Kansas Statutes 75-5285. Transfer of existing designations to parole authority or officers
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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 75-5285
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(a) Whenever the board of probation and parole or the Kansas adult authority, or words of like effect, is referred to or designated by statute, contract or other document, such reference or designation shall be deemed to apply to the Kansas parole board.
(b) Whenever probation and parole officers under the jurisdiction of the Kansas adult authority or the state parole board, or words of like effect, are referred to or designated by statute, contract or other document, such reference or designation shall be deemed to apply to parole officers under the jurisdiction of the secretary of corrections.