22-4519. State board of indigents’ defense services; appointment and terms; qualifications.
(a) There is hereby created within the executive branch of state government the state board of indigents’ defense services, which shall consist of nine members appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by the senate as provided in K.S.A. 75-4315b, and amendments thereto. Except as provided by K.S.A. 46-2601, no person appointed to the commission [board] shall exercise any power, duty or function as a member of the commission until confirmed by the senate.
(b) The terms of members who are serving on the board on the effective date of this act shall expire on January 15, of the year in which such member’s term would have expired under the provisions of this section prior to amendment by this act. Thereafter, all appointments shall be for terms of three years and until their successors are appointed and confirmed.
(c) Of the nine members of the board, there shall be:
(1) Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4315c, and amendments thereto, two members from the first congressional district, of whom one shall be a lawyer registered with the Kansas supreme court, and at least one member from each other congressional district in the state;
(2) at least one member from each county in the state having a population in excess of 100,000, who shall be a lawyer registered with the Kansas supreme court, but not more than five members from such counties; and
(3) five members who are lawyers registered with the Kansas supreme court and four members who are not lawyers.
(d) No more than five members of the board shall be from the same political party.
(e) No member of the board shall be, or shall be employed by, a judicial officer or a law enforcement officer and no member of the board shall be an employee of the board.
(f) Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which such member’s predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of such term.
(g) No member of the board shall serve more than two consecutive three-year terms.
History: L. 1982, ch. 142, § 1; L. 1992, ch. 262, § 3; L. 1995, ch. 241, § 4; July 1.