Kansas § 22-4524 State director of indigents' defense services; civil service status of director and other officers and employees

Kansas Statutes

§ 22-4524 — State director of indigents' defense services; civil service status of director and other officers and employees

Kansas § 22-4524

Ch. 22CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Art. 45AID TO INDIGENT DEFENDANTS

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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 22-4524 (2026).

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(a)There is hereby created the position of state director of indigents' defense services. The director shall be in the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act, shall be appointed by the state board of indigents' defense services and shall devote full time to the performance of the duties of the office of director.

(b)The state director of indigents' defense services, the assistant director and all attorneys appointed or employed by the state board of indigents' defense services shall be in the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act. All other officers and employees of the board shall be in the classified service.

(c)Each person who has been employed continuously for at least the six-month period immediately prior to the effective date of this act who is

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(a) There is hereby created the position of state director of indigents' defense services. The director shall be in the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act, shall be appointed by the state board of indigents' defense services and shall devote full time to the performance of the duties of the office of director.
(b) The state director of indigents' defense services, the assistant director and all attorneys appointed or employed by the state board of indigents' defense services shall be in the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act. All other officers and employees of the board shall be in the classified service.
(c) Each person who has been employed continuously for at least the six-month period immediately prior to the effective date of this act who is an officer or employee of the board, which is placed in the classified service under the Kansas civil service act by this act, shall continue in such position and shall attain permanent status in that classified position without examination and without a probationary period. Such person shall retain all retirement benefits earned prior to the effective date of this act and such person's service shall be deemed to have been continuous.