20-361.   Compensation of certain district court personnel to bepaid by state; pay plan for court reporters.(a) The state shall pay the salaries of all nonjudicial personnel of thedistrict courts of this state, except for personnel enumerated insubsection (b) of K.S.A. 20-162 and amendments thereto, and no county maysupplement the compensation of district court personnel paid by the state.For employees of the district court who were employees of such court onDecember 31, 1978, a full month's proportion of the employee's annual payshall be paid for the state payroll period ending on January 17, 1979,notwithstanding that such period is shorter than the normal state payrollperiod. With regard to judicial and nonjudicialpersonnel of the district courts whose salary is payable by the state, thestate shall provide for unemployment security coverage, employercontributions for retirement, workmen's compensation coverage, healthinsurance coverage and surety bond coverage.

      (b)   The supreme court shall establish a formal pay plan for courtreporters serving district judges. Within the limits of legislativeappropriations therefor, compensation of such court reporters shall be paidby the state in an amount prescribed by the pay plan established by thesupreme court and no county may supplement the compensation of such courtreporters. The plan shall detail each reporters position by classification,pay grade and pay step.

      History:   L. 1978, ch. 108, § 1; L. 1984, ch. 113, § 1;L. 1986, ch. 115, § 48;L. 1990, ch. 95, § 1; May 17.