Attorney General Opinion No. 1993-026

Download or read book Attorney General Opinion No. 1993-026 written by Robert T. Stephan and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike the provisions regarding the 20th judicial district, the provisions establishing the 30th judicial district did not expressly provide that the judges were to be residents of a particular county, nor was the 30th judicial district subject to a statutory requirement that divisions be established. Subsection (e) of K.S.A. 20-364 is not applicable to the additional district judge positions created in the 30th judicial district upon the abolition of the associate district judge position. As the legislature has not expressly placed a residence requirement on persons who are appointed to serve as district judges in the 30th judicial district, such persons are subject to subsection (a) of K.S.A. 20-331, and are not required to be residents of the county in which the district judge positions are located at the time of nomination, election, or selection. However, such persons must establish residence in the counties in which the district judge positions are located before taking the oath of office. K.S.A. 4-221; 4-231; 20-301a; 20-331; 20-338; 20-364; L. 1968, ch. 385, secs. 1, 2, 30, 36; L. 1976, ch. 145, secs. 20, 85; L. 1976, ch. 146, secs. 10, 16; L. 1982, ch. 130, secs. 10, 14; L. 1983, ch. 150, sec. 7; L. 1986, ch. 115, secs. 1, 28.