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Committee hears bill to let county law library filing fees fund court access projects
Summary
A Judiciary Committee hearing considered Senate Bill 53, which would require attorney board members of many county law libraries to be appointed by the chief judge and would permit an additional category of filing fees to be used, if approved by the local law library board, to support District Court access and services.
Senate Bill 53 would change the composition of county law library boards in many Kansas counties and allow an additional category of filing fees to be used for District Court purposes if the board of trustees authorizes it.
The bill would amend KSA 23-127 to specify that, for counties other than Johnson, Sedgwick and Douglas, the Board of Trustees of the County Law Library would consist of the district judge or judges and "not fewer than 2 attorneys who reside in the county," appointed by the chief judge. The bill also would add fees collected under KSA 20-31-29 to the list of law library funds that a board can authorize for "facilitating and enhancing functions of the District Court of the county." Jason Thompson, the committee…
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