An Act concerning courts; relating to district magistrate judge positions; amending K.S.A. 20-338 and repealing the existing section.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

Section. 1. K.S.A. 20-338 is hereby amended to read as follows: 20- 338. (a) District magistrate judge positions shall be constituted as pro- vided in subsection (b).

(b) (1) In the first judicial district, there shall be one district magis- trate judge position in Atchison county, subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 20-354a and amendments thereto.

(2) In the second judicial district, there shall be three district mag- istrate judge positions in the district, with position one in Jefferson county, position two in Pottawatomie county and position three in Wabaunsee county.

(3) In the fourth judicial district, there shall be two district magistrate judge positions in the district, with position one in Osage county and position two in Coffey, Anderson or Franklin county as determined by the supreme court.

(4) In the fifth judicial district, there shall be one district magistrate judge position in Chase county.

(5) In the sixth judicial district, there shall be a district magistrate judge position in Bourbon county.

(6) In the eighth judicial district, there shall be two district magistrate judge positions in the district, with position one in Dickinson county and position two in Morris county.

(7) In the 11th judicial district, there shall be one district magistrate judge position in Cherokee county.

(8) In the 12th judicial district, there shall be six district magistrate judge positions in the district, with position one in Cloud county, position two in Jewell county, position three in Lincoln county, position four in Mitchell county, position five in Republic county and position six in Wash- ington county.

(9) In the 13th judicial district, there shall be two district magistrate judge positions in the district, with position one in Elk county and position two in Greenwood county.

(10) In the 14th judicial district, there shall be one district magistrate judge position in Chautauqua county.

(11) In the 15th judicial district, there shall be six district magistrate judge positions in the district, with position one in Cheyenne county, position two in Logan county, position three in Sheridan county, position four in Wallace county, position five in Thomas county and position six in Rawlins county.

(12) In the 16th judicial district, there shall be five district magistrate judge positions in the district, with position one in Clark county, position two in Comanche county, position three in Gray county, position four in Kiowa county and position five in Meade county.

(13) In the 17th judicial district, there shall be six district magistrate judge positions in the district, with position one in Graham county, po- sition two in Decatur county, position three in Norton county, position four in Osborne county, position five in Phillips county and position six in Smith county.

(14) In the 20th judicial district, there shall be four district magistrate judge positions in the district, with position one in Ellsworth county, position two in Rice county, position three in Russell county and position four in Stafford county.

(15) In the 21st judicial district, there shall be one district magistrate judge position in Clay county.

(16) In the 22nd judicial district, there shall be three district magis- trate judge positions in the district, with position one in Doniphan county, position two in Marshall county and position three in Nemaha county.

(17) In the 23rd judicial district, there shall be three district magis- trate judge positions in the district, with position one in Gove county, position two in Rooks county and position three in Trego county.

(18) In the 24th judicial district, there shall be six district magistrate judge positions in the district, with position one in Edwards county, po- sition two in Hodgeman county, position three in Lane county, position four in Ness county, position five in Pawnee county and position six in Rush county.

(19) In the 25th judicial district, there shall be five district magistrate judge positions in the district, with position one in Greeley county, po- sition two in Hamilton county, position three in Kearny county, position four in Scott county and position five in Wichita county.

(20) In the 26th judicial district, there shall be five district magistrate judge positions in the district, with position one in Grant county, position two in Haskell county, position three in Morton county, position four in Stanton county and position five in Stevens county.

(21) In the 28th judicial district, there shall be one district magistrate judge position in Ottawa county.

(22) In the 30th judicial district, there shall be four district magistrate judge positions, with position one in Barber county, position two in Har- per county, position three in Kingman county and position four in Pratt county.

(23) In the 31st judicial district, there shall be two district magistrate judge positions in the district, with position one in Allen county and po- sition two in Woodson county.

Sec. 2. K.S.A. 20-338 is hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Kansas register.

Approved May 3, 1996.

Published in the Kansas Register: May 16, 1996.