Attorney General Opinion No.

Robert B. Davenport, Director Kansas Bureau of Investigation 1620 Tyler Topeka, Kansas 66612-1837

Dear Director Davenport:

You request our opinion regarding the application of new section 83 of chapter 298 of the 1992 session laws. Specifically you question whether the new fee created by this section may be assessed in cases where the criminal offense occurred prior to the effective date of the provision.

New section 83 provides in part:

"(a) Any person convicted or diverted, pursuant to K.S.A. 22-2906 et seq., and amendments thereto, of a misdemeanor or felony contained in chapters 21 or 65 of…