2011 Kansas Code
Chapter 22. - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Article 46. - GENERAL PROVISIONS
22-4607 Same; task force; review of and recommendations on policies and procedures.

22-4607. Same; task force; review of and recommendations on policies and procedures. (a) A 15-member task force on racial profiling shall be appointed by the governor. The task force shall include representatives of the Kansas attorney general's office, the Kansas highway patrol, city and county law enforcement agencies, the Hispanic and Latino American affairs commission, the advisory commission on African-American affairs, the department of revenue, Kansas human rights commission, Kansas district courts, Kansas civil rights advocates and others who can assist in the performance of the functions of the task force.

(b) The governor's task force on racial profiling shall work in partnership with local and state law enforcement agencies to review current policies and make recommendations for future policies and procedures statewide for the full implementation of the provisions of K.S.A. 22-4606 through 22-4611, and amendments thereto. The task force shall hold public hearings and meetings as needed to involve and inform the public on issues related to racial profiling.

(c) On July 1, 2009, the governor shall appoint the membership of the task force. Any person serving as a member of the task force on June 30, 2009, may be reappointed. The terms of members appointed or reappointed to the task force shall expire on July 1, 2011. Vacancies occurring before the expiration of a term shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.

(d) The chairperson of the task force shall be designated by the governor. The task force shall meet at the call of the chairperson at least quarterly or as often as necessary to carry out the functions of the task force.

(e) The staff of the Kansas advisory commission on African-American affairs and the Kansas Hispanic/Latino American affairs commission shall provide administrative support to the task force and its chairperson.

(f) Members of the task force attending a meeting of the task force, or any subcommittee meeting authorized by the task force, shall receive amounts provided for in subsection (e) of K.S.A. 75-3223, and amendments thereto.

(g) The task force shall make a report of its activity to the public each calendar year.

(h) The provisions of this section shall expire on July 1, 2011.