20-319.Powers and duties of departmental justices;
reports
and information.
(a) A justice assigned to each department shall:
(1) With the help and assistance of the judicial administrator, make
a survey of the conditions of the dockets and business of the district
courts in the justice's department and make a report and recommendations
on the conditions and business to the chief justice.
(2) Assemble the judges of the district courts within
the justice's
department, at least annually, to discuss such recommendations and
other business as will benefit the judiciary of the state. When so
summoned, the judges of the district courts in the various departments
shall attend such conferences at the expense of the state. Such judges
shall be entitled to their actual and necessary expenses while attending
such conferences and shall be required to attend the conferences unless
excused by the departmental justice for good cause.
(b) Departmental justices shall have authority within their
departments to assign any district judge or
district magistrate judge to hear any proceeding or try any cause,
within the judge's jurisdiction, in other district courts. Any
departmental justice may request the assistance of any district judge or
district magistrate judge from another
department.
(c) The departmental justices shall supervise all administrative
matters relating to the district courts within their departments and
require reports periodically, covering such matters and in such
form as the supreme court may determine, on any such matter which will
aid in promoting the efficiency or the speedy determination of causes
now pending. Departmental justices shall have the power to examine the dockets,
records
and proceedings of any courts under their supervision. All judges and
clerks of the several courts of the state shall promptly make such
reports and furnish the information requested by any departmental
justice or the
judicial administrator, in the manner and form prescribed by
the supreme court.
In order to properly advise the three branches of government on the operation
of the juvenile justice system, each district court shall furnish the judicial
administrator such information regarding juveniles coming to the attention
of the court pursuant to the revised Kansas code for care of children as
is determined necessary by the secretary of
social and rehabilitation services and the director of the statistical analysis
center of the Kansas bureau of investigation, on forms approved by the judicial
administrator. Such information shall be confidential and shall not be
disseminated or publicly disclosed in a manner which enables identification
of any individual who is a subject of the information.
The departmental justice shall assign to each chief judge in the justice's
department such duties as are necessary to carry out the intent of just, speedy
and inexpensive litigation for the litigants of the state.
History: L. 1965, ch. 215, § 2; L. 1976, ch. 146, § 6;
L. 1982, ch. 182, § 123; L. 1983, ch. 140, § 4;
L. 1986, ch. 115, § 35;
L. 1999, ch. 57, § 16;
L. 2006, ch. 200, § 82; Jan. 1, 2007.
20-319.Powers and duties of departmental justices;
reports
and information.
(a) A justice assigned to each department shall:
(1) With the help and assistance of the judicial administrator, make
a survey of the conditions of the dockets and business of the district
courts in the justice's department and make a report and recommendations
on the conditions and business to the chief justice.
(2) Assemble the judges of the district courts within
the justice's
department, at least annually, to discuss such recommendations and
other business as will benefit the judiciary of the state. When so
summoned, the judges of the district courts in the various departments
shall attend such conferences at the expense of the state. Such judges
shall be entitled to their actual and necessary expenses while attending
such conferences and shall be required to attend the conferences unless
excused by the departmental justice for good cause.
(b) Departmental justices shall have authority within their
departments to assign any district judge or
district magistrate judge to hear any proceeding or try any cause,
within the judge's jurisdiction, in other district courts. Any
departmental justice may request the assistance of any district judge or
district magistrate judge from another
department.
(c) The departmental justices shall supervise all administrative
matters relating to the district courts within their departments and
require reports periodically, covering such matters and in such
form as the supreme court may determine, on any such matter which will
aid in promoting the efficiency or the speedy determination of causes
now pending. Departmental justices shall have the power to examine the dockets,
records
and proceedings of any courts under their supervision. All judges and
clerks of the several courts of the state shall promptly make such
reports and furnish the information requested by any departmental
justice or the
judicial administrator, in the manner and form prescribed by
the supreme court.
In order to properly advise the three branches of government on the operation
of the juvenile justice system, each district court shall furnish the judicial
administrator such information regarding juveniles coming to the attention
of the court pursuant to the revised Kansas code for care of children as
is determined necessary by the secretary of
social and rehabilitation services and the director of the statistical analysis
center of the Kansas bureau of investigation, on forms approved by the judicial
administrator. Such information shall be confidential and shall not be
disseminated or publicly disclosed in a manner which enables identification
of any individual who is a subject of the information.
The departmental justice shall assign to each chief judge in the justice's
department such duties as are necessary to carry out the intent of just, speedy
and inexpensive litigation for the litigants of the state.
History: L. 1965, ch. 215, § 2; L. 1976, ch. 146, § 6;
L. 1982, ch. 182, § 123; L. 1983, ch. 140, § 4;
L. 1986, ch. 115, § 35;
L. 1999, ch. 57, § 16;
L. 2006, ch. 200, § 82; Jan. 1, 2007.
20-319.Powers and duties of departmental justices;
reports
and information.
(a) A justice assigned to each department shall:
(1) With the help and assistance of the judicial administrator, make
a survey of the conditions of the dockets and business of the district
courts in the justice's department and make a report and recommendations
on the conditions and business to the chief justice.
(2) Assemble the judges of the district courts within
the justice's
department, at least annually, to discuss such recommendations and
other business as will benefit the judiciary of the state. When so
summoned, the judges of the district courts in the various departments
shall attend such conferences at the expense of the state. Such judges
shall be entitled to their actual and necessary expenses while attending
such conferences and shall be required to attend the conferences unless
excused by the departmental justice for good cause.
(b) Departmental justices shall have authority within their
departments to assign any district judge or
district magistrate judge to hear any proceeding or try any cause,
within the judge's jurisdiction, in other district courts. Any
departmental justice may request the assistance of any district judge or
district magistrate judge from another
department.
(c) The departmental justices shall supervise all administrative
matters relating to the district courts within their departments and
require reports periodically, covering such matters and in such
form as the supreme court may determine, on any such matter which will
aid in promoting the efficiency or the speedy determination of causes
now pending. Departmental justices shall have the power to examine the dockets,
records
and proceedings of any courts under their supervision. All judges and
clerks of the several courts of the state shall promptly make such
reports and furnish the information requested by any departmental
justice or the
judicial administrator, in the manner and form prescribed by
the supreme court.
In order to properly advise the three branches of government on the operation
of the juvenile justice system, each district court shall furnish the judicial
administrator such information regarding juveniles coming to the attention
of the court pursuant to the revised Kansas code for care of children as
is determined necessary by the secretary of
social and rehabilitation services and the director of the statistical analysis
center of the Kansas bureau of investigation, on forms approved by the judicial
administrator. Such information shall be confidential and shall not be
disseminated or publicly disclosed in a manner which enables identification
of any individual who is a subject of the information.
The departmental justice shall assign to each chief judge in the justice's
department such duties as are necessary to carry out the intent of just, speedy
and inexpensive litigation for the litigants of the state.
History: L. 1965, ch. 215, § 2; L. 1976, ch. 146, § 6;
L. 1982, ch. 182, § 123; L. 1983, ch. 140, § 4;
L. 1986, ch. 115, § 35;
L. 1999, ch. 57, § 16;
L. 2006, ch. 200, § 82; Jan. 1, 2007.