Session 2000
Effective: April 29, 2000
SENATE RESOLUTION No. 1862
A Resolution establishing a study group to study and make recommendations as to the Kansas Juvenile Offenders Code and the Kansas Code for Care of Children.
� � � Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Kansas:�That a study group on the
Kansas Juvenile Offenders Code and the Kansas Code for Care of Children be
formed, which study group shall be composed of 15 members to be appointed by
the Legislative Coordinating Council as follows: A member of the Kansas Bar Asso-
ciation, a district judge, a magistrate judge, a professor from the faculty of the School
of Law of the University of Kansas, a professor from the faculty of the School of Law
of Washburn University, a representative of the Department of Social and Rehabil-
itation Services, a District or County Attorney, a member of the Kansas Judicial
Council, a law enforcement officer and six members of the Kansas legislature. The
individuals appointed to this study group need to be individuals who are interested
in this area of the law and who possess a broad legal background and practical ex-
perience or scholastic endeavor pertaining to the application of the Kansas Code for
Care of Children and the Kansas Juvenile Offenders Code. The chairperson and the
vice-chairperson shall be designated by the Legislative Coordinating Council; and

� � � Be it further resolved:�That the study group shall meet upon the call of the
chairperson of the study group as authorized by the Legislative Coordinating Council;
and

� � � Be it further resolved:�That the study group shall study the current system re-
garding the disposition of young people who become subject to the provisions of the
Kansas Juvenile Offender Code and the Kansas Code for Care of Children, hear
comments from qualified participants in the current system as to its operation, con-
sider programs from other jurisdictions and the writing of academicians on this sub-
ject. The study group shall develop its findings and recommendations for changes in
the law or complete recodification thereof as it deems appropriate and report such
findings and recommendations to both houses of the legislature not later than January
8, 2001; and

� � � Be it further resolved:�That members of the study group shall receive reimburse-
ment for attending meetings of the study group authorized by the Legislative Co-
ordinating Council consistent with the provisions of K.S.A. 46-1209 and amendments
thereto; and

� � � Be it further resolved:�That the staff of the legislative research department, the
office of the revisor of statutes and the division of legislative administrative services
shall provide such assistance as may be requested by the study group.

Senate Resolution No. 1862 was sponsored by Senator Edward W. Pugh.