<br><br>30A.050 Number and qualifications of deputy clerks and employees -- Power of <br>deputy clerks -- Compensation. <br>(1) The number and qualifications of deputy clerks and other employees in the office of <br>each clerk shall be determined by the Administrative Office of the Courts after <br>consultation with the clerk concerned. All deputies and employees of the clerk's <br>office shall be employees of the Commonwealth. <br>(2) Deputy circuit clerks, authorized by and under the direction of the circuit clerk, <br>shall have full power to perform such duties as may be performed by the circuit <br>clerk; and any act of a deputy clerk is entitled to the same faith and credit as that of <br>the clerk. <br>(3) Deputy clerks and all other employees in the office of the clerk shall be <br>compensated according to the pay schedule established by the Judicial Personnel <br>System. <br>(4) The clerk may employ and dismiss such deputies and other employees. <br>Effective: January 2, 1978 <br>History: Created 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 21, sec. 5, effective January 2, <br>1978. <br><br>