§ 12-4419 — Defendants under 21 years, drug and alcohol evaluations

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), if a diversion agreement between a city attorney and a defendant is entered into in lieu of further criminal proceedings alleging a violation by the defendant, while under 21 years of age, of an ordinance prohibiting an act prohibited by K.S.A. 21-5701 through 21-5717, and amendments thereto, or K.S.A. 41-719, 41-727, 41-804, 41-2719 or 41-2720, and amendments thereto, the agreement shall require the defendant to submit to and complete an alcohol and drug evaluation by a community-based alcohol and drug safety action program certified pursuant to K.S.A. 8-1008, and amendments thereto, and to pay a fee not to exceed the fee established by that statute for such evaluation. If the city attorney finds that the defendant is indigent, the fee may be waived.
(b) If the defendant is 18 or more years of age but less than 21 years of age and allegedly committed a violation of K.S.A. 41-727, and amendments thereto, involving cereal malt beverage, the provisions of subsection (a) are permissive and not mandatory.

Legislative History

L. 1989, ch. 95, § 2; L. 2009, ch. 32, § 21; July 1.