20-345. Appointment of clerical and nonjudicial personnel for district courts; qualifications; compensation; duties; approval of appointment by certain judges, when.
20-345
20-345. Appointment of clerical and nonjudicial
personnel for
district courts; qualifications;
compensation; duties; approval of appointment by certain judges, when.
Within staffing limits prescribed by the supreme court and appropriations
therefor, the chief judge of each judicial district shall appoint such
bailiffs,
court reporters,
secretaries, court services officers and other
clerical and nonjudicial
personnel as necessary to perform the judicial and administrative functions
of the district court. Persons appointed pursuant to this section shall
have qualifications prescribed by law or rule of the supreme court.
Except as otherwise provided by law, such persons shall receive compensation
prescribed by the judicial personnel classification system. Such persons
shall perform the duties and functions prescribed
by law, designated
in the personnel classification system or
assigned by the chief
judge, subject to rule of the supreme court. Personnel whose salary is payable
by counties shall receive compensation in the amounts provided in the district
court budget approved by the board of county commissioners. Whenever any
person is employed or assigned to work under direct supervision of
any judge or in a division of court in which a judge
presides, the employment
or assignment of the person shall be subject to the approval
of that judge.
History: L. 1976, ch. 146, § 33; L. 1977, ch. 110, § 3; L. 1978,
ch. 108, § 7; L. 1984, ch. 112, § 1;
L. 1986, ch. 115, § 43;
L. 1999, ch. 57, § 20;
L. 2003, ch. 14, § 2; Apr. 3.