16-10861 Amends Salina Code 25-52 Battery Against an LEO(Summary published in The Salina Journal on SeptemberN , 2016.)
(Published on the City of Salina's website from September 3 to September Z1 , 2016.)
ORDINANCE NUMBER 16-10861
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SALINA CODE SECTION 25-52 PERTAINING TO
BATTERY AGAINST A LACY ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND REPEALING EXISTING
SECTION 25-52.
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BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the City of Salina, Kansas:
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Q Section 1. Amendment. Section 25-52 of the Salina Code is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 25-52. Battery Against a Law Enforcement Officer.
(a) Battery against a law enforcement officer is a battery, as defined in Section 25.51 of this
article, committed against a:
(1) Uniformed or properly identified university or campus police officer while such officer
is engaged in the performance of such officer's duty;
(2) Uniformed or properly identified state, county, or city law enforcement officer, other
than a state correctional officer or employee, a city or county correctional officer or
employee, or a juvenile detention facility officer, or employee, while such officer is
engaged in the performance of such officer's duty;
(3) Judge, while such judge is engaged in the performance of such judge's duty;
(4) Attorney, while such attorney is engaged in the performance of such attorney's duty: or
(5) Community corrections officer or court services officer, while such officer is engaged in
the performance of such officer's duty;
(b) As used in this section:
(1) Judge means a duly elected or appointed justice of the supreme court, judge of the court
of appeals, judge of any district court of Kansas, district magistrate judge or municipal
court judge:
(2) Attorney means a (A) City attorney, assistant city attorney, city prosecutor, assistant city
prosecutor, county attomey, assistant county attorney, special assistant county attorney,
district attorney, assistant district attorney, special assistant district attomev. attorney
general, assistant attorney general or special assistant attorney general; and (B) public
defender, assistant public defender, contract counsel for the state board of indigents'
defense services or an attorney who is appointed by the court to perform services for an
indigent person as provided by article 45 of chapter 22 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated
and amendments thereto;
(3) Community Corrections Officer means an employee of a community correctional
services program responsible for supervision of adults or juveniles as assigned by the
court to community corrections supervision and any other employee of a community
correctional services program that provides enhanced supervision of offenders such as
house arrest and surveillance programs: and
(4) Court Services Officer means an employee of the Kansas judicial branch or local
judicial district responsible for supervising, monitoring or writing reports relating to
adults or juveniles as assigned by the court, or performing related duties as assigned by
the court. (K.S.A. Supp. 21-5413)
Battery against a law enforcement officer is a Class A violation.
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Section 2. Repealer. Existing Salina Code Section 25-52 is repealed.
Section 3. Effective. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption
and publication once in the official city newspaper by the following summary.
Ordinance No. 16-10861 Summary
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On September 12, 2016, the City of Salina, Kansas. passed Ordinance No. 16-10861. The
g ordinance amends the Salina Code Sec. 25-52 pertaining to Battery . Against a Law
Enforcement Officer and repeals the existing section. A complete copy of the ordinance is
available at %vx w.salina-ks.aov or in the office of the city clerk, 300 W. Ash Street, free of
charge. This summary is certified by the city attorney
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ATTEST: �
Shan Wicks, City Clerk
Certification of Publication Summary:
Attorney
Introduced: September 12, 2016