Kansas Statutes 12-16,134. Knives and knife making components; regulation by municipality, limitations
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 12-16,134
- Devise: To gift property by will.
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- Municipality: means any city, county or other political or taxing subdivision of the state. See Kansas Statutes 12-1677d
(a) A municipality shall not enact or enforce any ordinance, resolution, regulation or tax relating to the transportation, possession, carrying, sale, transfer, purchase, gift, devise, licensing, registration or use of a knife or knife making components.
(b) A municipality shall not enact or enforce any ordinance, resolution or regulation relating to the manufacture of a knife that is more restrictive than any such ordinance, resolution or regulation relating to the manufacture of any other commercial goods.
(c) Any ordinance, resolution or regulation prohibited by either subsection (a) or (b) that was adopted prior to July 1, 2014, shall be null and void.
(d) No action shall be commenced or prosecuted against any individual for a violation of any ordinance, resolution or regulation that is prohibited by either subsection (a) or (b) and which was adopted prior to July 1, 2014, if such violation occurred on or after July 1, 2013.
(e) As used in this section:
(1) “Knife” means a cutting instrument and includes a sharpened or pointed blade.
(2) “Municipality” has the same meaning as defined in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-6102, and amendments thereto, but shall not include unified school districts, jails, as defined in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 38-2302, and amendments thereto, or juvenile correctional facilities, as defined in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 38-2302, and amendments thereto.