2006 Kansas Code - 75-712b

      75-712b.   Same; missing person system. (a) The Kansas bureau of investigation shall establish a missing person system which shall be a central repository of information received by law enforcement agencies in this state relating to persons who have been reported missing or unidentified deceased persons. Such information shall be maintained for the purpose of and in a form enabling comparison of reports of unidentified deceased persons with reports of missing persons.

      (b)   All law enforcement agencies in this state shall report to the missing person system established pursuant to this section all information received relating to missing persons or unidentified deceased persons. Such reports shall be made in accordance with rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this section.

      (c)   The information in the missing person system established pursuant to this section shall be available to all law enforcement agencies in this state, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this section. Such information may also be made available to the federal bureau of investigation, U.S. department of justice, in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this section.

      (d)   The director of the Kansas bureau of investigation may apply for, accept and expend grants, gifts and bequests from any source for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section.

      (e)   The director of the Kansas bureau of investigation shall adopt rules and regulations prescribing:

      (1)   Procedures and forms for reports made to the missing person system established pursuant to this section; and

      (2)   procedures for disseminating information maintained in the missing person system to law enforcement agencies and the federal bureau of investigation as authorized by this section.

      (f)   Any law enforcement agency that willfully fails to make any report required by this section shall be liable to the state for the payment of a civil penalty, recoverable in an action brought by the attorney general, in an amount not exceeding $500 for each report not made. Any civil penalty recovered under this subsection shall be paid into the state general fund.

      History:   L. 1984, ch. 115, § 3; L. 1987, ch. 331, § 2; July 1.