Rule 1102 - Retention of Judicial Nominating Commission Records(a)Retention Period. Except for the minutes of a judicial nominating commission meeting, all records relating to a commission's selection of nominees or a district magistrate judge must be retained for 3 years after the commission's decision. If a commission receives notice of a legal action challenging the commission's decision prior to the expiration of the 3-year period, the records will be retained until the expiration of the 3-year period or until the legal action becomes final, whichever occurs later. The minutes of a judicial nominating commission meeting must be retained indefinitely.(b)Official Custodians. For purposes of complying with the Kansas Open Records Act, K.S.A. 45-215 et seq., the public information director for the Kansas Supreme Court is the official custodian of all district judicial nominating commission records, and the clerk of the Kansas appellate courts is the official custodian of all Supreme Court nominating commission records.Kan. R. Rel. Jud. Nomin. Comm. 1102
New Rule effective 2/2/2017.