22a-108. Election of district attorney in certain judicial district; term; oath; bond; abolition of office of county attorney in said district; application of certain laws.
22a-108
22a-108. Election of district attorney in certainjudicial district; term; oath; bond; abolition of office of county attorney insaid district; application of certain laws.(a) There is hereby established the office of district attorney in theseventh judicial district. The person holding the office of countyattorney on the effective date of this act shall become the districtattorney and the office of county attorney in such judicial districtshall be and is hereby abolished on such date. Commencing with thegeneral election in 1980, and at the general election every four (4)years thereafter, a district attorney shall be elected in said judicialdistrict for a four-year term, commencing on the second Monday inJanuary next following the election. The district attorney authorized bythis section is hereby declared to be an executive officer of thejudicial district in which such attorney is elected, with said officeconstituting a separate entity within said district for administrativepurposes, and in no event shall said district attorney be deemed anofficer of any county. Before entering upon the duties of the office,the district attorney shall take the oath of office required by law forpublic officers and shall execute a good and sufficient surety bond inthe manner prescribed by K.S.A. 75-4101 et seq., and actsamendatory thereof.
(b) The provisions of K.S.A. 22a-102, 22a-103, 22a-104, 22a-105,22a-106 and 22a-107, and any amendments thereto,shall be applicable to the office of district attorney established bythis section.
History: L. 1978, ch. 133, § 1; July 1.