§ 20-2902 Application of K.S.A. 20-2903 through 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 a
§ 20-2903 District judicial nominating commission; establishment; composition; chairperson, appointment, duties; purpose of commission
§ 20-2904 Lawyer members; qualifications; selection
§ 20-2905 Nonlawyer members; numbers; qualifications; appointments; certification
§ 20-2906 Terms of office; members ineligible for certain positions; vacancies
§ 20-2907 Oath of members; meetings; meeting place; rules of procedure; quorum; expenses; duties of county commissioners; public body subject to open meetings act
§ 20-2908 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 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 Withdrawal of nomination; substitution of nominee; two or more vacancies, withdrawal of lists of nominations; resubmission of nominations
§ 20-2911 Appointment of successor by governor; time limitations; failure of governor to appoint, appointment by chief justice; effective date of appointment
§ 20-2912 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
§ 20-2913 Vacancies prior to formation of nominating commission; new judgeships, appointment and term; return to partisan method
§ 20-2914 Vacancies in district magistrate judge positions; method of selection
§ 20-2915 Effective date of appointment; eligibility for retention under nonpartisan method
§ 20-2916 Method of selection of judges in newly formed districts
§ 20-2917 Eligibility to nominate or cast ballots for district judicial nominating commission; transmission of roster to secretary of state; open record
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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes > Chapter 20 > Article 29 - Nonpartisan Selection of Judges of the District Court

  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • General election: refers to the election required to be held on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • 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.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business.
  • Residence: means the place which is adopted by a person as the person's place of habitation and to which, whenever the person is absent, the person has the intention of returning. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.