2015 Kansas Statutes
Chapter 21 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
Article 62 CRIMES AGAINST THE PUBLIC PEACE
21-6204 Maintaining a public nuisance; permitting a public nuisance; reports.
21-6204. Maintaining a public nuisance; permitting a public nuisance; reports. (a) Maintaining a public nuisance is knowingly causing or permitting a condition to exist which injures or endangers the public health, safety or welfare.
(b) Permitting a public nuisance is knowingly permitting property under the control of the offender to be used to maintain a public nuisance, as defined in subsection (a).
(c) Maintaining a public nuisance or permitting a public nuisance is a class C misdemeanor.
(d) (1) Upon a conviction of a violation this section for maintaining a public nuisance or permitting a public nuisance on the premises of a club or drinking establishment licensed under the club and drinking establishment act, the court shall report such conviction to the director of alcoholic beverage control.
(2) Upon a conviction of a violation of this section for maintaining a public nuisance or permitting a public nuisance on the premises of a retailer licensed under K.S.A. 41-2701 et seq., and amendments thereto, the court shall report such conviction to the governing body of the city or county which issued the license.
History: L. 2010, ch. 136, § 182; July 1, 2011.
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