Kansas Statutes 75-766. Public policy concerning prosecuting attorneys; authorizing certain agreements
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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 75-766
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
(a) To promote efficiency in staffing and operations and consistency in enforcement of the criminal law, it is declared to be the public policy of this state that the prosecuting attorneys who bring criminal actions in the name of the state of Kansas, other than county and district attorneys, and the funding therefor should, to the extent practicable, be located in the attorney general’s office under the jurisdiction of the attorney general.
(b) Any state agency may enter into agreements with the attorney general to carry out provisions of this section and Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-765, and amendments thereto.