78A-2-107 - Court administrator -- Powers, duties, and responsibilities. - Utah Statutes

78A-2-107. Court administrator -- Powers, duties, and responsibilities.
Under the general supervision of the presiding officer of the Judicial Council, and withinthe policies established by the council, the administrator shall:
(1) organize and administer all of the nonjudicial activities of the courts;
(2) assign, supervise, and direct the work of the nonjudicial officers of the courts;
(3) implement the standards, policies, and rules established by the council;
(4) formulate and administer a system of personnel administration, including in-servicetraining programs;
(5) prepare and administer the state judicial budget, fiscal, accounting, and procurementactivities for the operation of the courts of record, and assist justices' courts in their budgetary,fiscal, and accounting procedures;
(6) conduct studies of the business of the courts, including the preparation ofrecommendations and reports relating to them;
(7) develop uniform procedures for the management of court business, including themanagement of court calendars;
(8) maintain liaison with the governmental and other public and private groups having aninterest in the administration of the courts;
(9) establish uniform policy concerning vacations and sick leave for judges andnonjudicial officers of the courts;
(10) establish uniform hours for court sessions throughout the state and may, with theconsent of the presiding officer of the Judicial Council, call and appoint justices or judges ofcourts of record to serve temporarily as Court of Appeals, district court, or juvenile court judgesand set reasonable compensation for their services;
(11) when necessary for administrative reasons, change the county for trial of any case ifno party to the litigation files timely objections to this change;
(12) organize and administer a program of continuing education for judges and supportstaff, including training for justice court judges;
(13) provide for an annual meeting for each level of the courts of record, and the annualjudicial conference; and
(14) perform other duties as assigned by the presiding officer of the council.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session