19-801b. Qualifications for office; attendance at law enforcement center required; exception; status and salary while in attendance.
19-801b
19-801b. Qualifications for office; attendance at
law
enforcement center required; exception; status and salary while in
attendance.
(a) No person shall be eligible for nomination, election or appointment
to the office of sheriff unless such person:
(1) Is a citizen of the United States and a qualified elector of
the county;
(2) possesses a high-school education or its recognized equivalent;
and
(3) has never been convicted of or pleaded guilty or entered a plea
of nolo contendere to any felony charge, a misdemeanor crime of
domestic
violence as defined in K.S.A. 74-5602 and amendments thereto or to any
violation of any
federal or state laws or city ordinances relating to gambling, liquor or
narcotics.
(b) Every person elected to the office of sheriff for the first
time, or anyone reelected or appointed to the office after having been
out of the office for five years or more shall be required to
attend
the law enforcement training center as established by K.S.A.
74-5601 et seq., and amendments thereto, and satisfactorily complete
the
required training course of not less than 320 hours,
unless such person has satisfactorily completed such training course
within the five years prior to election or appointment, passes a
written competency test and firearms proficiency qualification course developed
and administered by the Kansas law enforcement training center or unless the
director, as defined in subsection (d) of K.S.A. 74-5602, and amendments
thereto, waives
the requirements of this
subsection as provided in K.S.A. 74-5608a and amendments thereto. Unless
the requirements are waived, any person
elected or appointed to the office of sheriff who has not attended the
law enforcement training center shall hold office on a
provisional
basis, and such person shall attend the next scheduled training program
at the law enforcement training center and satisfactorily
complete such
training program or the one subsequent to it, or shall forfeit such
office.
(c) Each newly elected sheriff of each county who is required to
attend the law enforcement training center shall be hired as a
deputy
sheriff and shall be paid a salary as deputy sheriff while attending the
law enforcement training center. The tuition, board, room and
travel
expense for the sheriff-elect at the law enforcement training center
shall be paid by the county.
History: L. 1972, ch. 75, § 2; L. 1974, ch. 114, § 1; L. 1975,
ch. 157, § 1; L. 1977, ch. 89, § 1; L. 1982, ch. 322, § 1; L. 1983,
ch. 93, § 1;
L. 1995, ch. 180, § 5;
L. 1997, ch. 168, § 1; May 22.