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house bill No. 2155 An Act concerning sheriffs; relating to liability; specifying that sheriffs have liability for official acts related to charge and custody of jails; amending K.S.A. 19-811 and repealing the existing section. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: Section 1. K.S.A. 19-811 is hereby amended to read as follows: 19-811. The sheriff shall have the charge and custody of the jail of his the sheriff's county, and all the prisoners in the same such jail, and shall keep such jail himself personally, or by his a deputy or jailer, for whose acts he and his sureties official acts the sheriff and sureties of the sheriff shall be liable. Sec. 2. K.S.A. 19-811 is hereby repealed. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Kansas register. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • I hereby certify that the above Bill originated in the House, and passed that body House concurred in Senate amendments Speaker of the House. Chief Clerk of the House. Passed the Senate as amended President of the Senate. Secretary of the Senate. Approved ________________________________________ Governor.
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