Session of 2000
         
SENATE BILL No. 646
         
By Committee on Ways and Means
         
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10             AN  ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relat-
11             ing to inherently dangerous felonies; amending K.S.A. 21-3436 and
12             repealing the existing section.
13      
14       Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
15             Section  1. K.S.A. 21-3436 is hereby amended to read as follows: 21-
16       3436. (a) Any of the following felonies shall be deemed an inherently
17       dangerous felony whether or not such felony is so distinct from the hom-
18       icide alleged to be a violation of subsection (b) of K.S.A. 21-3401 and
19       amendments thereto as not to be an ingredient of the homicide alleged
20       to be a violation of subsection (b) of K.S.A. 21-3401 and amendments
21       thereto:
22             (1) Kidnapping, as defined in K.S.A. 21-3420 and amendments
23       thereto;
24             (2) aggravated kidnapping, as defined in K.S.A. 21-3421 and amend-
25       ments thereto;
26             (3) robbery, as defined in K.S.A. 21-3426 and amendments thereto;
27             (4) aggravated robbery, as defined in K.S.A. 21-3427 and amend-
28       ments thereto;
29             (5) rape, as defined in K.S.A. 21-3502 and amendments thereto;
30             (6) aggravated criminal sodomy, as defined in K.S.A. 21-3506 and
31       amendments thereto;
32             (7) abuse of a child, as defined in K.S.A. 21-3609 and amendments
33       thereto;
34             (8) felony theft under subsection (a) or (c) of K.S.A. 21-3701 and
35       amendments thereto;
36             (9) burglary, as defined in K.S.A 21-3715 and amendments thereto;
37             (10) aggravated burglary, as defined in K.S.A. 21-3716 and amend-
38       ments thereto;
39             (11) arson, as defined in K.S.A. 21-3718 and amendments thereto;
40             (12) aggravated arson, as defined in K.S.A. 21-3719 and amendments
41       thereto;
42             (13) treason, as defined in K.S.A. 21-3801 and amendments thereto;
43             (14) any felony offense as provided in K.S.A. 65-4127a, 65-4127b or


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  1       65-4159 or K.S.A. 1995 1999 Supp. 65-4160 through 65-4164 and amend-
  2       ments thereto; and
  3             (15) any felony offense as provided in K.S.A. 21-4219 and amend-
  4       ments thereto.; and
  5             (16) felony fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, as provided
  6       in subsections (c)(3) or (c)(4) of K.S.A. 8-1568 and amendments thereto.
  7             (b) Any of the following felonies shall be deemed an inherently dan-
  8       gerous felony only when such felony is so distinct from the homicide
  9       alleged to be a violation of subsection (b) of K.S.A. 21-3401 and amend-
10       ments thereto as to not be an ingredient of the homicide alleged to be a
11       violation of subsection (b) of K.S.A. 21-3401 and amendments thereto:
12             (1) Murder in the first degree, as defined in subsection (a) of K.S.A.
13       21-3401 and amendments thereto;
14             (2) murder in the second degree, as defined in subsection (a) of
15       K.S.A. 21-3402 and amendments thereto;
16             (3) voluntary manslaughter, as defined in subsection (a) of K.S.A. 21-
17       3403 and amendments thereto;
18             (4) aggravated assault, as defined in K.S.A. 21-3410 and amendments
19       thereto;
20             (5) aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer, as defined in
21       K.S.A. 21-3411 and amendments thereto;
22             (6) aggravated battery, as defined in subsection (a)(1) of K.S.A. 21-
23       3414 and amendments thereto; and
24             (7) aggravated battery against a law enforcement officer, as defined
25       in K.S.A. 21-3415 and amendments thereto.
26             (c) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the Kansas crim-
27       inal code. 
28       Sec.  2. K.S.A. 21-3436 is hereby repealed.
29        Sec.  3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
30       publication in the statute book.