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 9  AN ACT concerning the Kansas civil service act; relating to certain state
10    officers and employees in the classified and unclassified service there-
11    under; concerning the state board of indigents' defense services;
12    amending K.S.A. 22-4524 and repealing the existing section.
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14  Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
15    Section 1.  K.S.A. 22-4524 is hereby amended to read as follows: 22-
16  4524. (a) There is hereby created the position of state director of indi-
17  gents' defense services. The director shall be in the unclassified service
18  under the Kansas civil service act, shall be appointed by the state board
19  of indigents' defense services and shall devote full time to the perform-
20  ance of the duties of the office of director.
21    (b)  The state director of indigents' defense services, the assistant di-
22  rector, mitigation specialists and all attorneys appointed or employed by
23  the state board of indigents' defense services shall be in the unclassified
24  service under the Kansas civil service act. All other officers and employees
25  of the board shall be in the classified service.
26    (c)  Each person who has been employed continuously for at least the
27  six-month period immediately prior to the effective date of this act who
28  is an officer or employee of the board, which is placed in the classified
29  service under the Kansas civil service act by this act, shall continue in
30  such position and shall attain permanent status in that classified position
31  without examination and without a probationary period. Such person shall
32  retain all retirement benefits earned prior to the effective date of this act
33  and such person's service shall be deemed to have been continuous.
34    Sec. 2.  K.S.A. 22-4524 is hereby repealed.
35    Sec. 3.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
36  publication in the statute book.