Article 29 - NONPARTISAN SELECTION OF JUDGES OF THE DISTRICT COURT
- Section 20-2901 - Proposition of method of selection of judges of district court; submission of proposition on filing of petition or in newly established district
- Section 20-2902 - Application of K.S.A. 20-2903 through 20-2913 to judicial districts adopting proposition of nonpartisan selection of judges of the district court, judicial district defined; effect on terms of incumbent judges; constitutional restriction on political activities; removal
- Section 20-2903 - District judicial nominating commission; establishment; composition; chairperson, appointment, duties; purpose of commission
- Section 20-2904 - Lawyer members; qualifications; selection
- Section 20-2905 - Nonlawyer members; numbers; qualifications; appointments; certification
- Section 20-2906 - Terms of office; members ineligible for certain positions; vacancies
- Section 20-2907 - Oath of members; meetings; meeting place; rules of procedure; quorum; expenses; duties of county commissioners; public body subject to open meetings act
- Section 20-2908 - Retention of incumbent judge; declaration of candidacy; rejection by electors, vacancy; retention, term of office; eligibility for office after rejection; applicability of election laws
- Section 20-2909 - Vacancy in office of judge of the district court; nominations for successor by district judicial nominating commission; tendering nominations; certification of nominations to governor; time limitations
- Section 20-2910 - Withdrawal of nomination; substitution of nominee; two or more vacancies, withdrawal of lists of nominations; resubmission of nominations
- Section 20-2911 - Appointment of successor by governor; time limitations; failure of governor to appoint, appointment by chief justice; effective date of appointment
- Section 20-2912 - Taking office; rights, privileges, powers and duties; terms of office, eligibility for retention in office; election on question of retention; term for which retained; rejection, vacancy, appointment of successor; judge's eligibility to succeed himself or herself; failure to declare candidacy, vacancy
- Section 20-2913 - Vacancies prior to formation of nominating commission; new judgeships, appointment and term; return to partisan method
- Section 20-2914 - Vacancies in district magistrate judge positions; method of selection
- Section 20-2915 - Effective date of appointment; eligibility for retention under nonpartisan method
- Section 20-2916 - Method of selection of judges in newly formed districts
- Section 20-2917 - Eligibility to nominate or cast ballots for district judicial nominating commission; transmission of roster to secretary of state; open record