Opinion ID: 2508417
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Heading: Constitutionality of K.S.A. 2003 Supp. 60-31a01 et seq.

Text: Martens contends that K.S.A. 2003 Supp. 60-31a01 et seq., is both unconstitutionally vague on its face and overbroad. He also contends that the Act, specifically K.S.A. 2003 Supp. 60-31a02, is vague as applied to him, but that issue has been dismissed by this court as moot. Whether a statute is unconstitutionally vague or overbroad is a question of law over which this court has unlimited review. The constitutionality of a statute is presumed. All doubts must be resolved in favor of its validity, and before the act may be stricken down it must clearly appear that the statute violates the constitution. In determining constitutionality, it is the court's duty to uphold a statute under attack rather than defeat it. If there is any reasonable way to construe the statute as constitutionally valid, that should be done. A statute should not be stricken down unless the infringement of the superior law is clear beyond reasonable doubt. State v. Whitesell, 270 Kan. 259, Syl. ¶ 1, 13 P.3d 887 (2000).