Kansas Statutes
Article 45 - Aid To Indigent Defendants
22-4524 State director of indigents' defense services; civil service status of director and other officers and employees.

22-4524. State director of indigents' defense services; civil service status of director and other officers and employees. (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.
History: L. 1982, ch. 142, § 6; L. 1988, ch. 331, § 3; July 1.

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Chapter 22 - Criminal Procedure

Article 45 - Aid To Indigent Defendants

22-4501 Panel of attorneys for indigents' defense services; eligibility; amendment, review and approval; appointments to aid defendants, method.

22-4502 Same; procedure to obtain services for representation before appearance.

22-4503 Entitlement of defendant to counsel; appointment of counsel, when; access to defendant; duty of appointed counsel.

22-4504 Same; determination of indigency; partial indigency, effect; disposition of payments for appointed counsel services; no fee for electronic access to court records.

22-4505 Appeals; record; capital murder cases; appointment of counsel; assignment, standards and compensation.

22-4506 Persons in custody after felony conviction; habeas corpus or 60-1507 motions; capital murder cases; appointment of counsel; assignment, standards and compensation; no fee for electronic access to court records.