20-341.   District magistratejudges; expenses; retirement system.(a) District magistrate judges shall bereimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties inthe same mannerand to the same extent district judges are reimbursed for such expenses.

      (b)   Commencing with the first day of the firstpayroll period of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1994, district magistratejudges who make an election as provided in K.S.A. 20-2620 anddistrict magistratejudges who are elected or appointed on and after July 1, 1993, shall becomemembers ofthe retirement system for judges and shall besubject to and covered by the provisions of article 26 of chapter 20 of theKansas Statutes Annotated. For such purpose a district magistrate judge shallbe considered a district judge. If, upon entryinto the retirement system for judges, a district judgehas prior service under the Kansaspublic employees' retirement system, any retirement benefits to whichsuch judge was entitled under the Kansas public employees' retirementsystem and retirement benefits under the retirement system for judges shallbecome vested whenever the total service under bothsystems equals 10 years, and upon such judge's retirement, eachsuch retirement system shall be liable for the payment of retirementbenefits under such system in the proportion that the years of suchjudge's service under such system bears to such judge's total years ofservice under both such systems.

      History:   L. 1976, ch. 146, § 27; L. 1977, ch. 108, § 1; L. 1978,ch. 108, § 6;L. 1986, ch. 115, § 40;L. 1993, ch. 227, § 1; July 1.