Rule 1202: Municipal Court Clerks Education Committee

A Municipal Court Clerks Education Committee is hereby established for the purpose of recommending and organizing education and training programs for Kansas municipal court clerks. This committee is also responsible for reviewing and updating the Municipal Court Clerks Manual.

The membership of the Municipal Court Clerks Education Committee shall be composed of seven municipal court clerks or municipal court administrators and one nonvoting representative of the Office of Judicial Administration. In addition, the president and immediate past-president of the Kansas Association for Court Management shall serve on the Municipal Court Clerks Education Committee for the duration of their Association terms of office.

All members of the Municipal Court Clerks Education Committee other than the president and immediate past-president of the Kansas Association for Court Management shall be appointed by the Supreme Court. The terms of the inaugural members of the Committee shall be staggered: The terms of three members shall be three years, the terms of two members shall be two years, and the terms of two members shall be one year. These inaugural members are eligible to serve a second term. At the expiration of the terms of these inaugural members, the term of each succeeding member of the Committee shall be three years. With the exception of the representative of the Office of Judicial Administration and a member whose service on the Committee begins with the completion of another’s unexpired term, no member of the Committee shall be eligible for more than two consecutive terms. Should a municipal court clerk or municipal court administrator not complete a term for any reason, a new member shall be appointed to complete the unexpired term. The new member shall be eligible to serve two more full consecutive terms. A municipal court clerk or municipal court administrator may serve one or more additional terms after a break in service.

In addition to the membership described above, the nonvoting Chair of the Municipal Court Clerks Education Committee shall be the Supreme Court Justice who serves as liaison to the Committee, as designated by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. The Chair shall be not subject to a term limit.

[History: New rule adopted effective July 1, 2012.]