(1) Any public or private employer from restricting or prohibiting by personnel policies persons licensed under this act from carrying a concealed weapon while on the premises of the employer's business or while engaged in the duties of the person's employment by the employer, except that no employer may prohibit possession of a firearm in a private means of conveyance, even if parked on the employer's premises; or
(2) any private business or city, county or political subdivision from restricting or prohibiting persons licensed under this act from carrying a concealed weapon within a building or buildings of such entity, provided that the premises are posted, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the attorney general pursuant to this section, as premises where carrying a concealed weapon is prohibited.
(b) (1) Carrying a concealed weapon in violation of any restriction or prohibition allowed by subsection (a), if the premises are posted in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the attorney general, is a class B misdemeanor.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a)(2), it is not a violation of this section for the United States attorney for the district of Kansas, the attorney general, any district attorney or county attorney, any assistant United States attorney if authorized by the United States attorney for the district of Kansas, any assistant attorney general if authorized by the attorney general, or any assistant district attorney or assistant county attorney if authorized by the district attorney or county attorney by whom such assistant is employed, to possess a firearm within any county courthouse or court-related facility, subject to any restrictions or prohibitions imposed in any courtroom by the chief judge of the judicial district. The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to any person not in compliance with K.S.A. 2009 Supp. 75-7c19, and amendments thereto.
(c) The attorney general shall adopt rules and regulations prescribing the location, content, size and other characteristics of signs to be posted on premises where carrying a concealed weapon is prohibited pursuant to subsection (a) of K.S.A. 2009 Supp. 75-7c10 and paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of K.S.A. 2009 Supp. 75-7c11 and amendments thereto.
History: L. 2006, ch. 32, § 11; L. 2006, ch. 210, § 8; L. 2007, ch. 166, § 6; L. 2009, ch. 92, § 6; July 1.