22a-104. Duties; representation of county hospital not required. - Kansas Statutes

22a-104

Chapter 22a.--DISTRICT OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES Article 1.--DISTRICT ATTORNEYS

      22a-104.   Duties; representation of county hospital not required.(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, it shall be the dutyof the district attorney to appear in the several courtsof the judicial district in which the district attorney is electedand to prosecute or defend, on behalf of the people therein, all mattersarising under the laws of this state, and such civil matters as are institutedby the district attorney, in which the state or any county in such judicialdistrict is a party or has an interest. Any power or duty nowconferred or imposed by law upon all county attorneys within their respectivecounties shall be exercised or performed by district attorneys within theirrespective districts, or by any of their assistants or deputies providedfor in this act.

      (b)   No district attorney shall be required to appear in any civil actionor proceeding which relates to the operation of any county hospital of anycounty in the judicial district. The district attorney may appear in anysuch civil action or proceeding at the district attorney's discretion, whenrequested by the board of county commissioners or the board of the county hospital.

      History:   L. 1972, ch. 71, § 4; L. 1984, ch. 100, § 4; July 1.