Chapter5. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF COURTS AND DEPARTMENT OF COURT MANAGEMENT.  


§ 12-5-1. Administrative Office of Courts created.
§ 12-5-2. Service by Administrative Office of Courts as agency for application for and receipt of grants, etc., and coordination of studies, etc., as to improvement of administration of justice; appointment, compensation, etc., of officers, employees, etc., of Administrative Office of Courts generally; powers of Chief Justice as to use of officers, employees, moneys, etc., of Administrative Office of Courts.
§ 12-5-3. Department of Court Management established; powers and duties generally.
§ 12-5-6. Department to be responsible for trial court administration.
§ 12-5-5. Applicability of provisions of State Merit System to officers, employees, etc., of department.
§ 12-5-4. Appointment, duties, etc., of court administrator and assistant court administrator; appointment and compensation of other employees of department.
§ 12-5-7. Entitlement to insurance, retirement and other state employees' benefits of officers, employees, etc., of Administrative Office of Courts and Department of Court Management.
§ 12-5-8. Administrative Director of Courts ex officio head of Department of Court Management and head of Administrative Office of Courts.
§ 12-5-9. Administrative Director of Courts to assist Chief Justice with duties as administrative head of judicial system.
§ 12-5-10. Powers and duties of Administrative Director of Courts generally.
§ 12-5-11. Direction of expenditure of funds appropriated to accounts of colleges of judges and accounts for judicial education of justices, judges or court-supportive personnel and payment of expenses of justices, judges or court-supportive personnel attending colleges, institutes, conferences, etc.
§ 12-5-12. Study of applications for funds, grants, etc., from federal governmental agencies or entities, direction of disbursement of funds, grants, etc.; designation of moneys previously appropriated to certain state agencies as matching funds; application for federal funds, grants, etc., and use of certain moneys as matching funds in connection therewith by circuit courts, district courts, etc.
§ 12-5-13. Coordination of functions and duties of administrative personnel of trial courts or local court systems; transfer and direction of expenditure of moneys appropriated to certain state agencies and courts.
§ 12-5-14. Employment of consultants by Chief Justice and Administrative Director of Courts.
§ 12-5-15. Delegation to Administrative Director of Courts, court administrator, etc., of authority to act for Chief Justice.
§ 12-5-16. Membership of Chief Justice and officers, employees, etc., of Administrative Office of Courts and Department of Court Management in organizations and associations devoted to improvement of justice, etc., authorized; payment of membership dues therefor and for state membership in certain national organizations and associations.
§ 12-5-17. Attendance at colleges, conferences, etc., pertaining to administration of courts by Chief Justice, officers, employees, etc., of Administrative Office of Courts and Department of Court Management, members of judiciary and court-supportive personnel authorized; reimbursement for expenses thereof.
§ 12-5-18. Use of members of judiciary and court-supportive personnel for studies, projects, etc., to improve the administration of justice.
§ 12-5-19. Payment of expenses of conferences or meetings sponsored by Administrative Office of Courts or Department of Court Management.
§ 12-5-20. Review, etc., of administrative decisions of Chief Justice or Administrative Director of Courts by Supreme Court justices.
§ 12-5-21. Appointment, compensation, etc., of confidential secretaries for retired justices or judges performing active duty for Supreme Court or courts of appeals.