Session of 1998
                   
SENATE BILL No. 553
         
By Committee on Judiciary
         
1-30
            9             AN ACT concerning judges; relating to administrative judges; amending
10             K.S.A. 19-204a, 19-15,123, 19-4705, 19-4737, 19-4809, 19-4810, 19-
11             4811, 20-158, 20-159, 20-163, 20-310a, 20-311d, 20-319, 20-329, 20-
12             335, 20-343, 20-345, 20-347, 20-349, 20-350, 20-357, 20-365, 20-438,
13             20-3013, 22-2804, 22-2807, 22-3101, 22-3609, 22-3708, 22-4009, 23-
14             494, 23-499, 23-4,118, 23-701, 38-555, 38-1812, 39-1702, 59-2402, 59-
15             2402a, 59-2402b, 59-2402d, 59-2408, 60-465a, 60-2601a, 60-3502,
16             60-3503, 60-3505, 61-1720, 61-1724, 61-2103, 61-2709, 65-205,
17             65-4901, 65-4902, 65-4904, 74-2434, 75-3120g, 75-5297, 75-52,110,
18             79-1494 and 79-2804 and K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 8-1008, 12-4509, 20-302b,
19             21-4502, 22-3609a, 23-496, 23-497, 23-498, 38-1808, 44-555c and
20             72-8906 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 1997
21             Supp. 20-302c.
22            
23       Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
24           Section 1. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 8-1008 is hereby amended to read as
25       follows: 8-1008. (a) Community-based alcohol and drug safety action pro-
26       grams certified in accordance with subsection (b) shall provide:
27           (1) Presentence alcohol and drug evaluations of any person who is
28       convicted of a violation of K.S.A. 8-1567 and amendments thereto, or the
29       ordinance of a city in this state which prohibits the acts prohibited by that
30       statute;
31           (2) supervision and monitoring of all persons who are convicted of a
32       violation of K.S.A. 8-1567 and amendments thereto, or the ordinance of
33       a city in this state which prohibits the acts prohibited by that statute, and
34       whose sentences or terms of probation require completion of an alcohol
35       and drug safety action program, as provided in this section, or an alcohol
36       and drug abuse treatment program, as provided in this section;
37           (3) alcohol and drug evaluations of persons whom the prosecutor con-
38       siders for eligibility or finds eligible to enter a diversion agreement in lieu
39       of further criminal proceedings on a complaint alleging a violation of
40       K.S.A. 8-1567 and amendments thereto, or the ordinance of a city in this
41       state which prohibits the acts prohibited by that statute;
42           (4) supervision and monitoring of persons required, under a diversion
43       agreement in lieu of further criminal proceedings on a complaint alleging

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  1       a violation of K.S.A. 8-1567 and amendments thereto, or the ordinance
  2       of a city in this state which prohibits the acts prohibited by that statute,
  3       to complete an alcohol and drug safety action program, as provided in
  4       this section, or an alcohol and drug abuse treatment program, as provided
  5       in this section; or
  6           (5) any combination of (1), (2), (3) and (4).
  7           (b) The presentence alcohol and drug evaluation shall be conducted
  8       by a community-based alcohol and drug safety action program certified
  9       in accordance with the provisions of this subsection to provide evaluation
10       and supervision services as described in subsections (c) and (d). A com-
11       munity-based alcohol and drug safety action program shall be certified
12       either by the administrative chief judge of the judicial district to be served
13       by the program or by the secretary of social and rehabilitation services
14       for judicial districts in which the administrative chief judge declines to
15       certify a program. In addition to any qualifications established by the
16       secretary, the administrative chief judge may establish qualifications for
17       the certification of programs, which qualifications may include require-
18       ments for training, education and certification of personnel; supervision
19       and monitoring of clients; fee reimbursement procedures; handling of
20       conflicts of interest; delivery of services to clients unable to pay; and other
21       matters relating to quality and delivery of services by the program. In
22       establishing the qualifications for programs, the administrative chief judge
23       or the secretary shall give preference to those programs which have had
24       practical experience prior to July 1, 1982, in diagnosis and referral in
25       alcohol and drug abuse. Certification of a program by the administrative
26       chief judge shall be done with consultation and approval of a majority of
27       the judges of the district court of the district and municipal judges of
28       cities lying in whole or in part within the district. If within 60 days after
29       the effective date of this act the administrative chief judge declines to
30       certify any program for the judicial district, the judge shall notify the
31       secretary of social and rehabilitation services, and the secretary of social
32       and rehabilitation services shall certify a community-based alcohol and
33       drug safety action program for that judicial district. The certification shall
34       be for a four-year period. Recertification of a program or certification of
35       a different program shall be by the administrative chief judge, with con-
36       sultation and approval of a majority of the judges of the district court of
37       the district and municipal judges of cities lying in whole or in part within
38       the district. If upon expiration of certification of a program there will be
39       no certified program for the district and the administrative chief judge
40       declines to recertify or certify any program in the district, the judge shall
41       notify the secretary of social and rehabilitation services, at least six months
42       prior to the expiration of certification, that the judge declines to recertify
43       or certify a program under this subsection. Upon receipt of the notice

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  1       and prior to the expiration of certification, the secretary shall recertify or
  2       certify a community-based alcohol and drug safety action program for the
  3       judicial district for the next four-year period. To be eligible for certifi-
  4       cation under this subsection, the administrative chief judge or the sec-
  5       retary of social and rehabilitation services shall determine that a com-
  6       munity-based alcohol and drug safety action program meets the
  7       qualifications established by the judge or secretary and is capable of pro-
  8       viding, within the judicial district: (1) The evaluations, supervision and
  9       monitoring required under subsection (a); (2) the alcohol and drug eval-
10       uation report required under subsection (c) or (d); (3) the follow-up du-
11       ties specified under subsection (c) or (d) for persons who prepare the
12       alcohol and drug evaluation report; and (4) any other functions and duties
13       specified by law. Community-based alcohol and drug safety action pro-
14       grams performing services in any judicial district under this section prior
15       to the effective date of this act may continue to perform those services
16       until a community-based alcohol and drug safety action program is cer-
17       tified for that judicial district.
18           (c) A presentence alcohol and drug evaluation shall be conducted on
19       any person who is convicted of a violation of K.S.A. 8-1567 and amend-
20       ments thereto, or the ordinance of a city in this state which prohibits the
21       acts prohibited by that statute. The presentence alcohol and drug evalu-
22       ation report shall be made available to and shall be considered by the
23       court prior to sentencing. The presentence alcohol and drug evaluation
24       report shall contain a history of the defendant's prior traffic record, char-
25       acteristics and alcohol or drug problems, or both, and a recommendation
26       concerning the amenability of the defendant to education and rehabili-
27       tation. The presentence alcohol and drug evaluation report shall include
28       a recommendation concerning the alcohol and drug driving safety edu-
29       cation and treatment for the defendant. The presentence alcohol and
30       drug evaluation report shall be prepared by a program which has dem-
31       onstrated practical experience in the diagnosis of alcohol and drug abuse.
32       The duties of persons who prepare the presentence alcohol and drug
33       evaluation report may also include appearing at sentencing and probation
34       hearings in accordance with the orders of the court, monitoring defend-
35       ants in the treatment programs, notifying the probation department and
36       the court of any defendant failing to meet the conditions of probation or
37       referrals to treatment, appearing at revocation hearings as may be re-
38       quired and providing assistance and data reporting and program evalua-
39       tion. The cost of any alcohol and drug education, rehabilitation and treat-
40       ment programs for any person shall be paid by such person, and such
41       costs shall include, but not be limited to, the assessments required by
42       subsection (e). If financial obligations are not met or cannot be met, the
43       sentencing court shall be notified for the purpose of collection or review

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  1       and further action on the defendant's sentence.
  2           (d) An alcohol and drug evaluation shall be conducted on any person
  3       whom the prosecutor considers for eligibility or finds eligible to enter a
  4       diversion agreement in lieu of further criminal proceedings on a com-
  5       plaint alleging a violation of K.S.A. 8-1567 and amendments thereto, or
  6       the ordinance of a city in this state which prohibits the acts prohibited by
  7       that statute. The alcohol and drug evaluation report shall be made avail-
  8       able to the prosecuting attorney and shall be considered by the prose-
  9       cuting attorney. The alcohol and drug evaluation report shall contain a
10       history of the person's prior traffic record, characteristics and alcohol or
11       drug problems, or both, and a recommendation concerning the amena-
12       bility of the person to education and rehabilitation. The alcohol and drug
13       evaluation report shall include a recommendation concerning the alcohol
14       and drug driving safety education and treatment for the person. The al-
15       cohol and drug evaluation report shall be prepared by a program which
16       has demonstrated practical experience in the diagnosis of alcohol and
17       drug abuse. The duties of persons who prepare the alcohol and drug
18       evaluation report may also include monitoring persons in the treatment
19       programs, notifying the prosecutor and the court of any person failing to
20       meet the conditions of diversion or referrals to treatment, and providing
21       assistance and data reporting and program evaluation. The cost of any
22       alcohol and drug education, rehabilitation and treatment programs for
23       any person shall be paid by such person, and such costs shall include, but
24       not be limited to, the assessments required by subsection (e).
25           (e) In addition to any fines, fees, penalties or costs levied against a
26       person who is convicted of a violation of K.S.A. 8-1567 and amendments
27       thereto, or the ordinance of a city in this state which prohibits the acts
28       prohibited by that statute, or who enters a diversion agreement in lieu of
29       further criminal proceedings on a complaint alleging a violation of that
30       statute or such an ordinance, $125 shall be assessed against the person
31       by the sentencing court or under the diversion agreement. The $125
32       assessment may be waived by the court or, in the case of diversion of
33       criminal proceedings, by the prosecuting attorney, if the court or prose-
34       cuting attorney finds that the defendant is an indigent person. Except as
35       otherwise provided in this subsection, the clerk of the court shall deposit
36       all assessments received under this section in the alcohol and drug safety
37       action fund of the court, which fund shall be subject to the administration
38       of the judge having administrative authority over that court. If the sec-
39       retary of social and rehabilitation services certifies the community-based
40       alcohol and drug safety action program for the judicial district in which
41       the court is located, the clerk of the court shall remit, during the four-
42       year period for which the program is certified, 15% of all assessments
43       received under this section to the secretary of social and rehabilitation

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  1       services. Moneys credited to the alcohol and drug safety action fund shall
  2       be expended by the court, pursuant to vouchers signed by the judge
  3       having administrative authority over that court, only for costs of the serv-
  4       ices specified by subsection (a) or otherwise required or authorized by
  5       law and provided by community-based alcohol and drug safety action
  6       programs, except that not more than 10% of the money credited to the
  7       fund may be expended to cover the expenses of the court involved in
  8       administering the provisions of this section. In the provision of these
  9       services the court shall contract as may be necessary to carry out the
10       provisions of this section. The district or municipal judge having admin-
11       istrative authority over that court shall compile a report and send such
12       report to the office of the state judicial administrator on or before January
13       20 of each year, beginning January 20, 1991. Such report shall include,
14       but not be limited to:
15           (1) The balance of the alcohol and drug safety action fund of the court
16       on December 31 of each year;
17           (2) the assessments deposited into the fund during the 12-month pe-
18       riod ending the preceding December 31; and
19           (3) the dollar amounts expended from the fund during the 12-month
20       period ending the preceding December 31.
21           The office of the state judicial administrator shall compile such reports
22       into a statewide report and submit such statewide report to the legislature
23       on or before March 1 of each year.
24           (f) The secretary of social and rehabilitation services shall remit all
25       moneys received by the secretary under this section to the state treasurer
26       at least monthly. Upon receipt of the remittance, the state treasurer shall
27       deposit the entire amount in the state treasury and credit it to the certi-
28       fication of community-based alcohol and drug safety action programs fee
29       fund, which is hereby created. All expenditures from such fund shall be
30       made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants issued pur-
31       suant to vouchers approved by the secretary of social and rehabilitation
32       services or a person designated by the secretary.
33           Sec. 2. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 12-4509 is hereby amended to read as
34       follows: 12-4509. (a) Whenever a person is found guilty of the violation
35       of an ordinance, the municipal judge may:
36           (1) Release the person without imposition of sentence;
37           (2) release the person on probation after the imposition of sentence,
38       without imprisonment or the payment of a fine or a portion thereof,
39       subject to conditions imposed by the court as provided in subsection (e);
40       or
41           (3) impose such sentence of fine or imprisonment, or both, as au-
42       thorized for the ordinance violation.
43           (b) In addition to or in lieu of any other sentence authorized by law,

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  1       whenever a person is found guilty of the violation of an ordinance and
  2       there is evidence that the act constituting the violation of the ordinance
  3       was substantially related to the possession, use or ingestion of cereal malt
  4       beverage or alcoholic liquor by such person, the judge may order such
  5       person to attend and satisfactorily complete an alcohol or drug education
  6       or training program certified by the administrative chief judge of the
  7       judicial district or licensed by the secretary of social and rehabilitation
  8       services.
  9           (c) Except as provided in subsection (d), in addition to or in lieu of
10       any other sentence authorized by law, whenever a person is convicted of
11       having violated, while under 21 years of age, an ordinance prohibiting an
12       act prohibited by the uniform controlled substances act (K.S.A. 65-4101
13       et seq. and amendments thereto) or K.S.A. 41-719, 41-727, 65-4152,
14       65-4153, 65-4154 or 65-4155 or K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 8-1599, and amend-
15       ments thereto, the municipal judge shall order such person to submit to
16       and complete an alcohol and drug evaluation by a community-based al-
17       cohol and drug safety action program certified pursuant to K.S.A. 8-1008
18       and amendments thereto and to pay a fee not to exceed the fee estab-
19       lished by that statute for such evaluation. If the judge finds that the person
20       is indigent, the fee may be waived.
21           (d) If the person is 18 or more years of age but less than 21 years of
22       age and is convicted of a violation of K.S.A. 41-727, and amendments
23       thereto, involving cereal malt beverage, the provisions of subsection (c)
24       are permissive and not mandatory.
25           (e) The court may impose any conditions of probation or suspension
26       of sentence that the court deems proper, including, but not limited to,
27       requiring that the defendant:
28           (1) Avoid such injurious or vicious habits, as directed by the court or
29       the probation officer;
30           (2) avoid such persons or places of disreputable or harmful character,
31       as directed by the court or the probation officer;
32           (3) report to the probation officer as directed;
33           (4) permit the probation officer to visit the defendant at home or
34       elsewhere;
35           (5) work faithfully at suitable employment insofar as possible;
36           (6) remain within the state unless the court grants permission to
37       leave;
38           (7) pay a fine or costs, applicable to the ordinance violation, in one
39       or several sums and in the manner as directed by the court;
40           (8) support the defendant's dependents;
41           (9) reside in a residential facility located in the community and par-
42       ticipate in educational counseling, work and other correctional or reha-
43       bilitative programs;

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  1           (10) perform community or public service work for local govern-
  2       mental agencies, private corporations organized not for profit, or chari-
  3       table or social service organizations performing services for the commu-
  4       nity;
  5           (11) perform services under a system of day fines whereby the de-
  6       fendant is required to satisfy fines, costs or reparation or restitution ob-
  7       ligations by performing services for a period of days determined by the
  8       court on the basis of ability to pay, standard of living, support obligations
  9       and other factors;
10           (12) make reparation or restitution to the aggrieved party for the
11       damage or loss caused by the defendant's crime, in an amount and man-
12       ner determined by the court and to the person specified by the court; or
13           (13) reimburse the city, in accordance with any order made under
14       subsection (f), for all or a part of the reasonable expenditures by the city
15       to provide counsel and other defense services to the defendant.
16           (f) In addition to or in lieu of any other sentence authorized by law,
17       whenever a person is found guilty of the violation of an ordinance the
18       judge may order such person to reimburse the city for all or a part of the
19       reasonable expenditures by the city to provide counsel and other defense
20       services to the defendant. In determining the amount and method of
21       payment of such sum, the court shall take account of the financial re-
22       sources of the defendant and the nature of the burden that payment of
23       such sum will impose. A defendant who has been required to pay such
24       sum and who is not willfully in default in the payment thereof may at any
25       time petition the court which sentenced the defendant to waive payment
26       of such sum or of any unpaid portion thereof. If it appears to the satis-
27       faction of the court that payment of the amount due will impose manifest
28       hardship on the defendant or the defendant's immediate family, the court
29       may waive payment of all or part of the amount due or modify the method
30       of payment.
31           Sec. 3. K.S.A. 19-204a is hereby amended to read as follows: 19-
32       204a. (a) When the voters of a county approve a change in the number
33       of county commissioner districts at an election held under K.S.A. 19-204,
34       and amendments thereto, the board of county commissioners, on or be-
35       fore January 1 immediately following such election, shall adopt a reso-
36       lution dividing the county into the number of districts approved by the
37       voters. If the board of county commissioners fails to adopt such resolution
38       within the time prescribed, the administrative chief judge of the district
39       court of the county, on or before the following January 31, shall order
40       the county divided into the appropriate number of districts.
41           Sec. 4. K.S.A. 19-15,123 is hereby amended to read as follows: 19-
42       15,123. The board of county commissioners of any county in this state
43       having a population of more than ;(tri-stars)ree hundred thousand (300,000)

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  1       300,000 may provide additional courtrooms, offices and other facilities as
  2       are required by the district court judge to carry out probate and juvenile
  3       matters. Said The quarters and facilities shall be constructed and fur-
  4       nished in available space of the courthouse. The said board of county
  5       commissioners is hereby authorized to issue no-fund warrants or general
  6       obligation bonds for the purpose of paying all costs incurred in providing
  7       additional quarters and facilities. Before such warrants shall be issued the
  8       board of county commissioners shall have received from the administra-
  9       tive chief judge of the district court a resolution certifying to the necessity
10       of additional quarters. Such no-fund warrants shall be issued in the man-
11       ner and form, bear interest and be redeemed as prescribed by K.S.A. 79-
12       2940 and amendments thereto, except that ;(tri-stars)ey warrants may be issued
13       without approval of the state board of tax appeals, and without the no-
14       tation required by said section K.S.A. 79-2940 and amendments thereto.
15       The board of county commissioners shall make a tax levy at the first tax
16       levying period after such warrants are issued, sufficient to pay such war-
17       rants and the interest thereon. In lieu of making only one tax levy, the
18       board of county commissioners may, if it deems it advisable, make a tax
19       levy each year for not to exceed five (5) years in approximately equal
20       installments for the purpose of paying said the warrants and the interest
21       thereon. All such tax levies shall be in addition to all other levies author-
22       ized or limited by law and shall not be subject to or within the aggregate
23       tax levy limitation prescribed by article 19 of chapter 79 of the Kansas
24       Statutes Annotated and ;a/cts amendatory thereof amendments thereto.
25       None of the provisions of the state budget law shall apply to any expend-
26       iture which has been provided for by the issuance of warrants under this
27       act. General obligation bonds issued under the authority of this act shall
28       be issued in the manner prescribed by the general bond law but shall not
29       be subject to or within any bonded debt limitation prescribed by any other
30       law of this state and shall not be considered or included in applying any
31       other law limiting bonded indebtedness.
32           Sec. 5. K.S.A. 19-4705 is hereby amended to read as follows: 19-
33       4705. Any action brought in accordance with the code shall be presided
34       over by a district court judge designated by the administrative chief judge
35       of the district court presiding in the county or a judge pro tem who shall
36       be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the administrative chief judge
37       of the district court presiding in the county, in accordance with the pro-
38       visions of subsection (e) of K.S.A. 20-310a and amendments thereto. If a
39       judge pro tem presides over such action, such judge pro tem shall receive
40       a salary and other compensation set by resolution of the board of county
41       commissioners and paid from the revenues of the county general fund or
42       other fund established for the purpose of financing the costs of enforce-
43       ment and prosecution of violations of county codes and resolutions pur-

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  1       suant to the code. If a district court judge presides over such action, such
  2       district court judge shall not be entitled to any additional compensation
  3       or expense payments.
  4           Sec. 6. K.S.A. 19-4737 is hereby amended to read as follows: 19-
  5       4737. (a) An appeal may be taken from any judgment under the code for
  6       the enforcement of county codes and resolutions. All appeals shall be by
  7       notice of appeal specifying the party or parties taking the appeal and the
  8       order, ruling, decision or judgment complained of and shall be filed with
  9       the clerk of the district court within 10 days after entry of judgment. All
10       appeals shall be tried and determined de novo before a district judge,
11       other than the judge from which the appeal is taken. The provisions of
12       K.S.A. 60-2001 and 61-1716, and amendments thereto, shall be applicable
13       to actions appealed pursuant to this subsection. The appealing party shall
14       cause notice of the appeal to be served upon all other parties to the action
15       in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 60-205 and amendments
16       thereto. An appeal shall be perfected upon the filing of the notice of
17       appeal. When the appeal is perfected, the clerk of the court or the judge
18       from which the appeal is taken shall refer the case to the administrative
19       chief judge for assignment in accordance with this section. All proceedings
20       for the enforcement of any judgment under the code for the enforcement
21       of county codes and resolutions shall be stayed during the time within
22       which an appeal may be taken and during the pendency of an appeal,
23       without the necessity of the appellant filing a supersedeas bond.
24           (b) Any order, ruling, decision or judgment rendered by a district
25       judge on an appeal taken pursuant to subsection (a) may be appealed in
26       the manner provided in article 21 of chapter 60 of the Kansas Statutes
27       Annotated.
28           Sec. 7. K.S.A. 19-4809 is hereby amended to read as follows: 19-
29       4809. (a) If a local fund is created pursuant to this act, the administrative
30       chief judge of the judicial district within which the county exists shall
31       create a payments docket to monitor the payment of criminal restitution
32       in criminal convictions ordered by judges in the district court in such
33       county. Such restitution orders shall comply with administrative order No.
34       41 of the supreme court of Kansas. The administrative chief judge may
35       assign a judge or judges of the court to administer the payments docket.
36       Such assigned judge may be a district judge, a district magistrate judge,
37       or a judge pro tem. The assigned judge shall call the docket and review
38       cases placed on such payments docket at least quarterly. Such assigned
39       judge shall insure that required staff is monitoring the timely payment of
40       reparation or restitution ordered, and take such action as is necessary to
41       insure payment as allowed in administrative order No. 41 of the supreme
42       court of Kansas.
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  1       of restitution, fines or court costs, the assigned judge may decrease the
  2       amount of restitution required to be paid.
  3           (c) In determining the appropriate amount of restitution to be
  4       awarded in such a hearing or other steps the court may take to insure
  5       restitution is paid promptly, the court shall determine:
  6           (1) The amount of money appropriate for full restitution to victims
  7       and interested collateral sources;
  8           (2) whether the offender can pay by means other than cash;
  9           (3) whether collateral, guarantors or other forms of copayment should
10       be authorized;
11           (4) the delinquent offender's means to pay in full;
12           (5) the delinquent offender's means were adequately assessed in de-
13       termining the original restitution award;
14           (6) the risk the offender poses for nonpayment of restitution; and
15           (7) the victim's desires concerning restitution payments.
16           Sec. 8. K.S.A. 19-4810 is hereby amended to read as follows: 19-
17       4810. The county or district attorney in any county where a local fund is
18       created shall appoint a property crime compensation coordinator. The
19       costs of such employee shall be paid by the county in a manner decided
20       by the county commission. If more than one county contained within a
21       judicial district desires to appoint a property crime compensation coor-
22       dinator, the commissions may agree through an interlocal agreement pur-
23       suant to K.S.A. 12-2901 et seq and amendments thereto that one or more
24       of such appointees may serve multiple counties.
25           The property crime compensation coordinator shall provide each vic-
26       tim who files a claim under this act the following information:
27           (a) Assistance in filling out applications for assistance;
28           (b) make preliminary investigations of such claim to insure a loss oc-
29       curred;
30           (c) if the crime includes a personal injury, assist the victim in making
31       a claim with the state crime victims compensation board;
32           (d) insure that prior to a sentencing hearing the county or district
33       attorney has information sufficient to recommend an appropriate amount
34       of restitution for the victim or other party which has suffered loss because
35       of the commission of such crime;
36           (e) notify the local board whether the victim has cooperated fully with
37       law enforcement agencies in prosecuting the crime;
38           (f) determine and recommend whether the victim desires to receive
39       a lump-sum payment from the local board in lieu of restitution or desires
40       full restitution paid directly by the criminal;
41           (g) work with court services and probation officers to track restitution
42       payments ordered, and if a delinquency develops, to place such case on
43       the payments docket for review;

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  1           (h) coordinate with court service officers or parole officers to insure
  2       offenders who are making restitution payments adhere to a payment plan;
  3           (i) coordinate meetings of the local board or boards;
  4           (j) recommend an amount of money to be paid by such local board
  5       or boards as compensation for each claim; and
  6           (k) make annual reports on the progress of the program to the ad-
  7       ministrative chief judge with recommendations for improving the pro-
  8       gram.
  9           Sec. 9. K.S.A. 19-4811 is hereby amended to read as follows: 19-
10       4811. The administrative chief judge shall, annually, cause to be compiled
11       a report of the property crime compensation fund or funds existing within
12       such judicial district and forward such report to the office of judicial
13       administration by the first day of December of the year beginning the
14       next full year after implementation of such local program. The office of
15       judicial administration shall compile such reports submitted by adminis-
16       trative chief judges, and send a composite report annually to the governor
17       and the state legislature.
18           Sec. 10. K.S.A. 20-158 is hereby amended to read as follows: 20-158.
19       The chief justice of the supreme court shall be responsible for the prep-
20       aration of the budget for the judicial branch of state government, with
21       such assistance as the chief justice may require from the judicial admin-
22       istrator, the chief judge of the court of appeals and the administrative
23       chief judge of each judicial district. Each district court and the court of
24       appeals shall submit their budget requests to the chief justice in such
25       form and at such time as the chief justice may require. The chief justice
26       shall submit to the director of the budget the annual budget request for
27       the judicial branch of state government for inclusion in the annual budget
28       document for appropriations for the judiciary. Such budget shall be pre-
29       pared and submitted in the manner provided by K.S.A. 75-3716 and
30       75-3717 and amendments thereto. Such budget shall include the request
31       for expenditures for retired justices and judges performing judicial serv-
32       ices or duties under K.S.A. 20-2616 and amendments thereto as a separate
33       item therein. The director of the budget shall review and may make such
34       recommendations to the legislature for proposed changes in such budget
35       as the director deems necessary and appropriate.
36           Sec. 11. K.S.A. 20-159 is hereby amended to read as follows: 20-159.
37       The supreme court may provide for and authorize any administrative chief
38       judge of a judicial district, to photograph, microphotograph or reproduce
39       or to have photographed, microphotographed or reproduced on film any
40       of the court records, papers or documents which are by law placed in the
41       courts of that judicial district and to acquire necessary facilities and equip-
42       ment and to acquire, maintain and use all such appropriate containers
43       and files as shall be necessary to accommodate and preserve the photo-

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  1       graphs, microphotographs or films so obtained. The photographing, mi-
  2       crophotographing or filming may be so authorized for the reproducing of
  3       court records, where to do so will promote efficiency in the office, or as
  4       a method of preserving old or worn records, papers or documents. The
  5       photographic films and prints or reproductions therefrom, shall comply
  6       with federal standard no. 125a, dated April 24, 1958, or the latest revision
  7       thereof, issued pursuant to the federal property and administrative serv-
  8       ices act of 1949, and any amendments thereto. The device used to repro-
  9       duce such records on such film shall be one which accurately reproduces
10       the original thereof in all details.
11           Sec. 12. K.S.A. 20-163 is hereby amended to read as follows: 20-163.
12       (a) The official station of each justice of the supreme court and judge of
13       the court of appeals shall be the county seat of the county where the
14       justice or judge maintains an actual abode in which the justice or judge
15       customarily lives.
16           (b) The administrative chief judge of the judicial district in which a
17       justice of the supreme court or judge of the court of appeals has the
18       justice's or judge's official station, shall provide suitable office space upon
19       request by the justice or judge for use by the justice or judge and the
20       justice's or judge's staff personnel. Such office space shall be in or adja-
21       cent to the district court courtrooms and offices at the official station of
22       the justice or judge. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, no office
23       space shall be provided by the administrative chief judge of the third
24       judicial district.
25           (c) Each justice of the supreme court and judge of the court of ap-
26       peals, upon appointment and from time to time thereafter as changes
27       occur, shall notify the judicial administrator in writing of the justice's or
28       judge's official station, if other than the city of Topeka.
29           (d) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, all mileage
30       and other allowances for official travel for justices of the supreme court
31       and judges of the court of appeals shall be determined from Topeka,
32       Kansas.
33           Sec. 13. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 20-302b is hereby amended to read as
34       follows: 20-302b. (a) A district magistrate judge shall have the jurisdiction,
35       power and duty, in any case in which a violation of the laws of the state
36       is charged, to conduct the trial of traffic infractions, cigarette or tobacco
37       infractions or misdemeanor charges and the preliminary examination of
38       felony charges. In civil cases, a district magistrate judge shall have con-
39       current jurisdiction, powers and duties with a district judge, except that,
40       unless otherwise specifically provided in subsection (b), a district magis-
41       trate judge shall not have jurisdiction or cognizance over the following
42       actions:
43           (1) Any action, other than an action seeking judgment for an unse-

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  1       cured debt not sounding in tort and arising out of a contract for the
  2       provision of goods, services or money, in which the amount in contro-
  3       versy, exclusive of interests and costs, exceeds $10,000, except that in
  4       actions of replevin, the affidavit in replevin or the verified petition fixing
  5       the value of the property shall govern the jurisdiction; nothing in this
  6       paragraph shall be construed as limiting the power of a district magistrate
  7       judge to hear any action pursuant to the Kansas probate code or to issue
  8       support orders as provided by paragraph (6) of this subsection;
  9           (2) actions against any officers of the state, or any subdivisions
10       thereof, for misconduct in office;
11           (3) actions for specific performance of contracts for real estate;
12           (4) actions in which title to real estate is sought to be recovered or
13       in which an interest in real estate, either legal or equitable, is sought to
14       be established, except that nothing in this paragraph shall be construed
15       as limiting the right to bring an action for forcible detainer as provided
16       in the acts contained in article 23 of chapter 61 of the Kansas Statutes
17       Annotated, and any acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto; and
18       nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as limiting the power of a
19       district magistrate judge to hear any action pursuant to the Kansas probate
20       code;
21           (5) actions to foreclose real estate mortgages or to establish and fore-
22       close liens on real estate as provided in the acts contained in article 11 of
23       chapter 60 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and any acts amendatory
24       thereof or supplemental thereto;
25           (6) actions for divorce, separate maintenance or custody of minor
26       children, except that nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as lim-
27       iting the power of a district magistrate judge to: (A) Hear any action
28       pursuant to the Kansas code for care of children or the Kansas juvenile
29       offenders justice code; (B) establish, modify or enforce orders of support,
30       including, but not limited to, orders of support pursuant to the Kansas
31       parentage act, K.S.A. 23-451 et seq., 39-718a, 39-718b, 39-755 or 60-1610
32       or K.S.A. 23-4,105 through 23-4,118, 23-4,125 through 23-4,137, 38-
33       1542, 38-1543 or 38-1563, and amendments thereto; or (C) enforce or-
34       ders granting a parent visitation rights to the parent's child;
35           (7) habeas corpus;
36           (8) receiverships;
37           (9) change of name;
38           (10) declaratory judgments;
39           (11) mandamus and quo warranto;
40           (12) injunctions;
41           (13) class actions;
42           (14) rights of majority;
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  1           (16) actions pursuant to K.S.A. 59-29a01 et seq. and amendments
  2       thereto.
  3           (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), in the absence,
  4       disability or disqualification of a district judge, a district magistrate judge
  5       may:
  6           (1) Grant a restraining order, as provided in K.S.A. 60-902 and
  7       amendments thereto;
  8           (2) appoint a receiver, as provided in K.S.A. 60-1301 and amend-
  9       ments thereto;
10           (3) make any order authorized by K.S.A. 60-1607 and amendments
11       thereto; and
12           (4) grant any order authorized by the protection from abuse act.
13           (c) In accordance with the limitations and procedures prescribed by
14       law, and subject to any rules of the supreme court relating thereto, any
15       appeal permitted to be taken from an order or final decision of a district
16       magistrate judge shall be tried and determined de novo by a district judge,
17       except that in civil cases where a record was made of the action or pro-
18       ceeding before the district magistrate judge, the appeal shall be tried and
19       determined on the record by a district judge.
20           (d) Upon motion of a party, the administrative chief judge may re-
21       assign an action from a district magistrate judge to a district judge.
22           Sec. 14. K.S.A. 20-310a is hereby amended to read as follows: 20-
23       310a. (a) Upon the application of the administrative chief judge of a ju-
24       dicial district to the departmental justice of that district, for good cause
25       shown, or in the absence, sickness or disability of a district judge or district
26       magistrate judge in any judicial district, a judge pro tem may be appointed
27       whenever the departmental justice for such judicial district has not as-
28       signed a district judge from another judicial district, as provided in K.S.A.
29       20-319, and amendments thereto.
30           (b) Any judge pro tem appointed pursuant to this section shall be a
31       regularly admitted member of the bar of this state. The appointment of
32       any such judge pro tem shall be made by the administrative chief judge
33       or, in the absence of the administrative chief judge, by the departmental
34       justice for the judicial district.
35           (c) Any judge pro tem appointed pursuant to this section shall have
36       the full power and authority of a district judge with respect to any actions
37       or proceedings before such judge pro tem, except that any judge pro tem
38       appointed pursuant to subsection (d) or (e) shall have only such power
39       and authority as provided therein. A judge pro tem shall receive such
40       compensation as is prescribed by the district court, subject to the budget
41       limitations of such district court.
42           (d) Subject to the budget limitations of the district court, the admin-
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  1       pro tem for the limited purpose of hearing the original trials of actions
  2       filed pursuant to the small claims procedures act or other action within
  3       the jurisdiction of a district magistrate judge as provided in K.S.A. 20-
  4       302b, and amendments thereto. Any such judge pro tem shall have only
  5       such judicial power and authority as is necessary to hear such actions.
  6       Any party aggrieved by any order of a judge pro tem under this subsection
  7       may appeal such order and such appeal shall be heard by a district judge
  8       de novo. If the appeal is a small claims action, the appeal shall be under
  9       K.S.A. 61-2709, and amendments thereto. If the appeal is an action within
10       the jurisdiction of a district magistrate judge, the appeal shall be under
11       K.S.A. 20-302b, and amendments thereto.
12           (e) Subject to the budget limitations of the district court, the admin-
13       istrative chief judge of any judicial district in which the board of county
14       commissioners is authorized to use the code for the enforcement of
15       county codes and resolutions as provided in subsection (b) of K.S.A. 19-
16       101d, and amendments thereto, may appoint one or more judges pro tem
17       for the limited purpose of hearing such cases. Any such judge pro tem
18       shall have only such power and authority as is necessary to hear such
19       actions, and shall have the power to compel appearances before the court,
20       to hold persons in contempt for failure to appear, and to issue bench
21       warrants for appearances. Such judge pro tem shall receive the salary and
22       other compensation set by resolution of the board of county commission-
23       ers which shall be paid from the revenues of the county general fund or
24       other fund established for the purpose of financing code enforcement.
25           (f) The administrative chief judge of each judicial district shall report
26       to the judicial administrator of the courts: (1) The dates on which any
27       judge pro tem served in such district, (2) the compensation paid to any
28       judge pro tem, and (3) such other information as the judicial administrator
29       may request with regard to the appointment of judges pro tem. The re-
30       ports shall be submitted annually on or before January 15 on forms pro-
31       vided by the judicial administrator.
32           Sec. 15. K.S.A. 20-311d is hereby amended to read as follows: 20-
33       311d. (a) If a party or a party's attorney believes that the judge to whom
34       an action is assigned cannot afford that party a fair trial in the action, the
35       party or attorney may file a motion for change of judge. The motion shall
36       not state the grounds for the party's or attorney's belief. The judge shall
37       promptly hear the motion informally upon reasonable notice to all parties
38       who have appeared in the case. If the judge disqualifies the judge's self,
39       the action shall be assigned to another judge by the administrative chief
40       judge. If the judge refuses to disqualify the judge's self, the party seeking
41       a change of judge may file the affidavit provided for in subsection (b). If
42       an affidavit is to be filed it shall be filed forthwith immediately.
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  1       grounds specified in subsection (c), the administrative chief judge shall
  2       at once determine, or refer the affidavit to another district judge for
  3       prompt determination of, the legal sufficiency of the affidavit. If the af-
  4       fidavit is filed in a district court in which there is no other judge who is
  5       qualified to hear the matter, the administrative chief judge shall at once
  6       notify the departmental justice for the district and request the appoint-
  7       ment of another district judge to determine the legal sufficiency of the
  8       affidavit. If the affidavit is found to be legally sufficient, the case shall be
  9       assigned to another judge.
10           (c) Grounds which may be alleged as provided in subsection (b) for
11       change of judge are that:
12           (1) The judge has been engaged as counsel in the action prior to the
13       appointment or election as judge.
14           (2) The judge is otherwise interested in the action.
15           (3) The judge is related to either party to the action.
16           (4) The judge is a material witness in the action.
17           (5) The party or the party's attorney filing the affidavit has cause to
18       believe and does believe that on account of the personal bias, prejudice
19       or interest of the judge such party cannot obtain a fair and impartial trial
20       or fair and impartial enforcement of post-judgment remedies. Such affi-
21       davit shall state the facts and the reasons for the belief that bias, prejudice
22       or an interest exists.
23           (d) In any affidavit filed pursuant to this section, the recital of pre-
24       vious rulings or decisions by the judge on legal issues or concerning the
25       legal sufficiency of any prior affidavits filed by counsel for a party in any
26       judicial proceeding, or filed by such counsel's law firm, pursuant to this
27       section, shall not be deemed legally sufficient for any belief that bias or
28       prejudice exists.
29           Sec. 16. K.S.A. 20-319 is hereby amended to read as follows: 20-319.
30       (a) A justice assigned to each department shall:
31           (1) With the help and assistance of the judicial administrator, make
32       a survey of the conditions of the dockets and business of the district courts
33       in the justice's department and make a report and recommendations on
34       the conditions and business to the chief justice.
35           (2) Assemble the judges of the district courts within the justice's de-
36       partment, at least annually, to discuss such recommendations and other
37       business as will benefit the judiciary of the state. When so summoned,
38       the judges of the district courts in the various departments shall attend
39       such conferences at the expense of the state. Such judges shall be entitled
40       to their actual and necessary expenses while attending such conferences
41       and shall be required to attend the conferences unless excused by the
42       departmental justice for good cause.
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  1       ments to assign any district judge or district magistrate judge to hear any
  2       proceeding or try any cause, within the judge's jurisdiction, in other dis-
  3       trict courts. Any departmental justice may request the assistance of any
  4       district judge or district magistrate judge from another department.
  5           (c) The departmental justices shall supervise all administrative mat-
  6       ters relating to the district courts within their departments and require
  7       reports periodically, covering such matters and in such form as the su-
  8       preme court may determine, on any such matter which will aid in pro-
  9       moting the efficiency or the speedy determination of causes now pending.
10       Departmental justices shall have the power to examine the dockets, rec-
11       ords and proceedings of any courts under their supervision. All judges
12       and clerks of the several courts of the state shall promptly make such
13       reports and furnish the information requested by any departmental justice
14       or the judicial administrator, in the manner and form prescribed by the
15       supreme court.
16           In order to properly advise the three branches of government on the
17       operation of the juvenile justice system, each district court shall furnish
18       the judicial administrator such information regarding juveniles coming to
19       the attention of the court pursuant to the Kansas code for care of children
20       as is determined necessary by the secretary of social and rehabilitation
21       services and the director of the statistical analysis center of the Kansas
22       bureau of investigation, on forms approved by the judicial administrator.
23       Such information shall be confidential and shall not be disseminated or
24       publicly disclosed in a manner which enables identification of any indi-
25       vidual who is a subject of the information.
26           The departmental justice shall assign to each administrative chief judge
27       in the justice's department such duties as are necessary to carry out the
28       intent of just, speedy and inexpensive litigation for the litigants of the
29       state.
30           Sec. 17. K.S.A. 20-329 is hereby amended to read as follows: 20-329.
31       In every judicial district, the supreme court shall designate a district judge
32       as administrative chief judge who shall have general control over the as-
33       signment of cases within the district, subject to supervision by the su-
34       preme court. Within guidelines established by statute, rule of the su-
35       preme court or the district court, the administrative chief judge of each
36       district court shall be responsible for and have general supervisory au-
37       thority over the clerical and administrative functions of such court.
38           Sec. 18. K.S.A. 20-335 is hereby amended to read as follows: 20-335.
39       (a) On January 10, 1977, the following courts of limited jurisdiction shall
40       be and are hereby abolished:
41           (1) County courts established pursuant to K.S.A. 20-802 or 20-802a;
42           (2) city courts established pursuant to K.S.A. 20-1424, 20-1424a,
43       20-1501, 20-1601 or 20-2403;

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  1           (3) magistrate courts established pursuant to K.S.A. 20-1801,
  2       20-1901, 20-2501, 20-2521 or 20-2541;
  3           (4) courts of common pleas established pursuant to K.S.A. 1975
  4       Supp. 20-2001;
  5           (5) juvenile courts established pursuant to K.S.A. 38-803; and
  6           (6) probate courts established pursuant to section 8 of article 3 of the
  7       Kansas constitution, prior to the revision of said such article in 1972.
  8           (b) On January 10, 1977, the judge or judges of each of the courts
  9       designated in subsection (a) shall transfer all books, records, papers, files,
10       dockets and documents of such court to the district court of the county
11       in which such court is located, and such books, records, papers, files,
12       dockets and documents shall become the property of said district court.
13       All actions and proceedings commenced in any court designated in sub-
14       section (a) prior to January 10, 1977, including all pleadings, motions,
15       orders, judgments and other papers therein, shall become actions and
16       proceedings of the district court of the county in which such court is
17       located. Any judgment of a court designated in subsection (a) shall not
18       become a lien on real property by virtue of the transfer of documents
19       pursuant to this subsection unless the court rendering such judgment was
20       a court of record immediately prior to January 10, 1977. Nothing herein
21       shall preclude a party in whose favor a judgment is rendered by a court
22       designated in subsection (a) from filing a transcript of such judgment with
23       the clerk of the district court in the manner provided in K.S.A. 60-2202,
24       and any amendments thereto, and in such event such judgment shall
25       become a lien on real property as provided in K.S.A. 60-2202, and any
26       amendments thereto.
27           (c) Any person who was elected at the general election of 1974 for a
28       four-year term of office as an officer, other than a judge, of a court spec-
29       ified in subsection (a), which office is abolished by this act on January 10,
30       1977, shall become an employee of the district court and shall have such
31       duties as may be prescribed by the administrative chief judge thereof and
32       shall receive compensation which is not less than that prescribed for such
33       office until January 10, 1979.
34           Sec. 19. K.S.A. 20-343 is hereby amended to read as follows: 20-343.
35       The administrative chief judge, with the approval of a majority of the
36       other district judges of the judicial district, shall appoint a clerk of the
37       district court in each county within such district. The administrative chief
38       judge, with the approval of a majority of the other district judges of the
39       judicial district, shall designate one of such clerks as the chief clerk of the
40       district court of such judicial district, except that a chief clerk is not re-
41       quired to be designated in a judicial district which is authorized to have
42       a court administrator pursuant to the personnel plan of the supreme
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  1       clerical personnel shall have such qualifications as are prescribed for the
  2       offices by statute, rule of the district court and rule of the supreme court.
  3       Such clerks, deputies, assistants and other personnel shall have such pow-
  4       ers, duties and functions as are prescribed by law, prescribed by rules of
  5       the supreme court or assigned by the administrative chief judge.
  6           Sec. 20. K.S.A. 20-345 is hereby amended to read as follows: 20-345.
  7       Within staffing limits prescribed by the supreme court and appropriations
  8       therefor, the administrative chief judge of each judicial district, with the
  9       approval of a majority of the other district judges of such judicial district,
10       shall appoint such bailiffs, court reporters, secretaries, court services of-
11       ficers and other clerical and nonjudicial personnel as necessary to perform
12       the judicial and administrative functions of the district court. Persons
13       appointed pursuant to this section shall have qualifications prescribed by
14       law or rule of the supreme court. Except as otherwise provided by law,
15       such persons shall receive compensation prescribed by the judicial per-
16       sonnel classification system. Such persons shall perform the duties and
17       functions prescribed by law, designated in the personnel classification
18       system or assigned by the administrative chief judge, subject to rule of
19       the supreme court. Personnel whose salary is payable by counties shall
20       receive compensation in the amounts provided in the district court budget
21       approved by the board of county commissioners. Whenever any person
22       is employed or assigned to work under direct supervision of any judge or
23       in a division of court in which a judge presides, the employment or as-
24       signment of the person shall be subject to the approval of that judge.
25           Sec. 21. K.S.A. 20-347 is hereby amended to read as follows: 20-347.
26       From and after January 10, 1977, The administrative chief judge in each
27       judicial district, with the approval of the supreme court, may provide for
28       holding court in locations within such judicial district, other than in the
29       courthouses of the several counties within such district, whenever suitable
30       facilities are available ;(tri-stars)erefor for such purpose.
31           Sec. 22. K.S.A. 20-349 is hereby amended to read as follows: 20-349.
32       The administrative chief judge in each judicial district shall be responsible
33       for the preparation of the budget to be submitted to the board of county
34       commissioners of each county. The board of county commissioners shall
35       then have final authority to determine and approve the budget for district
36       court operations payable by their county. The judicial administrator of
37       the courts shall prescribe the form upon which such budgets shall be
38       submitted. The budget shall include all expenditures payable by the
39       county for operations of the district court in such county. A separate
40       budget shall be prepared for each county within the district and the judges
41       of the district court shall approve the budget for the county in which such
42       judges are regularly assigned prior to submission of such budget to the
43       board of county commissioners. The compensation to be paid to district

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  1       court personnel excluded from the judicial personnel classification system
  2       pursuant to subsection (b) of K.S.A. 20-162, and amendments thereto,
  3       shall be listed in the budget as a separate item for each job position. After
  4       the amount of such district court budget is established, the expenditures
  5       under such budget, other than expenditures for job positions contained
  6       in the budget, shall be under the control and supervision of the admin-
  7       istrative chief judge, subject to supreme court rules relating thereto, and
  8       the board of county commissioners shall approve all claims submitted by
  9       the administrative chief judge within the limits of such district court
10       budget. No board of county commissioners shall decrease such budget
11       for district court operations to a level below the amount of the 1978
12       calendar year budget approved by the board of county commissioners less
13       the amount of compensation and fringe benefits provided in such budget
14       for judges and other personnel positions which are assumed by the state
15       pursuant to this act. The financial affairs of the district court in each
16       county including, but not limited to, nonexpendable trust funds, law li-
17       brary funds and court trustee operations shall be subject to audit pursuant
18       to the provisions of K.S.A. 75-1122, and amendments thereto, as part of
19       the annual county audit. Reports of fiscal or managerial discrepancies or
20       noncompliance with applicable law shall be made to the judicial admin-
21       istrator of the courts as well as the board of county commissioners.
22           Sec. 23. K.S.A. 20-350 is hereby amended to read as follows: 20-350.
23       (a) Except for fines and penalties authorized to be paid to counties pur-
24       suant to K.S.A. 19-101e and amendments thereto, all moneys received by
25       the clerk of the district court from the payment of fines, penalties and
26       forfeitures shall be remitted to the state treasurer, in the manner provided
27       by K.S.A. 20-2801 and amendments thereto, and the state treasurer shall
28       deposit the same in the state treasury to the credit of the state general
29       fund, except as provided in K.S.A. 74-7336, and amendments thereto.
30           (b) The administrative chief judge may invest any moneys on deposit
31       in the district court account if the moneys are not immediately required
32       for the purposes for which they were collected or received. Such moneys
33       may be invested in: (1) Time deposits, open account or certificates of
34       deposit, for periods not to exceed six months, or savings deposits, in com-
35       mercial banks located in the county, except that amounts invested which
36       are not insured by the United States government shall be secured in the
37       manner and amounts provided by K.S.A. 9-1402 and amendments
38       thereto; (2) United States treasury bills or notes with maturities not to
39       exceed six months; or (3) savings and loan associations located in the
40       county. No investment of more than the amount insured by the federal
41       deposit insurance corporation shall be made in any one savings and loan
42       association. Interest received from the investment of moneys pursuant to
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  1       by K.S.A. 20-2801 and amendments thereto, and the state treasurer shall
  2       deposit the same in the state treasury to the credit of the state general
  3       fund.
  4           (c) Upon application of a party to an action in which such party claims
  5       ownership of moneys held by the district court, the administrative chief
  6       judge may invest such moneys in the same manner as provided by sub-
  7       section (b). Interest received from the investment of moneys pursuant to
  8       this subsection shall become the property of the person found to be the
  9       owner of the moneys.
10           Sec. 24. K.S.A. 20-357 is hereby amended to read as follows: 20-357.
11       Within the limits of the district court budget, any administrative chief
12       judge of a judicial district may purchase, lease or acquire the equipment
13       and facilities necessary to carry out the purposes and intent of K.S.A. 20-
14       159 and amendments thereto and by contract and agreement arrange for
15       the use thereof, and may employ personnel necessary to operate the
16       equipment and facilities.
17           Sec. 25. K.S.A. 20-365 is hereby amended to read as follows: 20-365.
18       Records and judicial proceedings requiring the attestation of the clerk of
19       the district court may, upon order of the administrative chief judge of
20       such court, be authenticated by the clerk by the use of a facsimile sig-
21       nature in lieu of the clerk's manual signature. The facsimile signature
22       shall be a reproduction by engraving, imprinting, stamping or other means
23       of the manual signature of the clerk. The clerk shall file with the secretary
24       of state such clerk's manual signature and facsimile signature certified by
25       such clerk under oath. Upon compliance with these provisions by the
26       clerk, such clerk's facsimile signature has the same legal effect as such
27       clerk's manual signature.
28           Sec. 26. K.S.A. 20-438 is hereby amended to read as follows: 20-438.
29       From and after January 10, 1977, Whenever the judges of the district
30       court deem it necessary for the efficient and effective administration of
31       justice, and with approval of the supreme court, such judges may establish
32       specialized divisions of such district court. Such divisions may be estab-
33       lished for, but not limited to, the following purposes: Probate matters,
34       traffic cases, juvenile matters, domestic cases or any combination thereof.
35       The administrative chief judge, with the approval of the other judges of
36       the district court, shall provide for the assignment and reassignment of
37       judges to any specialized division established hereunder as provided in
38       this section, and the administrative chief judge shall provide for the as-
39       signment of cases to any such division. The administrative chief judge also
40       may assign a clerk of the district court, or an assistant or deputy district
41       court clerk, to any such division to serve as chief clerk of such division.
42       Such other personnel of the district court as are necessary for the oper-
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  1       administrative chief judge.
  2           Sec. 27. K.S.A. 20-3013 is hereby amended to read as follows: 20-
  3       3013. The court of appeals shall sit and maintain its principal offices in
  4       the city of Topeka, and it shall be the duty of the secretary of adminis-
  5       tration to provide a courtroom and other suitable quarters in Topeka for
  6       the use of the court of appeals and its staff. However, any hearing panel
  7       of the court of appeals may hold court in the courthouse of any county
  8       for the purpose of hearing oral arguments in cases before such court.
  9       When a panel of the court of appeals sits in any location other than in
10       Topeka, the administrative chief judge of the judicial district in which the
11       panel is sitting shall assign a courtroom to the hearing panel for its use
12       while sitting, shall provide suitable office space for use by the members
13       of the panel and shall provide such other personnel as may be needed by
14       the panel.
15           Sec. 28. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 21-4502 is hereby amended to read as
16       follows: 21-4502. (1) For the purpose of sentencing, the following classes
17       of misdemeanors and the punishment and the terms of confinement au-
18       thorized for each class are established:
19           (a) Class A, the sentence for which shall be a definite term of con-
20       finement in the county jail which shall be fixed by the court and shall not
21       exceed one year.
22           (b) Class B, the sentence for which shall be a definite term of con-
23       finement in the county jail which shall be fixed by the court and shall not
24       exceed six months.
25           (c) Class C, the sentence for which shall be a definite term of con-
26       finement in the county jail which shall be fixed by the court and shall not
27       exceed one month.
28           (d) Unclassified misdemeanors, which shall include all crimes de-
29       clared to be misdemeanors without specification as to class, the sentence
30       for which shall be in accordance with the sentence specified in the statute
31       that defines the crime; if no penalty is provided in such law, the sentence
32       shall be the same penalty as provided herein for a class C misdemeanor.
33           (2) Upon conviction of a misdemeanor, a person may be punished by
34       a fine, as provided in K.S.A. 21-4503 and amendments thereto, instead
35       of or in addition to confinement, as provided in this section.
36           (3) In addition to or in lieu of any other sentence authorized by law,
37       whenever there is evidence that the act constituting the misdemeanor
38       was substantially related to the possession, use or ingestion of cereal malt
39       beverage or alcoholic liquor by such person, the court may order such
40       person to attend and satisfactorily complete an alcohol or drug education
41       or training program certified by the administrative chief judge of the
42       judicial district or licensed by the secretary of social and rehabilitation
43       services.

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  1           (4) Except as provided in subsection (5), in addition to or in lieu of
  2       any other sentence authorized by law, whenever a person is convicted of
  3       having committed, while under 21 years of age, a misdemeanor under
  4       the uniform controlled substances act (K.S.A. 65-4101 et seq. and amend-
  5       ments thereto), K.S.A. 41-719, 41-727, 65-4152, 65-4153, 65-4154 or
  6       65-4155 or K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 8-1599, and amendments thereto, the court
  7       shall order such person to submit to and complete an alcohol and drug
  8       evaluation by a community-based alcohol and drug safety action program
  9       certified pursuant to K.S.A. 8-1008 and amendments thereto and to pay
10       a fee not to exceed the fee established by that statute for such evaluation.
11       If the court finds that the person is indigent, the fee may be waived.
12           (5) If the person is 18 or more years of age but less than 21 years of
13       age and is convicted of a violation of K.S.A. 41-727, and amendments
14       thereto, involving cereal malt beverage, the provisions of subsection (4)
15       are permissive and not mandatory.
16           Sec. 29. K.S.A. 22-2804 is hereby amended to read as follows: 22-
17       2804. (1) A person who has been convicted of a crime and is either await-
18       ing sentence or has filed a notice of appeal may be released by the district
19       court under the conditions provided in K.S.A. 22-2802 and amendments
20       thereto if the court or judge finds that the conditions of release will rea-
21       sonably assure that the person will not flee or pose a danger to any other
22       person or to the community.
23           (2) A person who has been convicted of a crime and has filed a notice
24       of appeal to the supreme court or court of appeals shall make application
25       to be released to the court whose judgment is appealed from or to a judge
26       thereof. If an application to such court or judge has been made and de-
27       nied or action on the application did not afford the relief sought by the
28       applicant, the applicant may make an application for release to the ap-
29       pellate court. An application to the appellate court or a justice or judge
30       thereof shall state the disposition of the application made by the district
31       court or judge. Any application made under this subsection shall be heard
32       after reasonable notice to the prosecuting attorney. Such notice shall be
33       given not less than one day prior to the hearing. Any appearance bond
34       which may be required under this subsection shall be filed in the court
35       from which the appeal was taken.
36           (3) A person who has been convicted of a crime before a district
37       magistrate judge may, upon taking an appeal to a district judge, apply to
38       be released as provided herein. If the application is made before the case
39       has been referred to the administrative chief judge for assignment, the
40       conditions of release shall be determined by the district magistrate judge
41       from whom the appeal is taken. If the application is made thereafter, the
42       administrative chief judge or the district judge to whom the case has been
43       assigned shall determine the conditions of release. Any appearance bond

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  1       which may be required under this subsection shall be deposited in the
  2       court where it is fixed.
  3           Sec. 30. K.S.A. 22-2807 is hereby amended to read as follows: 22-
  4       2807. (1) If there is a breach of condition of an appearance bond, the
  5       court in which the bond is deposited shall declare a forfeiture of the bail.
  6           (2) The court may direct that a forfeiture be set aside, upon such
  7       conditions as the court may impose, if it appears that justice does not
  8       require the enforcement of the forfeiture.
  9           (3) When a forfeiture has not been set aside, the court shall on motion
10       enter a judgment of default and execution may issue thereon. If the for-
11       feiture has been decreed by a district magistrate judge and the amount
12       of the bond exceeds the limits of the civil jurisdiction prescribed by law
13       for a district magistrate judge, the judge shall notify the administrative
14       chief judge in writing of the forfeiture and the matter shall be assigned
15       to a district judge who, on motion, shall enter a judgment of default. By
16       entering into a bond the obligors submit to the jurisdiction of any court
17       having power to enter judgment upon default and irrevocably appoint the
18       clerk of that court as their agent upon whom any papers affecting their
19       liability may be served. Their liability may be enforced on motion without
20       the necessity of an independent action. The motion and notice thereof
21       may be served on the clerk of the court, who shall forthwith mail copies
22       to the obligors to their last known addresses. No default judgment shall
23       be entered against the obligor in an appearance bond until more than 10
24       days after notice is served as provided herein.
25           (4) After entry of such judgment, the court may remit it in whole or
26       in part under the conditions applying to the setting aside of forfeiture in
27       subsection (2).
28           Sec. 31. K.S.A. 22-3101 is hereby amended to read as follows: 22-
29       3101. (1) If the attorney general, an assistant attorney general, the county
30       attorney or the district attorney of any county is informed or has knowl-
31       edge of any alleged violation of the laws of Kansas, such person may apply
32       to a district judge to conduct an inquisition. An application for an inqui-
33       sition shall be in writing, verified under oath, setting forth the alleged
34       violation of law. Upon the filing of the application, the judge with whom
35       it is filed, on the written praecipe of such attorney, shall issue a subpoena
36       for the witnesses named in such praecipe commanding them to appear
37       and testify concerning the matters under investigation. Such subpoenas
38       shall be served and returned as subpoenas for witnesses in criminal cases
39       in the district court.
40           (2) If the attorney general, assistant attorney general, county attorney
41       or district attorney, or in the absence of the county or district attorney a
42       designated assistant county or district attorney, is informed or has knowl-
43       edge of any alleged violation in this state pertaining to gambling, intoxi-

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  1       cating liquors, criminal syndicalism, racketeering, bribery, tampering with
  2       a sports contest, narcotic or dangerous drugs or any violation of any law
  3       where the accused is a fugitive from justice, such attorney shall be au-
  4       thorized to issue subpoenas for such persons as such attorney has any
  5       reason to believe or has any information relating thereto or knowledge
  6       thereof, to appear before such attorney at a time and place to be desig-
  7       nated in the subpoena and testify concerning any such violation. For such
  8       purposes, any prosecuting attorney shall be authorized to administer
  9       oaths. If an assistant county or district attorney is designated by the county
10       or district attorney for the purposes of this subsection, such designation
11       shall be filed with the administrative chief judge of such judicial district.
12           (3) Each witness shall be sworn to make true answers to all questions
13       propounded to such witness touching the matters under investigation.
14       The testimony of each witness shall be reduced to writing and signed by
15       the witness. Any person who disobeys a subpoena issued for such ap-
16       pearance or refuses to be sworn as a witness or answer any proper ques-
17       tion propounded during the inquisition, may be adjudged in contempt of
18       court and punished by fine and imprisonment.
19           Sec. 32. K.S.A. 22-3609 is hereby amended to read as follows: 22-
20       3609. (1) The defendant shall have the right to appeal to the district court
21       of the county from any judgment of a municipal court which adjudges
22       the defendant guilty of a violation of the ordinances of any municipality
23       of Kansas. The appeal shall be assigned by the administrative chief judge
24       to a district judge. The appeal shall stay all further proceedings upon the
25       judgment appealed from.
26           (2) An appeal to the district court shall be taken by filing, in the
27       district court of the county in which the municipal court is located, a
28       notice of appeal and any appearance bond required by the municipal
29       court. Municipal court clerks are hereby authorized to accept notices of
30       appeal and appearance bonds under this subsection and shall forward
31       such notices and bonds to the district court. No appeal shall be taken
32       more than 10 days after the date of the judgment appealed from.
33           (3) The notice of appeal shall designate the judgment or part of the
34       judgment appealed from. The defendant shall cause notice of the appeal
35       to be served upon the city attorney prosecuting the case. The judge whose
36       judgment is appealed from or the clerk of the court, if there is one, shall
37       certify the complaint and warrant to the district court of the county, but
38       failure to do so shall not affect the validity of the appeal.
39           (4) The trial of municipal appeal cases shall be to the court unless a
40       jury trial is requested in writing by the defendant not later than seven
41       days after first notice of trial assignment is given to the defendant or such
42       defendant's counsel. The time requirement provided in this subsection
43       regarding when a jury trial shall be requested may be waived in the dis-

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  1       cretion of the court upon a finding that imposing such time requirement
  2       would cause undue hardship or prejudice to the defendant. A jury in a
  3       municipal appeal case shall consist of six members.
  4           (5) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, appeal from
  5       a conviction rendered pursuant to subsection (b) of K.S.A. 12-4416 and
  6       amendments thereto shall be conducted only on the record of the stip-
  7       ulation of facts relating to the complaint.
  8           Sec. 33. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 22-3609a is hereby amended to read as
  9       follows: 22-3609a. (1) A defendant shall have the right to appeal from any
10       judgment of a district magistrate judge. The administrative chief judge
11       shall be responsible for assigning a district judge for any such appeal. The
12       appeal shall stay all further proceedings upon the judgment appealed
13       from.
14           (2) An appeal to a district judge shall be taken by filing a notice of
15       appeal with the clerk of the court. No appeal shall be taken more than
16       10 days after the date of the judgment appealed from.
17           (3) The clerk of the district court shall deliver the complaint, warrant
18       and any appearance bond to the district judge to whom such appeal is
19       assigned. The case shall be tried de novo before the assigned district
20       judge.
21           (4) No advance payment of a docket fee shall be required when the
22       appeal is taken.
23           (5) All appeals taken by a defendant from a district magistrate judge
24       in traffic infraction, cigarette or tobacco infraction and misdemeanor
25       cases shall be tried by the court unless a jury trial is requested in writing
26       by the defendant.
27           (6) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, appeal from
28       a conviction rendered pursuant to subsection (c) of K.S.A. 22-2909 and
29       amendments thereto shall be conducted only on the record of the stip-
30       ulation of facts relating to the complaint.
31           Sec. 34. K.S.A. 22-3708 is hereby amended to read as follows: 22-
32       3708. (a) (1) The annual salary of the chairperson of the Kansas parole
33       board shall be an amount equal to the annual salary paid by the state to
34       a district judge designated as administrative chief judge; and
35           (2) the annual salary of each other member of the Kansas parole
36       board shall be an amount which is $2,465 less than the annual salary of
37       the chairperson.
38           (b) Members of the Kansas parole board shall be allowed all actual
39       travel and necessary expenses incurred while in the discharge of official
40       duties.
41           Sec. 35. K.S.A. 22-4009 is hereby amended to read as follows: 22-
42       4009. (a) If a convict under sentence of death appears to be pregnant or
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  1       notify the secretary of corrections. The secretary shall designate one or
  2       more licensed physicians to examine the convict to determine if the con-
  3       vict is pregnant. If the convict is pregnant, the secretary of corrections
  4       shall notify the administrative chief judge of the judicial district where
  5       the conviction was rendered and the execution of the sentence of death
  6       shall be postponed. If the convict is not pregnant, the execution shall be
  7       carried out as previously ordered.
  8           (b) When the execution of a sentence of death is postponed because
  9       of pregnancy, the judge shall wait until the child is born or the pregnancy
10       is otherwise terminated and then the judge shall fix the date for the ex-
11       ecution. At any time during the postponement of the execution, the judge
12       may order an examination as provided in this section to determine
13       whether the convict remains pregnant. The costs of each medical exam-
14       ination conducted pursuant to this section shall be paid by the county
15       where the case originated.
16           Sec. 36. K.S.A. 23-494 is hereby amended to read as follows: 23-494.
17       The court may provide by rule adopted by the judge or judges of each of
18       the judicial districts of Kansas for the establishment of the office of court
19       trustee for the judicial district. The court trustee shall be a person licensed
20       to practice law in the state of Kansas and shall be appointed by and serve
21       at the pleasure of the administrative chief judge of the judicial district.
22           Sec. 37. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 23-496 is hereby amended to read as
23       follows: 23-496. (a) The court trustee shall be authorized and empowered
24       to pursue all civil remedies which would be available to the obligee or
25       obligor in establishing and enforcing payment of support or restitution.
26           (b) The court trustee may also file motions for an increase or a de-
27       crease of the amount of support on behalf of any child. Any such motion
28       to modify the amount of support shall not be heard until notice has been
29       given to the obligee, the obligor and their attorneys of record, if any.
30           (c) The court trustee shall have the following additional powers and
31       duties upon approval of the administrative chief judge:
32           (1) To issue summonses, administrative subpoenas and subpoenas
33       duces tecum to obligors, obligees and other witnesses who possess knowl-
34       edge or books and records relating to enforcement of support or resti-
35       tution to appear in the office of the trustee or before the district court
36       for examination;
37           (2) to administer oaths and take sworn testimony on the record or by
38       affidavit;
39           (3) to appoint special process servers as required to carry out the
40       court trustee's responsibilities under this section;
41           (4) to enter into stipulations, acknowledgments, agreements and jour-
42       nal entries, subject to approval of the court; and
43           (5) to enter into contracts pursuant to K.S.A. 75-719, and amend-

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  1       ments thereto, with the attorney general for the collection of debts owed
  2       to courts or restitution owed to obligees.
  3           Sec. 38. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 23-497 is hereby amended to read as
  4       follows: 23-497. (a) To defray the expenses of operation of the court
  5       trustee's office, the court trustee is authorized to charge an amount: (1)
  6       Whether fixed or sliding scale, based upon the scope of services provided
  7       or upon economic criteria, not to exceed 5% of the support collected
  8       from obligors through such office, as determined necessary by the ad-
  9       ministrative chief judge as provided by this section; (2) based upon the
10       hourly cost of office operations for the provision of services on an hourly
11       or per service basis, with the written agreement of the obligee; or (3)
12       from restitution collected, not to exceed the fee authorized by the attor-
13       ney general under any contract entered into pursuant to K.S.A. 75-719,
14       and amendments thereto.
15           (b) All such amounts shall be paid to the court trustee operations
16       fund of the county where collected. There shall be created a court trustee
17       operations fund in the county treasury of each county or district court of
18       each county, in each judicial district that establishes the office of court
19       trustee for the judicial district. The moneys budgeted to fund the oper-
20       ation of existing court trustee offices and to fund the start-up costs of new
21       court trustee offices established on or after January 1, 1992, whether as
22       a result of a rule adopted pursuant to K.S.A. 23-494, and amendments
23       thereto, or because this act has created a court trustee operations fund,
24       shall be transferred from the county general fund to the court trustee
25       operations fund. The county commissioners of the county or group of
26       counties, if the judicial district consists of more than one county, by a
27       majority vote, shall decide whether the county or counties will have a
28       court trustee operations fund in the county treasury or the district court
29       of each county. All expenditures from the court trustee operations fund
30       shall be made in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 23-492 et seq.
31       and amendments thereto to enforce duties of support. Authorized ex-
32       penditures from the court trustee operations fund may include repayment
33       of start-up costs, expansions and operations of the court trustee's office
34       to the county general fund. The court trustee shall be paid compensation
35       as determined by the administrative chief judge. The board of county
36       commissioners of each county to which this act may apply shall provide
37       suitable quarters for the office of court trustee, furnish stationery and
38       supplies, and such furniture and equipment as shall, in the discretion of
39       the administrative chief judge, be necessary for the use of the court trus-
40       tee. The administrative chief judge shall fix and determine the annual
41       budget of the office of the court trustee and shall review and determine
42       on an annual basis the amount necessary to be charged to defray the
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  1       trustee. All payments made by the secretary of social and rehabilitation
  2       services pursuant to K.S.A. 23-4,117 and amendments thereto or any
  3       grants or other monies received which are intended to further child sup-
  4       port enforcement goals or restitution goals shall be deposited in the court
  5       trustee operations fund.
  6           Sec. 39. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 23-498 is hereby amended to read as
  7       follows: 23-498. (a) All expenditures provided for in this act shall be paid
  8       as follows:
  9           (1) In each judicial district consisting of a single county such expend-
10       iture shall be paid by the board of county commissioners or administrative
11       chief judge from the court trustees operations fund as provided in K.S.A.
12       23-497 and amendments thereto.
13           (2) In each judicial district consisting of more than one county which
14       has a single court trustee operation serving all the counties in that district,
15       such expenditure shall be paid by the:
16           (A) Board of county commissioners of the county having the greatest
17       amount of support or restitution money collected by the court trustee's
18       office in such district from the court trustees operations fund of such
19       county, and such board of county commissioners shall send a statement
20       to the board of county commissioners of each of the other counties in
21       such district for a proportional amount of such annual expenditures with
22       such proportion to be based upon the respective amounts of support and
23       restitution money collected by the court trustee's office of each county
24       within such judicial district. Each board of county commissioners receiv-
25       ing a statement pursuant to this section shall make payment of the same
26       from the court trustees operations fund of the county; or
27           (B) administrative chief judge of such judicial district. Such judge
28       shall pay such annual expenditures from the court trustee operations fund
29       in the district court of each county based upon the respective amounts
30       of support and restitution money collected by the court trustee's office
31       of each county within such judicial district. The administrative chief judge
32       shall promptly reimburse the county general fund for expenditures made
33       for salary, compensation and fringe benefits made on behalf of the court
34       trustee's office pursuant to K.S.A. 20-162, 20-358 and 20-359, and amend-
35       ments thereto.
36           (3) The expenditure for a court trustee office in a multicounty district
37       which does not operate in all counties of the district shall be paid pro-
38       portionately, as in subsection (2), from the court trustee operations fund
39       of each county served by the court trustee.
40           (b) The administrative chief judge and the board of county commis-
41       sioners may agree on a reimbursement amount to the county general fund
42       in an amount less than the total expenses of the court trustee's office, but
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  1       court trustee's office.
  2           Sec. 40. K.S.A. 23-499 is hereby amended to read as follows: 23-499.
  3       The expenditure for salaries, compensation and necessary expenses of the
  4       office of court trustee provided for in this act may be paid during any
  5       budget year, even though the same was not included in the budget ex-
  6       penditures for such budget year, until such time as the office shall become
  7       self-supporting, as determined by the administrative chief judge.
  8           Sec. 41. K.S.A. 23-4,118 is hereby amended to read as follows: 23-
  9       4,118. (a) The department of social and rehabilitation services is desig-
10       nated as the state income withholding agency in title IV-D cases. For the
11       purpose of keeping adequate records to document, track and monitor
12       support payments in title IV-D cases and for the purpose of initiating the
13       income withholding process in such cases, the department may contract
14       for the performance of all or a portion of the withholding agency function
15       with existing title IV-D contractors or any newly created entity capable
16       of providing such services.
17           (b) In all other cases, except as otherwise provided in this subsection,
18       the clerk of the district court is designated as the income withholding
19       agency for the purpose of keeping adequate records to allow the obligor
20       and obligee to track and monitor support payments. If a district court
21       trustee has been designated by the administrative chief judge to receive,
22       process and maintain records for moneys received under support orders,
23       the district court trustee is designated as the income withholding agency
24       for non-IV-D cases in the judicial district.
25           Sec. 42. K.S.A. 23-701 is hereby amended to read as follows: 23-701.
26       (a) The purpose of this section is to enhance the enforcement of child
27       visitation rights granted by court order by establishing an expedited pro-
28       cedure which is simplified enough to provide justice without necessitating
29       the assistance of legal counsel.
30           (b) If a parent has been granted visitation rights pursuant to K.S.A.
31       38-1121 or 60-1616, and amendments thereto, and such rights are denied
32       or interfered with by the other parent, the parent having visitation rights
33       may file with the clerk of the district court a motion for enforcement of
34       such rights. Such motion shall be filed on a form provided by the clerk
35       of the court. Upon the filing of the motion, the administrative chief judge
36       of the district court shall assign a judge of the district court or the court
37       trustee as a hearing officer to hear the motion. The hearing officer shall
38       immediately:
39           (1) Issue ex parte an order for mediation in accordance with K.S.A.
40       23-601 et seq., and amendments thereto; or
41           (2) set a time and place for a hearing on the motion, which shall be
42       not more than 21 days after the filing of the motion.
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  1       mediator shall submit a summary of the parties' understanding to the
  2       hearing officer within five days after it is signed by the parties. Upon
  3       receipt of the summary, the hearing officer shall enter an order in accord-
  4       ance with the parties' agreement or set a time and place for a hearing on
  5       the matter, which shall be not more than 10 days after the summary is
  6       received by the hearing officer.
  7           (d) If mediation ordered pursuant to subsection (b) is terminated
  8       pursuant to K.S.A. 23-604 and amendments thereto, the mediator shall
  9       report the termination to the hearing officer within five days after the
10       termination. Upon receipt of the report, if the hearing officer is a district
11       judge, such judge shall set the matter for hearing. If the hearing officer
12       is a district magistrate judge or a court trustee, the administrative chief
13       judge shall assign the matter to a district judge who shall set the matter
14       for hearing. Any such hearing shall be not more than 10 days after the
15       mediator's report of termination is received by the hearing officer.
16           (e) Notice of the hearing date set by the hearing officer shall be given
17       to all interested parties by certified mail, return receipt requested, or as
18       the court may order.
19           (f) If, upon a hearing pursuant to subsection (b), (c) or (d), the hear-
20       ing officer or judge finds that visitation rights of one parent have been
21       unreasonably denied or interfered with by the other parent, the hearing
22       officer or judge may enter an order providing for one or more of the
23       following:
24           (1) A specific visitation schedule;
25           (2) compensating visitation time for the visitation denied or inter-
26       fered with, which time shall be of the same type (e.g., holiday, weekday,
27       weekend, summer) as that denied or interfered with and shall be at the
28       convenience of the parent whose visitation was denied or interfered with;
29           (3) the posting of a bond, either cash or with sufficient sureties, con-
30       ditioned upon compliance with the order granting visitation rights;
31           (4) assessment of reasonable attorney fees, mediation costs and costs
32       of the proceedings to enforce visitation rights against the parent who
33       unreasonably denied or interfered with the other parent's visitation rights;
34           (5) attendance of one or both parents at counseling or educational
35       sessions which focus on the impact of visitation disputes on children;
36           (6) supervised visitation; or
37           (7) any other remedy which the hearing officer or judge considers
38       appropriate, except that, if a hearing officer is a district magistrate judge
39       or court trustee, the hearing officer shall not enter any order which grants,
40       or modifies a previous order granting, child support, child custody or
41       maintenance.
42           (g) Decisions of district magistrate judges or court trustees appointed
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  1       the motion of any party filed within 10 days after the order was entered.
  2           (h) In no case shall final disposition of a motion filed pursuant to this
  3       section take place more than 45 days after the filing of such motion.
  4           Sec. 43. K.S.A. 38-555 is hereby amended to read as follows: 38-555.
  5       In Johnson county the operation of public youth residential facilities shall
  6       be under the supervision and control of the district court. The adminis-
  7       trative chief judge of the district court shall determine staff requirements
  8       and appoint and supervise staff members of such facilities in accordance
  9       with the personnel policies and compensation plan adopted by the board
10       of county commissioners. The board of county commissioners shall set
11       an annual budget of the costs and expenses for the purchase, improve-
12       ment, operation and maintenance of said such facilities and payment of
13       salaries of staff members, and. The county commissioners shall levy a tax
14       as in the case of providing for other expenses of the county on the assessed
15       taxable valuation of said county for the purpose and to pay a portion of
16       the principal and interest on bonds issued under the authority of K.S.A.
17       12-1774, and amendments thereto, by cities located in the county.
18           Sec. 44. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 38-1808 is hereby amended to read as
19       follows: 38-1808. (a) There is hereby established in the state treasury the
20       family and children investment fund. On and after July 1, 1997, such fund
21       shall be administered as provided in this section.
22           (b) There shall be credited to the family and children investment
23       fund appropriations, gifts, grants, contributions, matching funds and par-
24       ticipant payments.
25           (c) (1) There is hereby created the family and children trust account
26       in the family and children investment fund. The secretary of social and
27       rehabilitation services shall administer this account.
28           (2) Moneys credited to the family and children trust account shall be
29       used for the following purposes: (A) Matching federal moneys to purchase
30       services relating to community-based programs for the broad range of
31       child abuse and neglect prevention activities; (B) providing start-up or
32       expansion grants for community-based prevention projects for the broad
33       range of child abuse and neglect prevention activities; (C) studying and
34       evaluating community-based prevention projects for the broad range of
35       child abuse and neglect prevention activities; (D) preparing, publishing,
36       purchasing and disseminating educational material dealing with the broad
37       range of child abuse and neglect prevention activities; and (E) payment
38       of administrative costs of the family and children trust account and of the
39       advisory committee on children and families established pursuant to
40       K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 38-1901, and amendments thereto. No moneys in the
41       family and children trust account shall be used for the purpose of pro-
42       viding services for the voluntary termination of pregnancy.
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  1       subject to the approval of the advisory committee on children and families
  2       established pursuant to K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 38-1901, and amendments
  3       thereto. All expenditures from the account shall be made in accordance
  4       with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and
  5       reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the secretary of social
  6       and rehabilitation services or a person designated by the secretary.
  7           (d) (1) There is hereby created the permanent families account in
  8       the family and children investment fund. The judicial administrator of
  9       the courts shall administer this account.
10           (2) Moneys credited to the permanent families account shall be used
11       for the following purposes: (A) Not more than 12% of the amount cred-
12       ited to the account during the fiscal year may be used to provide technical
13       assistance to district courts or local groups wanting to establish a local
14       citizen review board or a court-appointed special advocate program, in-
15       cluding but not limited to such staff as necessary to provide such assis-
16       tance, and to provide services necessary for the administration of such
17       board or program, including but not limited to grants administration,
18       accounting, data collection, report writing and training of local citizen
19       review board staff; (B) grants to court-appointed special advocate pro-
20       grams, upon application approved by the administrative chief judge of the
21       judicial district where the program is located; and (C) grants to district
22       courts, upon application of the administrative chief judge of the judicial
23       district, for expenses of establishment, operation and evaluation of local
24       citizen review boards in the judicial district, including costs of: (i) Em-
25       ploying local citizen review board coordinators and clerical staff; (ii) tel-
26       ephone, photocopying and office equipment and supplies for which there
27       are shown to be no local funds available; (iii) mileage of staff and board
28       members; and (iv) training staff and board members.
29           (3) In addition to the other duties and powers provided by law, in
30       administering the permanent families account, the judicial administrator
31       shall:
32           (A) Accept and receive grants, loans, gifts or donations from any pub-
33       lic or private entity in support of programs administered by the judicial
34       administrator and assist in the development of supplemental funding
35       sources for local and state programs;
36           (B) consider applications for and make such grants from the perma-
37       nent families account as authorized by law; and
38           (C) receive reports from local citizen review boards established pur-
39       suant to K.S.A. 38-1812, and amendments thereto, regarding the status
40       of children under the supervision of the district courts and regarding
41       systemic barriers to permanence for children, assure that appropriate data
42       is maintained regularly and compiled at least once a year by such boards
43       on all cases reviewed and assure that the effectiveness of such boards is

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  1       evaluated on an ongoing basis, using, where possible, random selection
  2       of local citizen review boards and cases for the evaluation and including
  3       client outcome data to determine effectiveness.
  4           (4) All expenditures from the account shall be made in accordance
  5       with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and
  6       reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the judicial administra-
  7       tor or a person designated by the judicial administrator.
  8           (e) On or before the 10th of each month, the director of accounts
  9       and reports shall transfer from the state general fund to the family and
10       children investment fund interest earnings based on:
11           (1) The average daily balance of moneys in the family and children
12       investment fund for the preceding month; and
13           (2) the net earnings rate of the pooled money investment portfolio
14       for the preceding month.
15           Sec. 45. K.S.A. 38-1812 is hereby amended to read as follows: 38-
16       1812. (a) Subject to the availability of funds in the permanent families
17       account of the family and children investment fund for citizen review
18       boards, and subject to a request from a judicial district, there shall be
19       local citizen review boards in judicial districts, or portions of such districts.
20           (b) The administrative chief judge of the judicial district, or such
21       judge's designation of another judge, shall appoint three to seven citizens
22       from the community to serve on each local citizen review board. Such
23       members shall represent the various socioeconomic and ethnic groups of
24       the judicial district, and shall have a special interest in children. Such
25       judge may also appoint alternates when necessary.
26           (c) The term of appointment shall be two years and members may
27       be reappointed.
28           (d) Members shall serve without compensation but may be reim-
29       bursed for mileage for out-of-county reviews.
30           (e) Each local citizen review board shall meet quarterly and may meet
31       monthly if the number of cases to review requires such meetings.
32           (f) Members and alternates appointed to local citizen review boards
33       shall receive at least six hours of training before reviewing a case.
34           Sec. 46. K.S.A. 39-1702 is hereby amended to read as follows: 39-
35       1702. As used in this act:
36           (a) ``Children and adolescents who require multiple levels and kinds
37       of specialized services which are beyond the capability of one agency''
38       means children and adolescents who are residents of Kansas, and with
39       respect to whom there is documentation that: (1) Various agencies have
40       acknowledged the need for a certain type of service and have taken action
41       to provide that level of care; (2) various agencies have collaborated to
42       develop a program plan to meet the needs of the child or adolescent; and
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  1       to meet the need of the child or adolescent, and that existing or alternative
  2       programs and funding have been exhausted or are insufficient or inap-
  3       propriate in view of the distinctive nature of the situation of the child or
  4       adolescent.
  5           (b) ``Agency'' means and includes county health departments, area
  6       offices of the department of social and rehabilitation services, district
  7       offices of the department of health and environment, local offices of the
  8       department of human resources, boards of education of public school
  9       districts, community mental health centers, community facilities for the
10       mentally retarded/developmentally disabled, district courts, county com-
11       missions, and law enforcement agencies.
12           (c) ``Authorized decision makers'' means agency representatives who
13       have the authority to commit the resources of the agency they represent
14       in the provision of services to any child or adolescent whose needs are
15       brought before a regional interagency council.
16           (d) ``District court'' means the administrative chief judge for a judicial
17       district.
18           (e) ``Parent'' means a natural parent, an adoptive parent, a stepparent,
19       a foster care provider of a child or adolescent for whom services are
20       needed from more than one agency, or a person acting as parent of a
21       child or adolescent for whom services are needed from more than one
22       agency.
23           (f) ``Person acting as parent'' means a guardian or conservator, or a
24       person, other than a parent, who is liable by law to maintain, care for, or
25       support a child or adolescent, or who has actual care and custody of the
26       child or adolescent and is contributing the major portion of the cost of
27       support of the child or adolescent, or who has actual care and control of
28       the child or adolescent with the written consent of a person who has legal
29       custody of the child or adolescent, or who has been granted custody of
30       the child or adolescent, by a court of competent jurisdiction.
31           Sec. 47. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 44-555c is hereby amended to read as
32       follows: 44-555c. (a) There is hereby established the workers compen-
33       sation board. The board shall have exclusive jurisdiction to review all
34       decisions, findings, orders and awards of compensation of administrative
35       law judges under the workers compensation act. The review by the board
36       shall be upon questions of law and fact as presented and shown by a
37       transcript of the evidence and the proceedings as presented, had and
38       introduced before the administrative law judge. The board shall be within
39       the division of workers compensation of the department of human re-
40       sources and all budgeting, personnel, purchasing and related manage-
41       ment functions of the board shall be administered under the supervision
42       and direction of the secretary of human resources. The board shall consist
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  1       with this section and who shall each serve for a term of four years, except
  2       as provided for the first members appointed to the board under subsec-
  3       tion (f).
  4           (b) Each board member shall be an attorney regularly admitted to
  5       practice law in Kansas for a period of at least seven years and shall have
  6       engaged in the active practice of law during such period as a lawyer, judge
  7       of a court of record or any court in Kansas or a full-time teacher of law
  8       in an accredited law school, or any combination of such types of practice.
  9           (c) Each board member shall receive an annual salary in an amount
10       equal to the salary prescribed by law for a district judge, except that the
11       member who is the chairperson of the workers compensation board shall
12       receive an annual salary in an amount equal to the salary prescribed for
13       a district judge designated as administrative chief judge of a district court
14       of Kansas. The board members shall devote full time to the duties of such
15       office and shall not engage in the private practice of law during their term
16       of office. No board member may receive additional compensation for
17       official services performed by the board member. Each board member
18       shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance of such
19       official duties under the same circumstances and to the same extent as
20       judges of the district court are reimbursed for such expenses.
21           (d) Applications for membership on the board shall be submitted to
22       the director of workers compensation. The director shall determine if an
23       applicant meets the qualifications for membership on the board pre-
24       scribed in subsection (b). Qualified applicants for the board will be sub-
25       mitted by the director to the workers compensation board nominating
26       committee for consideration.
27           (e) There is hereby established the workers compensation board
28       nominating committee which shall be composed of two members ap-
29       pointed as follows:  The Kansas AFL-CIO and the Kansas chamber of
30       commerce and industry shall each select one representative to serve on
31       the workers compensation board nominating committee and shall give
32       written notice of the selection to the secretary who shall appoint such
33       representatives to the committee. In the event of a vacancy occurring for
34       any reason on the nominating committee, the respective member shall
35       be replaced by the appointing organization with written notice of the
36       appointment to the secretary of human resources within 30 days of such
37       vacancy.
38           (f) (1) Upon being notified of any vacancy on the board or of the
39       need to appoint a member pro tem under subsection (i), the nominating
40       committee shall consider all qualified applicants submitted by the director
41       for the vacant position on the board or the member pro tem position and
42       nominate a person qualified therefor. The nominating committee shall
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  1       board. With respect to each person nominated, the secretary either shall
  2       accept and appoint the person nominated by the nominating committee
  3       to the position on the board for which the nomination was made or shall
  4       reject the nomination and request the nominating committee to nominate
  5       another person for that position. Upon receipt of any such request for
  6       the nomination of another person, the nominating committee shall nom-
  7       inate another person for that position in the same manner.
  8           (2) The first members of the board established by this section are
  9       hereby appointed as follows: Each person who was a member of the
10       workers compensation board which was in existence on January 12, 1995,
11       is hereby appointed, effective January 13, 1995, as a member of the board
12       established by this section. The term of office of each person so appointed
13       as a member of the board established by this section is for the period
14       equal to the remainder of the term of office such person had as of January
15       12, 1995, as a member of the workers compensation board which was in
16       existence on January 12, 1995.
17           (3) Each member of the board shall hold office for the term of the
18       appointment and until the successor shall have been appointed. Succes-
19       sors to such members shall be appointed for terms of four years.
20           (4) If a vacancy should occur on the board during the term of a mem-
21       ber, the nominating committee shall nominate an individual from the
22       qualified applicants submitted by the director to complete the remainder
23       of the unexpired portion of the term. With respect to each person so
24       nominated, the secretary either shall accept and appoint the person nom-
25       inated to the board or shall reject the nomination and request the nom-
26       inating committee to nominate another person for the position. Upon
27       receipt of any such request for the nomination of another person, the
28       nominating committee shall nominate another person for the position in
29       the same manner.
30           (g) Following the completion of a term, board members who wish to
31       be considered for reappointment to the board shall be deemed to have
32       met the qualification requirements for selection to the board and shall
33       be considered for renomination by the workers compensation board nom-
34       inating committee.
35           (h) The members of the board shall annually elect one member to
36       serve as chairperson.
37           (i) If illness or other temporary disability of a member of the board
38       will not permit the member to serve during a case or in any case in which
39       a member of the board must be excused from serving because of a conflict
40       or is otherwise disqualified with regard to such case, the director shall
41       notify the workers compensation nominating committee of the need to
42       appoint a member pro tem. Upon receipt of such notice, the committee
43       shall act as soon as possible and nominate a qualified person to serve as

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  1       member pro tem in such case in accordance with subsection (f). Each
  2       member pro tem shall receive compensation at the same rate as a member
  3       of the board receives, prorated for the hours of actual service as a member
  4       pro tem and shall receive expenses under the same circumstances and to
  5       the same extent as a member of the board receives. Each member pro
  6       tem shall have all the powers, duties and functions of a member of the
  7       board with regard to the case.
  8           (j) The board shall maintain principal offices in Topeka, Kansas, and
  9       the board may conduct hearings at a courthouse of any county in Kansas
10       or at another location specified by the board. The secretary of human
11       resources shall provide a courtroom and other suitable quarters in To-
12       peka, Kansas, for the use of the board and its staff. When the board
13       conducts hearings at any location other than in Topeka, Kansas, the di-
14       rector shall make suitable arrangements for such hearings. Subject to the
15       provisions of appropriation acts, the director shall provide such supplies
16       and equipment and shall appoint such support personnel as may be nec-
17       essary for the board to fulfill the duties imposed by this act, subject to
18       approval by the secretary.
19           (k) For purposes of hearing cases, the board may sit together or in
20       panels of two members or more, designated by the chairperson of the
21       board, except that an appeal from a preliminary award entered under
22       K.S.A. 44-534a and amendments thereto may be heard by a panel of one
23       member designated by the chairperson. All members of the board shall
24       determine each matter before the board. All decisions, reviews and de-
25       terminations by Orp board shall be approved in writing by at least three
26       board members. Whenever the board enters a final order in any pro-
27       ceeding, the board shall make written findings of fact and conclusions of
28       law forming the basis of the board's determination and final order. The
29       findings of fact and conclusions of law of the board shall be made a part
30       of the final order. The board shall mail a copy of the final order of the
31       board to all parties to the proceeding within three days following the
32       issuance of the final order.
33           Sec. 48. K.S.A. 59-2402 is hereby amended to read as follows: 59-
34       2402. In any proceeding pending in the district court before a district
35       magistrate judge, when it appears that a decision upon any question of
36       which such judge does not have jurisdiction is necessary to a full deter-
37       mination of the proceeding, such question shall be submitted to the ad-
38       ministrative chief judge. The administrative chief judge may assign the
39       entire case to a district judge or may assign just the question to a district
40       judge for determination, after which the case may be reassigned to the
41       district magistrate judge.
42           Sec. 49. K.S.A. 59-2402a is hereby amended to read as follows: 59-
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  1       trate judge is assigned to hear such petition, any interested party may
  2       request the transfer of the matter to the administrative chief judge for
  3       assignment to a district judge if the petition is:
  4           (1) To admit a will to probate;
  5           (2) to determine venue or a transfer of venue;
  6           (3) to allow any claim exceeding $500 in value;
  7           (4) for the sale, lease or mortgage of real estate;
  8           (5) for conveyance of real estate under contract;
  9           (6) for payment of a legacy or distributive share;
10           (7) for partial or final distribution;
11           (8) for an order compelling a legatee or distributee to refund;
12           (9) for an order to determine heirs, devisees or legatees; or
13           (10) for an order which involves construction of a will or other in-
14       strument.
15           When a request for such transfer is filed less than three days prior to
16       the commencement of the hearing, the court shall assess the costs occa-
17       sioned by the subpoena and attendance of witnesses against the party
18       seeking the transfer. Such request may be included in any petition, answer
19       or other pleading, or may be filed as a separate petition, and shall include
20       an allegation that a bona fide controversy exists and that the transfer is
21       not sought for the purpose of vexation or delay. Notice of such request
22       shall be given as ordered by the court.
23           Sec. 50. K.S.A. 59-2402b is hereby amended to read as follows: 59-
24       2402b. Upon the filing of such request the administrative chief judge may
25       assign the case in its entirety to a district judge or only for a determination
26       of the specific issues raised. If the administrative chief judge assigns only
27       for determination of specific issues, the case may be reassigned to the
28       district magistrate judge. The determination of issues shall be as on appeal
29       as provided in K.S.A. 59-2408 and amendments thereto.
30           Sec. 51. K.S.A. 59-2402d is hereby amended to read as follows: 59-
31       2402d. When a trust estate is created by a will admitted to probate by
32       order of any district magistrate judge of this state, any beneficiary or the
33       trustee of such trust estate may at any time file a petition requesting the
34       transfer of such trust estate to the administrative chief judge for assign-
35       ment to a district judge. Notice shall be given as ordered by the court, if
36       notice is found by the court to be necessary. Upon the filing of such
37       request, the district magistrate judge shall transfer the file in the estate,
38       or so much thereof as may be necessary for a proper administration of
39       the trust estate, to the administrative chief judge.
40           Appeals from judgments and orders of a district judge made pursuant
41       to this act may be taken as appeals in other civil cases.
42           Sec. 52. K.S.A. 59-2408 is hereby amended to read as follows: 59-
43       2408. Whenever an appeal has been taken from an order, judgment, de-

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  1       cree or decision of a district magistrate judge, the district judge to which
  2       the appeal is assigned by the administrative chief judge, without unnec-
  3       essary delay, shall proceed to hear and determine all issues in the matter
  4       de novo and shall allow and may require pleadings to be filed or amended.
  5       The right to file new pleadings shall not be abridged or restricted by the
  6       pleadings filed, or by failure to file pleadings, in the proceedings before
  7       the district magistrate judge; nor shall the trial or the issues to be consid-
  8       ered by the district judge be abridged or restricted by any failure to
  9       appear or by the evidence introduced, or the absence or insufficiency
10       thereof, in the proceedings before the district magistrate judge.
11           All appeals from a district magistrate judge other than those from the
12       allowance or disallowance of a demand, adjudging or refusing to adjudge
13       a person an incapacitated person, and the granting, or refusing to grant,
14       of an order for care or treatment, shall be tried by the court without a
15       jury, but the court may call a jury in an advisory capacity or in a proper
16       case may refer the matter or part thereof to a referee.
17           Sec. 53. K.S.A. 60-465a is hereby amended to read as follows: 60-
18       465a. The photographs, microphotographs or photographic film or prints
19       or reproductions of the original records as authorized in K.S.A. 20-159
20       and amendments thereto shall be deemed to be an original record for all
21       purposes, and may be used as evidence in all courts or administrative
22       agencies. A copy thereof, certified in writing by the person designated by
23       the administrative chief judge of the judicial district as having custody of
24       such reproduction, may be used as evidence in all courts or administrative
25       agencies.
26           Sec. 54. K.S.A. 60-2601a is hereby amended to read as follows: 60-
27       2601a. In any county which has a computer information storage and re-
28       trieval system for the use of the clerk of the district court of such county,
29       the records and information required to be maintained in the dockets and
30       journals under the provisions of section 60-2601 subsections (b) (1), (2),
31       (3), and (4) of K.S.A. 60-2601 and amendments thereto may, upon order
32       of the administrative chief judge of such court, be maintained in such
33       computer information storage and retrieval system. The clerk of the dis-
34       trict court of such county shall be charged with the responsibility of mak-
35       ing such records and information maintained in such computer infor-
36       mation storage and retrieval system accessible to the public during normal
37       working hours.
38           Sec. 55. K.S.A. 60-3502 is hereby amended to read as follows: 60-
39       3502. If a professional malpractice liability action is filed in a district court
40       of this state and one of the parties to the action requests, by filing a
41       memorandum with the court, that a professional malpractice screening
42       panel be convened, the judge of the district court or, if the district court
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  1       shall convene a professional malpractice screening panel, hereafter re-
  2       ferred to as the screening panel. If a claim for damages arising out of the
  3       rendering of or failure to render services by a professional licensee has
  4       not been formalized by the filing of a petition, any party affected by such
  5       claim may request, by filing a memorandum with the court, that a screen-
  6       ing panel be convened and, if such request is made, the judge of the
  7       district court or, if the district court has more than one division, the
  8       administrative chief judge of such court shall convene a screening panel.
  9           The membership of the screening panel shall be selected as follows:
10       (a) A person licensed in the same profession as the defendant or person
11       against whom the claim is filed, designated by the defendant or by the
12       person against whom the claim is made if no petition has been filed; (b)
13       a person licensed in the same profession as the defendant or person
14       against whom the claim is filed, designated by the plaintiff or by the
15       claimant if no petition has been filed; (c) a person licensed in the same
16       profession as the defendant or person against whom the claim is filed,
17       selected jointly by the plaintiff and the defendant or by the claimant and
18       the person against whom the claim is made, if no petition has been filed;
19       and (d) an attorney selected by the judge of the district court or, if the
20       district court has more than one division, the administrative chief judge
21       of such court from a list of attorneys maintained by the judge of the
22       district court for such purpose. Such attorney shall be a nonvoting mem-
23       ber of the screening panel but shall act as chairperson of the screening
24       panel.
25           The state agency which licenses, registers, certifies or otherwise is re-
26       sponsible for the practice of any group of professional licensees shall
27       maintain and make available to the parties to the proceeding a current
28       list of professional licensees who are willing and available to serve on the
29       screening panel. The persons appointed shall constitute the screening
30       panel for the particular professional malpractice claim to be heard.
31           Sec. 56. K.S.A. 60-3503 is hereby amended to read as follows: 60-
32       3503. The district judge or, if the district court has more than one division,
33       the administrative chief judge of such court shall notify the parties to the
34       action that a screening panel has been convened and that the members
35       of such screening panel are to be appointed within 10 days of the receipt
36       of such notice. If the plaintiff and the defendant or, if no petition has
37       been filed, the claimant and the party against whom the claim is made
38       are unable to jointly select a professional licensee within 10 days after
39       receipt of notice that a screening panel has been convened, the judge of
40       the district court or, if the district court has more than one division, the
41       administrative chief judge of such court shall select such professional li-
42       censee.
43           Sec. 57. K.S.A. 60-3505 is hereby amended to read as follows: 60-

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  1       3505. (a) Within 90 days after the screening panel is commenced, such
  2       panel shall make written recommendations on the issue of whether the
  3       professional licensee departed from the standard of conduct in a way
  4       which caused the plaintiff or claimant damage. A concurring or dissenting
  5       member of the screening panel may file a written concurring or dissenting
  6       opinion. All written opinions shall be supported by corroborating refer-
  7       ences to published literature and other relevant documents.
  8           (b) The screening panel shall notify all parties when its determination
  9       is to be handed down, and, within seven days of its decision, shall provide
10       a copy of its opinion and any concurring or dissenting opinion to each
11       party and each attorney of record and to the judge of the district court
12       or, if the district court has more than one division, the administrative
13       chief judge of such court. The screening panel shall also provide a copy
14       of its opinion and any concurring or dissenting opinions, and the reasons
15       therefor, to the commissioner of insurance.
16           (c) The written report of the screening panel shall be admissible in
17       any subsequent legal proceeding, and either party may subpoena any and
18       all members of the panel as witnesses for examination relating to the
19       issues at trial.
20           Sec. 58. K.S.A. 61-1720 is hereby amended to read as follows: 61-
21       1720. (a) By plaintiff. Whenever a plaintiff demands judgment beyond
22       the scope of actions authorized by the provisions of K.S.A. 61-1603 and
23       amendments thereto, the court shall either: (1) Transfer the action to the
24       administrative chief judge for assignment and hearing pursuant to chapter
25       60 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, assessing the increased docket fee
26       to the plaintiff,; or (2) allow the plaintiff to amend his or her the pleadings
27       and service of process to bring the demand for judgment within the scope
28       of actions authorized by the provisions of K.S.A. 61-1603 and amendments
29       thereto, assessing the costs accrued to the plaintiff.
30           (b) By defendant. If a defendant asserts a counterclaim or cross-claim
31       beyond the scope of chapter 61 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, the
32       case shall be referred to the administrative chief judge for assignment and
33       hearing pursuant to chapter 60 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, assess-
34       ing the increased docket fee to the defendant.
35           Sec. 59. K.S.A. 61-1724 is hereby amended to read as follows: 61-
36       1724. In any action commenced pursuant to this chapter in which a dis-
37       trict magistrate judge is presiding and in which it appears to the satisfac-
38       tion of the judge that title to real estate is sought to be recovered or an
39       equitable or legal interest in real estate is sought to be established, the
40       action shall be stayed before such court. The judge shall notify the ad-
41       ministrative chief judge of the district of the stay and, within 10 days after
42       the action is stayed, shall transmit all papers and process in the action to
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  1       judge.
  2           The judge before whom the action is commenced shall require of the
  3       defendant setting up such question to file a bill of particulars setting forth
  4       a full and specific statement of the facts constituting the defendant's de-
  5       fense of the real estate which is brought in question; and the defendant
  6       shall be required to make affidavit of the truthfulness of the statements
  7       contained in the defendant's bill of particulars, and that the defense is
  8       bona fide and not made for vexation or delay, but for the promotion of
  9       justice.
10           Sec. 60. K.S.A. 61-2103 is hereby amended to read as follows: 61-
11       2103. Subject to rule of the supreme court, once an appeal is perfected,
12       if the judge from whom such appeal is taken is a district magistrate judge,
13       such judge shall notify the administrative chief judge that the appeal has
14       been perfected. The administrative chief judge then shall assign the case
15       to a district judge to hear the appeal.
16           Sec. 61. K.S.A. 61-2709 is hereby amended to read as follows: 61-
17       2709. (a) An appeal may be taken from any judgment under the small
18       claims procedure act. All appeals shall be by notice of appeal specifying
19       the party or parties taking the appeal and the order, ruling, decision or
20       judgment complained of and shall be filed with the clerk of the district
21       court within 10 days after entry of judgment. All appeals shall be tried
22       and determined de novo before a district judge, other than the judge
23       from which the appeal is taken. The provisions of K.S.A. 60-2001 and 61-
24       1716, and amendments thereto, shall be applicable to actions appealed
25       pursuant to this subsection. The appealing party shall cause notice of the
26       appeal to be served upon all other parties to the action in accordance
27       with the provisions of K.S.A. 60-205 and amendments thereto. An appeal
28       shall be perfected upon the filing of the notice of appeal. When the appeal
29       is perfected, the clerk of the court or the judge from which the appeal is
30       taken shall refer the case to the administrative chief judge for assignment
31       in accordance with this section. All proceedings for the enforcement of
32       any judgment under the small claims procedure act shall be stayed during
33       the time within which an appeal may be taken and during the pendency
34       of an appeal, without the necessity of the appellant filing a supersedeas
35       bond. If the appellee is successful on an appeal pursuant to this subsec-
36       tion, the court shall award to the appellee, as part of the costs, reasonable
37       attorney fees incurred by the appellee on appeal.
38           (b) Any order, ruling, decision or judgment rendered by a district
39       judge on an appeal taken pursuant to subsection (a) may be appealed in
40       the manner provided in article 21 of chapter 60 of the Kansas Statutes
41       Annotated.
42           Sec. 62. K.S.A. 65-205 is hereby amended to read as follows: 65-205.
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  1       any city or county may be best promoted by the creation of a joint board
  2       of health for any two or more cities, counties, or city and county the
  3       governing bodies of such municipalities may so declare by resolution and
  4       may, by agreement with each other, establish a joint board of health with
  5       the same powers, duties, and limitations as are now or hereafter may be
  6       provided by law for the creation and conduct of boards of health to act
  7       severally in such municipalities. Upon the creation of any such board of
  8       health all the jurisdiction, powers and duties now conferred by law upon
  9       any local, municipal or county board of health shall be withdrawn from
10       such local, municipal or county board of health and conferred upon the
11       joint board of health. In all counties having a population of more than
12       ;(tri-stars)ree hundred thousand (300,000) 300,000 such board of health existing
13       on July 1, 1974, is hereby abolished and in its place a joint board is hereby
14       created and shall consist of eleven (11) 11 persons who shall be appointed
15       as follows:
16           Five (5) members, one (1) of whom shall be a medical doctor who is
17       duly licensed to practice in the state of Kansas, shall be appointed by the
18       governing body of the first-class city located within such county; five (5)
19       members, one (1) of whom shall be a psychiatrist who is duly licensed to
20       practice in the state of Kansas, shall be appointed by the board of county
21       commissioners, and one (1) member shall be appointed by the adminis-
22       trative chief district judge of such county, and such member shall be a
23       pharmacist duly licensed under the laws of the state of Kansas; said. Such
24       members shall hold such office for a term of four (4) years and until their
25       successors are appointed and qualified, except that the members of the
26       first board appointed on or after July 1, 1974, shall hold their offices for
27       terms as follows: Three (3) members appointed by the governing body of
28       the first-class city located within such county for a term of one (1) year
29       and two (2) members appointed by such governing body for terms of
30       three (3) years; three (3) members appointed by the board of county
31       commissioners of such county for terms of four (4) years and two (2)
32       members appointed by such board of county commissioners for terms of
33       two (2) years; one (1) member appointed by the administrative chief dis-
34       trict judge of such county for a term of two (2) years, and the appointing
35       authority, appointing more than one member, shall designate the term
36       for which each is to serve; said. Such members shall be eligible for reap-
37       pointment, but at no time shall a majority of said such board be composed
38       of medical doctors. The actions of said such board shall be subject to the
39       approval of the governing bodies of the city and county sitting en banc
40       and said such governing bodies may, while sitting en banc, provide by
41       mutual agreement and resolution, rules and regulations for the operation
42       of said such joint board of health. All the powers, duties and functions
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  1       existence prior to July 1, 1974, and abolished by the provisions of this act,
  2       are hereby transferred and conferred upon the joint board of health cre-
  3       ated by this act.
  4           Sec. 63. K.S.A. 65-4901 is hereby amended to read as follows: 65-
  5       4901. If a petition is filed in a district court of this state claiming damages
  6       for personal injury or death on account of alleged medical malpractice of
  7       a health care provider and one of the parties to the action requests, by
  8       filing a memorandum with the court, that a medical malpractice screening
  9       panel be convened, the judge of the district court or, if the district court
10       has more than one division, the administrative chief judge of such court
11       shall convene a medical malpractice screening panel, hereafter referred
12       to as the ``screening panel.'' If a petition is filed in a district court of this
13       state claiming damages for personal injury or death on account of alleged
14       medical malpractice of a health care provider and none of the parties to
15       the action requests that a screening panel be convened, the judge may
16       convene a screening panel upon the judge's own motion. If a claim for
17       damages for personal injury or death on account of alleged medical mal-
18       practice of a health care provider has not been formalized by the filing
19       of a petition, any party affected by such claim may request, by filing a
20       memorandum with the court, that a screening panel be convened, and if
21       such request is made the judge of the district court or, if the district court
22       has more than one division, the administrative chief judge of such court
23       shall convene a screening panel.
24           The membership of the screening panel shall be selected as follows:
25       (a) A health care provider designated by the defendant or by the person
26       against whom the claim is made if no petition has been filed; (b) a health
27       care provider designated by the plaintiff or by the claimant if no petition
28       has been filed; (c) a health care provider selected jointly by the plaintiff
29       and the defendant or by the claimant and the person against whom the
30       claim is made if no petition has been filed; and (d) an attorney selected
31       by the judge of the district court or, if the district court has more than
32       one division, the administrative chief judge of such court from a list of
33       attorneys maintained by the judge of the district court or, if the district
34       court has more than one division, the administrative chief judge of such
35       court for such purpose. Such attorney shall be a non-voting member of
36       the screening panel but shall act as chairperson of the screening panel.
37           The state agency which licenses, registers, certifies or otherwise is re-
38       sponsible for the practice of any group of health care providers shall
39       maintain and make available to the parties to the proceeding a current
40       list of health care providers who are willing and available to serve on the
41       screening panel. The persons appointed shall constitute the screening
42       panel for the particular medical malpractice claim to be heard.
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  1       4902. The district judge or, if the district court has more than one division,
  2       the administrative chief judge of such court shall notify the parties to the
  3       action that a screening panel has been convened and that the members
  4       of such screening panel are to be appointed within 10 days of the receipt
  5       of such notice. If the plaintiff and the defendant or, if no petition has
  6       been filed, the claimant and the party against whom the claim is made
  7       are unable to jointly select a health care provider within 10 days after
  8       receipt of notice that a screening panel has been convened, the judge of
  9       the district court or, if the district court has more than one division, the
10       administrative chief judge of such court shall select such health care pro-
11       vider.
12           Sec. 65. K.S.A. 65-4904 is hereby amended to read as follows: 65-
13       4904. (a) Within 90 days after the screening panel is commenced, such
14       panel shall make written recommendations on the issue of whether the
15       health care provider departed from the standard of care in a way which
16       caused the plaintiff or claimant damage. A concurring or dissenting mem-
17       ber of the screening panel may file a written concurring or dissenting
18       opinion. All written opinions shall be supported by corroborating refer-
19       ences to published literature and other relevant documents.
20           (b) The screening panel shall notify all parties when its determination
21       is to be handed down, and, within seven days of its decision, shall provide
22       a copy of its opinion and any concurring or dissenting opinion to each
23       party and each attorney of record and to the judge of the district court
24       or, if the district court has more than one division, the administrative
25       chief judge of such court. The screening panel shall also provide a copy
26       of its opinion and any concurring or dissenting opinions, and the reasons
27       therefor, to the commissioner of insurance.
28           (c) The written report of the screening panel shall be admissible in
29       any subsequent legal proceeding, and either party may subpoena any and
30       all members of the panel as witnesses for examination relating to the
31       issues at trial.
32           Sec. 66. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-8906 is hereby amended to read as
33       follows: 72-8906. (a) Any person, hearing officer or any member of a
34       committee or the board of education conducting a hearing under this act
35       may: (1) Administer oaths for the purpose of taking testimony;
36           (2) call and examine witnesses and receive documentary and other
37       evidence; and
38           (3) take any other action necessary to make the hearing accord with
39       procedural due process.
40           (b) Any hearing officer, any member of a committee or the board of
41       education holding a formal hearing or an appeal hearing under this act
42       may and, upon the request of any pupil for whom any such hearing is
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  1       shall petition the administrative chief judge of the judicial district in which
  2       the school district is located requesting that the clerk of the district court
  3       be authorized to issue subpoenas for the attendance and testimony of the
  4       principal witness or witnesses and the production of books, records, re-
  5       ports, papers and documents relating to the proposed suspension or ex-
  6       pulsion from school in the same manner as provided for the issuance of
  7       subpoenas in civil actions pursuant to K.S.A. 60-245, and amendments
  8       thereto.
  9           Sec. 67. K.S.A. 74-2434 is hereby amended to read as follows: 74-
10       2434. (a) Each member of the board shall receive an annual salary as
11       provided in this section. Each of the members of the board shall devote
12       full time to the duties of such office.
13           (b) (1) The annual salary of the chairperson shall be an amount equal
14       to the annual salary paid by the state to a district judge designated as
15       administrative chief judge; and
16           (2) the annual salary of each member other than the chairperson shall
17       be an amount which is $2,465 less than the annual salary of the chair-
18       person.
19           Sec. 68. K.S.A. 75-3120g is hereby amended to read as follows: 75-
20       3120g. (a) The annual salary of district judges shall be paid in equal in-
21       stallments each payroll period in accordance with this section.
22           (b) Except as otherwise provided in K.S.A. 75-3120l and amendments
23       thereto, the annual salary of district judges, other than district judges
24       designated as administrative chief judges, shall be $71,291.
25           (c) Except as otherwise provided in K.S.A. 75-3120l and amendments
26       thereto, the annual salary of district judges designated as administrative
27       chief judges shall be $72,105.
28           (d) No county may supplement the salary of, or pay any compensation
29       to, any district judge.
30           Sec. 69. K.S.A. 75-5297 is hereby amended to read as follows: 75-
31       5297. (a) Subject to the other provisions of this section, each corrections
32       advisory board established under this act shall consist of 12 or more mem-
33       bers who shall be representative of law enforcement, prosecution, the
34       judiciary, education, corrections, ethnic minorities, the social services and
35       the general public and shall be appointed as follows:
36           (1) The law enforcement representatives shall be: (A) The sheriff or,
37       if two or more counties are cooperating, the sheriff selected by the sheriffs
38       of those counties, or the designee of that sheriff, and (B) the chief of
39       police of the city with the largest population at the time the board is
40       established or, if two or more counties are cooperating, the chief of police
41       selected by the chiefs of police of each city with the largest population in
42       each county at the time the board is established, or the designee of that
43       chief of police, except that for purposes of this paragraph (1) in the case

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  1       of a county having consolidated law enforcement and not having a sheriff
  2       or any chiefs of police, ``sheriff'' means the law enforcement director and
  3       ``chief of police of the city with the largest population'' or ``chief of police''
  4       means a law enforcement officer, other than the law enforcement direc-
  5       tor, appointed by the county law enforcement agency for the purposes of
  6       this section;
  7           (2) the prosecution representative shall be the county or district at-
  8       torney or, if two or more counties are cooperating, a county or district
  9       attorney selected by the county and district attorneys of those counties,
10       or the designee of that county or district attorney;
11           (3) the judiciary representative shall be the administrative chief judge
12       of the district court of the judicial district containing the county or group
13       of counties or, if two or more counties in two or more judicial districts
14       are cooperating, the administrative chief judge of each such judicial dis-
15       trict, or a judge of the district court designated by each such administra-
16       tive chief judge;
17           (4) the education representative shall be an educational professional
18       appointed by the board of county commissioners of the county or, if two
19       or more counties are cooperating, by the boards of county commissioners
20       of those counties;
21           (5) a court services officer designated by the administrative chief
22       judge of the district court of the judicial district containing the county or
23       group of counties or, if counties in two or more judicial districts are co-
24       operating, a court services officer designated by the administrative chief
25       judges of those judicial districts;
26           (6) the board of county commissioners of the county shall appoint or,
27       if two or more counties are cooperating, the boards of county commis-
28       sioners of those counties shall together appoint three additional members
29       of the corrections advisory board or, if necessary, additional members so
30       that each county which is not otherwise represented on the board is rep-
31       resented by at least one member of such board; and
32           (7) three members of the corrections advisory board shall be ap-
33       pointed by cities located within the county or group of cooperating coun-
34       ties as follows: (A) If there are three or more cities of the first class, the
35       governing body of each of the three cities of the first class having the
36       largest populations shall each appoint one member; (B) if there are two
37       cities of the first class, the governing body of the larger city of the first
38       class shall appoint two members and the governing body of the smaller
39       city of the first class shall appoint one member; (C) if there is only one
40       city of the first class, the governing body of such city shall appoint all
41       three members; and (D) if there are no cities of the first class, the gov-
42       erning body of each of the three cities having the largest populations shall
43       each appoint one member.

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  1           (b) If possible, of the members appointed by the boards of county
  2       commissioners in accordance with subsection (a)(6) and by the governing
  3       bodies of cities in accordance with subsection (a)(7), members shall be
  4       representative of one or more of the following: (1) Parole officers; (2)
  5       public or private social service agencies; (3) ex-offenders; (4) the health
  6       care professions; and (5) the general public.
  7           (c) At least two members of each corrections advisory board shall be
  8       representative of ethnic minorities and no more than 2/3 of the members
  9       of each board shall be members of the same sex.
10           (d) In lieu of the provisions of subsections (a) through (c), a group of
11       cooperating counties as provided in subsection (a)(2) of K.S.A. 75-52,110
12       may establish a corrections advisory board which such board's member-
13       ship shall be determined by such group of counties through cooperative
14       action pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 12-2901 through 12-2907 and
15       amendments thereto, to the extent that those statutes do not conflict with
16       the provisions of this act, except that if two or more counties in two or
17       more judicial districts are cooperating, the administrative chief judge of
18       each such judicial district, or a judge of the district court designated by
19       each such administrative chief judge shall be a member of such board. In
20       determining the membership of the corrections advisory board pursuant
21       to this subsection, such group of counties shall appoint members who are
22       representative of law enforcement, prosecution, the judiciary, education,
23       corrections, ethnic minorities, the social services and the general public.
24       Any corrections advisory board established and the membership deter-
25       mined pursuant to this subsection shall be subject to the approval of the
26       secretary of corrections.
27           Sec. 70. K.S.A. 75-52,110 is hereby amended to read as follows:
28       75-52,110. (a) Before July 1, 1990, each county in this state, based on the
29       recommendation from the administrative chief judge of the judicial dis-
30       trict in which each such county is located as provided in subsection (b),
31       shall have:
32           (1) Established a corrections advisory board in accordance with
33       K.S.A. 75-5297 and amendments thereto and adopted a comprehensive
34       plan for the development, implementation, operation and improvement
35       of the correctional services described in K.S.A. 75-5291 and amendments
36       thereto which has been approved by the secretary of corrections and
37       which, in addition to such matters as are prescribed by rules and regu-
38       lations of the secretary of corrections, provides for centralized adminis-
39       tration and control of the correctional services under such plan;
40           (2) entered into an agreement with a group of cooperating counties
41       to establish a regional or multi-county community correctional services
42       program; established a corrections advisory board in accordance with
43       K.S.A. 75-5297 and amendments thereto; and adopted a comprehensive

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  1       plan for the development, implementation, operation and improvement
  2       of the correctional services described in K.S.A. 75-5291 and amendments
  3       thereto which has been approved by the secretary of corrections and
  4       which, in addition to such matters as are prescribed by rules and regu-
  5       lations of the secretary of corrections, provides for centralized adminis-
  6       tration and control of the correctional services under such plan. Such
  7       group of counties may comply with the provisions of this subsection
  8       through cooperative action pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 12-2901
  9       through 12-2907 and amendments thereto, to the extent that those stat-
10       utes do not conflict with the provisions of this act; or
11           (3) contracted for correctional services described in K.S.A. 75-5291
12       and amendments thereto from any county or group of cooperating coun-
13       ties, as provided in K.S.A. 75-52,107 and amendments thereto, which are
14       receiving grants under this act.
15           (b) Before September 15, 1989, the administrative chief judge in each
16       judicial district shall make a recommendation to the board of county com-
17       missioners in each county in such judicial district which has not estab-
18       lished a program to provide for the correctional services described in
19       K.S.A. 75-5291 and amendments thereto, as to which option provided in
20       subsection (a) each such county in such judicial district should choose to
21       comply with the provisions of this act.
22           Sec. 71. K.S.A. 79-1494 is hereby amended to read as follows: 79-
23       1494. A binding arbitration process is hereby established in Lyon, Ellis,
24       Saline and Shawnee counties. The director of property valuation shall
25       develop a list of persons qualified by virtue of experience and training in
26       the field of property appraisal and tax administration to act as arbitrators
27       of property valuation disputes. The board of county commissioners of
28       such counties shall, on or before August 25, 1992, and on or before August
29       25 of each ensuing year, by resolution fix the salary to be paid each ar-
30       bitrator who shall serve in such county and notify the director of property
31       valuation of the amount thereof. The state shall assume a portion of the
32       cost of such arbitration process in accordance with appropriation acts of
33       the legislature.
34           The county clerk shall furnish an arbitration request form together with
35       a statement of explanation of the consequences of a request for binding
36       arbitration to any property owner who desires to submit the final deter-
37       mination of classification or appraised valuation by the county appraiser
38       to binding arbitration. Such form and statement shall be prescribed by
39       the director of property valuation. The arbitration request form shall be
40       completed and filed with the county clerk within 18 days of the date that
41       a final determination of classification or appraised valuation was mailed
42       to the property owner as provided in K.S.A. 79-1448, and amendments
43       thereto. The property owner may rescind such request by notifying the

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  1       county clerk prior to the expiration of such 18-day period provided that
  2       no hearing has already been conducted thereon, and in such case, the
  3       date upon which such notice was received by the county clerk shall be
  4       deemed to be the date that an appeal was made to a hearing officer or
  5       panel pursuant to K.S.A. 79-1606, and amendments thereto. A request
  6       for binding arbitration shall be in lieu of an appeal to the hearing officer
  7       or panel as provided in K.S.A. 79-1606, and amendments thereto.
  8           Every request for binding arbitration shall be promptly set for hearing
  9       by the county clerk. The property owner and the board of county com-
10       missioners shall select an arbitrator to conduct the hearing from the list
11       prepared by the director of property valuation. In the absence of agree-
12       ment by the property owner and the board of county commissioners, the
13       administrative chief judge of the judicial district in which the property is
14       located shall select the arbitrator from the list. All such hearings shall be
15       completed on or before the last business day in June. The county clerk
16       shall notify the property owner and the county appraiser of the date for
17       hearing at least 10 days in advance of such hearing. Every request for
18       arbitration shall be determined by order of the arbitrator on or before
19       July 5, and the arbitrator shall have no authority to be in session there-
20       after. Such order may affirm the final determination of the county ap-
21       praiser, adopt the contentions of the property owner or make any other
22       decision supported by the preponderance of the evidence submitted.
23       Such recorded orders shall be open to public inspection. Notice of the
24       decision of the arbitrator shall be mailed by the county clerk to the prop-
25       erty owner and the county appraiser within 15 days of the hearing. The
26       decision of the arbitrator shall be final and not subject to appeal, and the
27       property owner shall be precluded from protesting the valuation of the
28       same property pursuant to K.S.A. 79-2005, and amendments thereto.
29           The director of property valuation shall prescribe guidelines governing
30       the duties of arbitrators under this section.
31           The provisions of this section shall apply to all taxable years commenc-
32       ing after December 31, 1992, through December 31, 1995.
33           Sec. 72. K.S.A. 79-2804 is hereby amended to read as follows: 79-
34       2804. After the rendition of such judgment there shall be issued by the
35       clerk of the district court to the sheriff of the county an execution or
36       order of sale, which shall describe each tract, lot or piece of real estate
37       mentioned and described in such judgment or decree, on which the lien
38       has not been paid, with the amount of lien charged to each tract, lot or
39       piece of real estate and the costs, charges and expenses of the proceedings
40       and sale chargeable to each piece, lot or tract, in such amount as the court
41       may order. If no order is made, then a sum equal to 5% of the amount
42       set forth in the petition as the lien for taxes, charges, interest and penalties
43       chargeable to each tract, lot or piece of real estate, with the name of the

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  1       ascertained owner thereof, as disclosed by the judgment or decree, with
  2       the command to advertise and sell the real estate described therein. Such
  3       order of sale shall be delivered to the sheriff of the county, who shall
  4       thereupon cause notice of sale to be published once each week for three
  5       consecutive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation in the county,
  6       in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 64-101, and amendments
  7       thereto. The notice shall describe each tract, lot or piece of real estate to
  8       be sold and the lien for which it is to be sold, as determined by the
  9       judgment of the court and fix the date of sale, which shall not be less than
10       30 days from the date of the first publication. The notice shall state that
11       the sale will be held at the front door of the courthouse in the county or
12       shall identify some other location in the county where the sale will be
13       held, as selected by the administrative chief judge of the judicial district
14       in which the county is located.
15           On the day fixed for the sale by such notice, the sheriff shall offer each
16       such tract, lot or piece of real estate for sale, separately, and the same
17       shall be sold at public auction for the highest and best bid obtainable
18       therefor. The sheriff may employ an auctioneer for such reasonable com-
19       pensation as may be determined by the court, to be allowed as a part of
20       the costs and expenses of the proceedings and sale. The sheriff or such
21       other person as may be authorized by the board of county commissioners,
22       if directed by the county commissioners, may bid at such sale in the name
23       of the county such amount as the county commissioners authorize. No
24       bid in behalf of such county shall be accepted in excess of the amount of
25       the judgment lien and interest thereon, as provided by law, plus the costs,
26       charges and expenses of the proceedings and sale as set forth in the ex-
27       ecution or order of sale. If the county is the successful bidder the costs,
28       charges and expenses of the proceeding and sale set forth in the execution
29       and order of sale shall be paid by the county to the clerk of the district
30       court and charged to the county general fund. If such sale, for want of
31       time, cannot be completed on the day fixed by the notice, it may be
32       adjourned from day to day until completed.
33           The sheriff shall make return to the clerk and the same, as soon as
34       practicable, shall be examined by the court, and if found by the court to
35       be regular, it shall be confirmed, and the sheriff ordered to forthwith
36       execute to the purchasers at such sale a good and sufficient deed therefor.
37           If one person or the county purchases more than one tract, lot or piece
38       of real estate, the same may be included in one deed. The deed shall be
39       executed by the sheriff and acknowledged before the clerk of the district
40       court. No particular form of deed shall be required. It shall be sufficient
41       if it shows the date of sale, a description of the property conveyed, the
42       amount for which each tract, lot or piece of real estate was sold, the name
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  1       title of the suit in which the tax lien was foreclosed. The deed shall be
  2       filed for record, by the sheriff at the time the deed is executed, in the
  3       office of the register of deeds of the county where such real estate is
  4       situated. Any fee or charge for such filing shall be collected from the
  5       successful bidder at the time of sale and deposited with the register of
  6       deeds at the time of recording. When the deed is filed it shall vest in the
  7       purchaser or grantee therein named, as against all persons, including, but
  8       not limited to, corporations and municipal corporations, parties to such
  9       proceedings, a fee simple title thereto, subject only to valid covenants
10       running with the land and valid easement of record in use and subject to
11       taxes and interest which have become a lien thereon, subsequent to the
12       date upon which such judgment was rendered. Such deed shall be prima
13       facie evidence of the regularity of all proceedings prior to the date of
14       filing the same for record.
15           After the sale and confirmation thereof by the court, an execution shall
16       issue, upon praecipe of the county attorney, county counselor or the pur-
17       chaser, requiring the officer to deliver possession of the real estate, par-
18       ticularly describing it, to the parties entitled thereto, including the county.
19       When the deed is executed to the county by the sheriff, it shall be filed
20       for record forthwith in the office of the register of deeds. Thereupon the
21       assessed valuation of such real estate shall be eliminated from the assess-
22       ment and tax rolls until such time as such real estate is sold as provided
23       by K.S.A. 79-2804f, and amendments thereto.
24           Sec. 73. K.S.A. 19-204a, 19-15,123, 19-4705, 19-4737, 19-4809, 19-
25       4810, 19-4811, 20-158, 20-159, 20-163, 20-310a, 20-311d, 20-319, 20-329,
26       20-335, 20-343, 20-345, 20-347, 20-349, 20-350, 20-357, 20-365, 20-438,
27       20-3013, 22-2804, 22-2807, 22-3101, 22-3609, 22-3708, 22-4009, 23-494,
28       23-499, 23-4,118, 23-701, 38-555, 38-1812, 39-1702, 59-2402, 59-2402a,
29       59-2402b, 59-2402d, 59-2408, 60-465a, 60-2601a, 60-3502, 60-3503, 60-
30       3505, 61-1720, 61-1724, 61-2103, 61-2709, 65-205, 65-4901, 65-4902, 65-
31       4904, 74-2434, 75-3120g, 75-5297, 75-52,110, 79-1494 and 79-2804 and
32       K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 8-1008, 12-4509, 20-302b, 20-302c, 21-4502, 22-
33       3609a, 23-496, 23-497, 23-498, 38-1808, 44-555c and 72-8906 are hereby
34       repealed.
35           Sec. 74. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
36       publication in the statute book.
37      
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