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Rep. Kinzer Appointed to Interim Committee

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
July 18, 2007 

 

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT
Sherriene Jones-Sontag
Office of Speaker Melvin Neufeld
785/296-2302

 

REP. KINZER APPOINTED TO INTERIM COMMITTEE

 

Topeka – Kansas Speaker of the House of Representatives Melvin Neufeld (R-Ingalls) announced today he has appointed Rep. Kinzer (R-Olathe) on the 2007 Judiciary Interim Committee.

 

“Rep. Kinzer is a vital member of the House Judiciary Committee and brings a broad knowledge of Kansas law to this interim committee,” Speaker Neufeld said.  “He understands the importance of having strong laws that make our state a safer place to live.  He will serve the House and all Kansans well as he and his fellow committee members review and make legislative recommendations on a number of important and sensitive issues.”

 

The 13-member committee will meet ten days between now and the 2008 Legislative Session to study:

 

  • Operations of the Board of Healing Arts
  • Kansas Administrative Procedures Act and Act for Judicial Review of Agency Actions
  • Operation of the Kansas Parole Board
  • Medical Assistance for Trust Beneficiaries
  • Subrogation Clauses in Health Insurance Contracts
  • Change in Judge in a Civil Action
  • Allowing a Parent to Remove a Child from the Custodial Parent to Protect the Child from Abuse
  • Aggravated Incest
  • Establishment of District Attorney Offices
  • Submission of Blood or Other Biological Samples to the KBI
  • Settle Damages between Landlords and their Farm Tenants and Gas and Oil Operators
  • Vehicular Homicide
  • Indemnification Agreements
  • Release of Inmates to House Arrest of the Secretary of Corrections
  • Child Care Custody – Military Deployment

 

Rep. Kinzer said he is honored to have the opportunity to serve on the Judiciary Interim Committee.

 

“I am especially pleased to see that the Committee will be dedicating significant time to studying issues that relate directly to the safety of Kansas children,” Rep. Kinzer said.  “While we have taken great strides over the past two years in better protecting our children from those who would harm them, we have much remaining work to do."

 

Rep. Kinzer represents the 14th District which includes parts of the city of Olathe and Olathe Township in Johnson County.  He serves as Vice-Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee as well as on the House Taxation, Federal State and Affairs; and Rules and Journal Committees.

 

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