnishing of cereal malt beverage by a parent or legal guardian to such parent's child or such guardian's ward when such furnishing is permitted and supervised by the child or ward's parent or legal guardian.

      History:   L. 1969, ch. 180, § 21-3610; L. 1988, ch. 165, § 7; L. 1989, ch. 91, § 1; L. 1993, ch. 173, § 1; L. 2001, ch. 189, § 1; L. 2002, ch. 26, § 1; L. 2004, ch. 94, § 1; July 1.