2018 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure
Courts of Record
Article 3 - Judicial Departments
§ 13-3-101. State court administrator - repeal

(1) There is created, pursuant to section 5 (3) of article VI of the state constitution, the position of state court administrator, who shall be appointed by the justices of the supreme court at such compensation as shall be determined by them. The state court administrator is responsible to the supreme court and shall perform such duties as assigned to him by the chief justice and the supreme court.

(2) The state court administrator shall employ such other personnel as the supreme court deems necessary to aid the administration of the courts, as provided in section 5 (3) of article VI of the state constitution.

(3) The state court administrator shall establish standards to ensure proficiency in court reporting in the courts of this state. The state court administrator shall also develop or cause to be developed examinations no less difficult than the examinations of the national shorthand reporters association and shall qualify those individuals who successfully complete such examination.

(4) Repealed.

(5) The state court administrator shall provide to the director of research of the legislative council criminal justice information and statistics and any other related data requested by the director. The state court administrator shall provide to the state commission on judicial performance and to district commissions on judicial performance, established in section 13-5.5-104, case management statistics for justices and judges who are being evaluated.

(6) The state court administrator shall make grants from the family violence justice fund pursuant to the provisions of section 14-4-107, C.R.S.

(7) (a) The state court administrator shall make grants from the family-friendly court program cash fund pursuant to the provisions of section 13-3-113.

• (b) Repealed.

(8) Repealed.

(9) The state court administrator is authorized to seek federal funding as it becomes available on behalf of the state court system for the establishment, maintenance, or expansion of veterans' treatment courts.

(10) (a) The state court administrator shall analyze case information and data, including types of claims and attorney fee awards, to determine appropriate factors for potentially further increasing the jurisdiction, and for determining the amounts included in jurisdictional limits, of county courts in civil actions.

• (b) The state court administrator shall report to the judiciary committees of the house of representatives and the senate, or any successor committees, no later than November 1, 2018, regarding the results of the study performed pursuant to subsection (10)(a) of this section.

• (c) This subsection (10) is repealed, effective June 30, 2019.