(a) Illegal ownership or keeping of an animal is, with no requirement of a culpable mental state, owning, or keeping on one’s premises, an animal by a person convicted of unlawful conduct of dog fighting as defined in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-6414, and amendments thereto, or cruelty to animals as defined in subsection (a)(1) of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-6412, and amendments thereto, within five years of the date of such conviction.

(b) Illegal ownership or keeping of an animal is a class B nonperson misdemeanor.