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As Amended by Senate Committee
Session of 2026
SENATE BILL No. 373
By Committee on Judiciary
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AN ACT concerning public utilities; relating to agreements authorizing
law enforcement to install certain equipment on utility poles or other
structures; creating a maximum length of time for such agreements
with exceptions; providing that evidence collected by such equipment
is not admissible in legal proceedings under certain circumstances;
amending K.S.A. 60-5402 and repealing the existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 60-5402 is hereby amended to read as follows: 60-
5402. (a) (1) A public utility shall not permit, allow or enter into an
agreement that authorizes a law enforcement agency to attach, access,
operate, maintain or remove law enforcement equipment on any utility
pole or other structure that is owned or operated by the public utility for
more than 30 60 days unless:
(A) Authorized by a lawfully issued warrant, or court order or
subpoena; or
(B) the utility pole or structure is in a public area zoned for
commercial activity or in any park or recreation area operated by a
municipality as defined in K.S.A, 12-105a, and amendments thereto.
(2) After 30 60 days, if no warrant or court order is issued, any
equipment shall be removed as soon as reasonably possible and any
evidence that is collected by such equipment after such 30 60 days shall
not be admissible in any legal proceeding.
(b) Any public utility that authorizes a law enforcement agency or
enters into an agreement with a law enforcement agency to authorize the
law enforcement agency to attach, access, operate, maintain or remove law
enforcement equipment on any utility pole or other structure that is owned
or operated by the public utility that complies with subsection (a) shall be
immune from liability in any civil action that is based upon or arises from
such authorization or agreement.
(b)(c) As used in this section:
(1) "Law enforcement agency" means a city police department, a
county sheriff's department , or a county police department or the Kansas
bureau of investigation.
(2) "Law enforcement equipment" means any camera. "Law
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enforcement equipment" does not include any nonvideo equipment or
automatic license plate readers that destroy all data within 90 days
unless specific data is retained as part of an open investigation.
(3) "Public utility" means any public utility the same as defined in
K.S.A. 66-104, and amendments thereto, municipally owned or operated
public utility or electric cooperative public utility.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 60-5402 is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
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