Statute 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 A 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;
L. 2006, ch. 210, § 10; July 1.