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          Session of 1998
                    SENATE BILL No. 583           By Committee on Judiciary           2-3             9             AN ACT concerning crimes and punishment; relating to lewd and lasciv-
10             ious behavior; amending K.S.A. 21-3508 and repealing the existing
11             section.
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13       Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
14           Section 1. K.S.A. 21-3508 is hereby amended to read as follows:
15       21-3508. (a) Lewd and lascivious behavior is:
16           (1) Publicly engaging in otherwise lawful sexual intercourse or sod-
17       omy with knowledge or reasonable anticipation that the participants are
18       being viewed by others; or
19           (2) publicly exposing a sex organ or exposing a sex organ in the pres-
20       ence of a person who is not the spouse of the offender and who has not
21       consented thereto, with intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desires of
22       the offender or another.
23           (b) (1) Lewd and lascivious behavior if committed in the presence of
24       a person 16 or more years of age is a class B nonperson misdemeanor.
25           (2) Lewd and lascivious behavior if committed in the presence of a
26       person under 16 years of age is a severity level 9, person felony.
27           Sec. 2. K.S.A. 21-3508 is hereby repealed.
28           Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
29       publication in the statute book.
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