22-3707. Kansas parole board; appointments; terms; vacancies; removal.
22-3707
22-3707. Kansas parole board; appointments; terms;vacancies;removal.(a) Except as otherwise provided by thissection, the Kansas parole board shall consist of threemembers appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by the senate asprovided in K.S.A. 75-4315b and amendments thereto. Except as provided byK.S.A. 46-2601, and amendments thereto, no person shall exercise any power,duty or function as a member of the board until confirmed by the senate. Nosuccessor shall be appointed as provided in this section forthe office of one of the members of the Kansas parole board whose termexpires on January 15, 2003. No appointment to the board shall bemade that would resultin more than two members of the board being members of the same politicalparty. The term of office of themembersof the board shall be four years and until their successors are appointed andconfirmed. If a vacancy occurs in the membership of the board before theexpiration of the term of office, a successor shall be appointed for theremainder of the unexpired term in the same manner that original appointmentsare made. Each member of the board shall devote the member's full timeto the duties of membership on the board.
(b) The governor may not remove any member of the Kansasparole board exceptfor disability, inefficiency, neglect of duty or malfeasance in office. Beforeremoval, the governor shall give the member a written copy of the chargesagainst the member and shall fix the time when the member can be heard at apublic hearing, which shall not be less than 10 days thereafter. Upon removal,the governor shall file in the office of the secretary of state a completestatement of all charges made against the member and the findings thereupon,with a complete record of the proceedings.
History: L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-3707; L. 1972, ch. 317, § 80; L. 1973, ch.339, § 60; L. 1978, ch. 120, § 11; L. 1982, ch. 347, § 14; L. 1984,ch. 129, § 1;L. 1988, ch. 115, § 12;L. 1995, ch. 241, § 3;L. 1997, ch. 23, § 2;L. 2003, ch. 142, § 1; May 22.