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" Kansas Senate Vice President Jeff King has offered Senate Bill 289 that, if passed and enacted, would impose time deadlines for most Kansas courts to have to issue decisions in cases. ...
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Essentially, district courts would have 120 days to render a decision or notify the parties when a decision will be entered. The court of appeals and Kansas Supreme Court would have 180 days. There is nothing in the Bill that imposes any “punishment” if a judge or court fails to abide by a deadline.
Representative Jan Pauls, a lawyer and member of the Kansas House Judiciary Committee noted the possible separation of powers issues in the legislature ordering courts when to issue court opinions. However, he noted, “We certainly make changes in the civil procedure, and you can regard this as perhaps a change in civil procedure.”
With regard to the lack of enforcement within the Bill, King noted that it would be up “to the public to decide what should be the recourse, such as how voters decide in retention elections for judges or pushing legislators to enact more measures to put teeth in the time limits.”
The bill is set for a hearing before the Kansas Senate Judiciary Committee for February 5, 2014. You can track the progress of SB 289 on the Kansas Legislature’s website: Bills and Laws.
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Possible Kansas Deadlines For Court Decisions
A Kansas lawmaker has offered a bill that would limit the time period in which most Kansas courts have to issue decisions in cases. This bill seemingly has problems with both enforcement and the separation of powers between the legislative and judicial branches of government.
A hearing on the bill is set before the Kansas Senate Judiciary Committee today.
Read the full post by Jeffrey Lapin on Lapin Law Offices’ blog: Kansas Lawmaker Wants Deadlines On Courts Issuing Decisions (http://lapinlawoffices.com/lapin-law-offices-blog/kansas-lawmaker-wants-deadlines-on-courts-issuing-decisions)
Possible Kansas Deadlines For Court Decisions
A Kansas lawmaker has offered a bill that would limit the time period in which most Kansas courts have to issue decisions in cases. This bill seemingly has problems with both enforcement and the separation of powers between the legislative and judicial branches of government.
A hearing on the bill is set before the Kansas Senate Judiciary Committee today.
Read the full post by Jeffrey Lapin on Lapin Law Offices’ blog: Kansas Lawmaker Wants Deadlines On Courts Issuing Decisions (http://lapinlawoffices.com/lapin-law-offices-blog/kansas-lawmaker-wants-deadlines-on-courts-issuing-decisions)