20-2901. Proposition of method of selection of judges of district court; submission of proposition on filing of petition or in newly established district. (a) The proposition of the method of selecting judges of the district court shall be submitted to the qualified electors in each judicial district, as authorized by section 6 of article 3 […]
20-2902. Application of 20-2903 to 20-2913 to judicial districts adopting proposition of nonpartisan selection of judges of the district court, judicial district defined; effect on terms of incumbent judges; constitutional restriction on political activities; removal. (a) The provisions of K.S.A. 20-2903 to 20-2913, inclusive, and amendments thereto, shall apply only in judicial districts in which […]
20-2903. District judicial nominating commission; establishment; composition; chairperson, appointment, duties; purpose of commission. (a) There is hereby established in each judicial district a district judicial nominating commission, which shall consist of an equal number of lawyers and non-lawyers. The lawyer members of each nominating commission shall be elected as provided in K.S.A. 20-2904, and the […]
20-2904. Same; lawyer members; qualifications; selection. (a) Lawyer members of the district judicial nominating commission shall be elected pursuant to this section. The clerk of the supreme court shall use the certified roster of attorneys licensed to practice law in Kansas, as provided to the secretary of state pursuant to K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 20-2917, and […]
20-2905. Same; nonlawyer members; numbers; qualifications; appointments; certification. (a) The appointments of nonlawyer members of a district judicial nominating commission shall be made as follows: (1) In a judicial district consisting of a single county, each member of the board of county commissioners of such county shall appoint one nonlawyer to serve as a member […]
20-2906. Same; terms of office; members ineligible for certain positions; vacancies. (a) All members of the district judicial nominating commission who are elected or appointed to full terms of office shall commence their terms of office on the first Monday in March following their election or appointment, and shall serve for terms of four years, […]
20-2907. Same; oath of members; meetings; meeting place; rules of procedure; quorum; expenses; duties of county commissioners; public body subject to open meetings act. (a) Prior to taking office, each member of a district judicial nominating commission shall take and subscribe an oath of office as provided by law for public officers, and shall file […]
20-2908. Same; retention of incumbent judge; declaration of candidacy; rejection by electors, vacancy; retention, term of office; eligibility for office after rejection; applicability of election laws. Following the approval of nonpartisan selection of judges of the district court in a judicial district as provided in K.S.A. 20-2901, and amendments thereto, there shall not be an […]
20-2909. Same; vacancy in office of judge of the district court; nominations for successor by district judicial nominating commission; tendering nominations; certification of nominations to governor; time limitations. (a) (1) Whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of judge of the district court in any judicial district, or whenever a vacancy will occur in such […]
20-2910. Same; withdrawal of nomination; substitution of nominee; two or more vacancies, withdrawal of lists of nominations; resubmission of nominations. After a district judicial nominating commission has nominated and submitted to the governor the required number of nominees for appointment to fill a vacancy in the office of judge of the district court, and prior […]
20-2911. Same; appointment of successor by governor; time limitations; failure of governor to appoint, appointment by chief justice; effective date of appointment. (a) Whenever a district judicial nominating commission has submitted to the governor the required number of nominations for appointment to fill a vacancy in the office of judge of the district court, it […]
20-2912. Same; taking office; rights, privileges, powers and duties; terms of office, eligibility for retention in office; election on question of retention; term for which retained; rejection, vacancy, appointment of successor; judge’s eligibility to succeed himself or herself; failure to declare candidacy, vacancy. Any person appointed to the office of district court judge pursuant to […]
20-2913. Same; vacancies prior to formation of nominating commission; new judgeships, appointment and term; return to partisan method. (a) If a vacancy occurs in the office of judge of the district court in a judicial district, subsequent to the general election at which the nonpartisan method of selection of judges of the district court was […]
20-2914. Same; vacancies in district magistrate judge positions; method of selection. (a) Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office of district magistrate judge in any judicial district which has approved the proposition of nonpartisan selection of district court judges, or whenever a vacancy will occur in such office on a specified future date, the […]
20-2915. Same; effective date of appointment; eligibility for retention under nonpartisan method. (a) Whenever a vacancy in the office of district magistrate judge exists at the time the appointment to fill such vacancy is made as provided in K.S.A. 20-2914, and amendments thereto, the appointment shall be effective as of the official appointment date set […]
20-2916. Same; method of selection of judges in newly formed districts. (a) Whenever a new judicial district is established which includes only a part of a single previously established district or all or parts of two or more previously established districts which used the same method of selecting judges for the districts, the new district […]
20-2917. Eligibility to nominate or cast ballots for district judicial nominating commission; transmission of roster to secretary of state; open record. (a) Only attorneys licensed to practice law in Kansas and residing in the judicial district on or before the 15th day of November preceding the election of a lawyer member of the district judicial […]
