2006 Kansas Code - 21-4218

      21-4218.   Unauthorized possession of a firearm on the grounds of or within certain state-owned or leased buildings and county courthouses. (a) Possession of a firearm on the grounds of or in the state capitol building, within the governor's residence, on the grounds of or in any building on the grounds of the governor's residence, within the state office building at 915 Harrison known as the Docking state office building, within the state office building at 900 Jackson known as the Landon state office building, within the Kansas judicial center at 301 West 10th, within any other state-owned or leased building if the secretary of administration has so designated by rules and regulations and conspicuously placed signs clearly stating that firearms are prohibited within such building, and within any county courthouse, unless, by county resolution, the board of county commissioners authorize the possession of a firearm within such courthouse, is possession of a firearm by a person other than a commissioned law enforcement officer, a full-time salaried law enforcement officer of another state or the federal government who is carrying out official duties while in this state, any person summoned by any such officer to assist in making arrests or preserving the peace while actually engaged in assisting such officer or a member of the military of this state or the United States engaged in the performance of duties who brings a firearm into, or possesses a firearm within, the state capitol building, any state legislative office, any office of the governor or office of other state government elected official, any hearing room in which any committee of the state legislature or either house thereof is conducting a hearing, the governor's residence, on the grounds of or in any building on the grounds of the governor's residence or the Landon state office building, Docking state office building, Kansas judicial center, county courthouses unless otherwise allowed, or any other state-owned or leased building, so designated.

      (b)   It is not a violation of this section for the governor, the governor's immediate family, or specifically authorized guests of the governor to possess a firearm within the governor's residence or on the grounds of or in any building on the grounds of the governor's residence.

      (c)   Violation of subsection (a) is a class B nonperson select misdemeanor.

      (d)   This section shall be part of and supplemental to the Kansas criminal code.

      History:   L. 1991, ch. 89, § 1; L. 1992, ch. 298, § 80; L. 1993, ch. 291, § 157; July 1.