12-4105.   Municipal judge; appointment; qualifications; compensation.The municipal court shall be presided over by a municipal judge. Thejudge shall be selected in the manner provided by statute. The personwho is selected shall be:

      (a)   A citizen of the United States;

      (b)   a graduate of a high school or secondary school or the equivalentthereof; and

      (c) (1)   in cities other than cities of the first class, an attorneyregularly admitted to practice law in the state of Kansas or certified bythe supreme court in the manner prescribed by K.S.A. 12-4114, as qualified toserve as a municipal judge; or

      (2)   in cities of the first class anattorney regularly admitted to practice law in the state of Kansas.

      The municipal judge shall receive a monthly or annual salary set byordinance of the city in which such municipal judgepresides, except where otherwiseprovided by law.

      History:   L. 1973, ch. 61, § 12-4105;L. 1989, ch. 66, § 4; July 1.