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2009 Kansas Code
Chapter 20 COURTS
Article 29 NONPARTISAN SELECTION OF JUDGES OF THE DISTRICT COURT
- 20-2901. Proposition of method of selection of judges of district court; submission of proposition on filing of petition or in newly established district.
- 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.
- 20-2903. District judicial nominating commission; establishment; composition; chairperson, appointment, duties; purpose of commission.
- 20-2904. Same; lawyer members; qualifications; selection.
- 20-2905. Same; nonlawyer members; numbers; qualifications; appointments; certification.
- 20-2906. Same; terms of office; members ineligible for certain positions; vacancies.
- 20-2907. Same; oath of members; meetings; meeting place; rules of procedure; quorum; expenses; duties of county commissioners.
- 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.
- 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.
- 20-2910. Same; withdrawal of nomination; substitution of nominee; two or more vacancies, withdrawal of lists of nominations; resubmission of nominations.
- 20-2911. Same; appointment of successor by governor; time limitations; failure of governor to appoint, appointment by chief justice; effective date of appointment.
- 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.
- 20-2913. Same; vacancies prior to formation of nominating commission; new judgeships, appointment and term; return to partisan method.
- 20-2914. Same; vacancies in district magistrate judge positions; method of selection.
- 20-2915. Same; effective date of appointment; eligibility for retention under nonpartisan method.
- 20-2916. Same; method of selection of judges in newly formed districts.
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