Printable Format20-2203. Mission of the judicial council. It shall be the mission of the judicial council to study the administration of justice in Kansas and make recommendations for improvements therefor. The judicial council shall receive and consider suggestions from judges, lawyers, public officials and citizens concerning suggested improvements to the administration of justice. The judicial council may undertake studies in any area of law for the purpose of improving the administration of justice and may accept assignments from the legislature or the supreme court.
History: L. 1927, ch. 187, § 3; L. 2003, ch. 101, § 3; L. 2023, ch. 51, § 2; July 1.
Law Review and Bar Journal References:
"The Life and Times of the Kansas Judicial Council," J. Lyn Entrikin Goering, 78 J.K.B.A. No. 2, 19 (2009).
Attorney General's Opinions:
Judicial Council employee is not "state officer or employee" for purposes of K.S.A. 46-221 (governmental ethics law). 2002-3.
Judicial Council employee is employee of judicial branch and therefore is not a "state officer or employee" for purposes of governmental ethics law; modifies opinion 2002-3. 2002-20.