Municipal court study
The Supreme Court established the Ad Hoc Committee on Bonding Practices, Fines, and Fees in Municipal Courts to:
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study and examine current pre-trial bonding practices, fines, and fees;
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study and examine the practices of other jurisdictions and compare them to Kansas practices;
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compare effective bonding practices developed by other courts;
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study and examine the methods used by other courts to reduce the issuance of bench warrants and jailing of people for nonpayment of fines and fees;
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identify statutory impediments to implementing recommendations; and
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prioritize topics to train municipal court judges on pre-trial bonding practices and reducing the issuance of bench warrants and jailing of people for nonpayment of fees and fines.
Recommendations
The committee released its report September 6, 2018.