2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .030   Clerk of Supreme Court -- Appointment, duties, fee schedule, assistants -- Annual audit.

21A.030 Clerk of Supreme Court -- Appointment, duties, fee schedule, assistants -- Annual audit. (1) The clerk of the Supreme Court shall be appointed by the court to serve at its pleasure. The annual salary of the clerk shall be fixed by the General Assembly. (2) Before entering upon the duties of his office, the clerk shall take the oath of office prescribed by the Constitution. (3) The clerk shall perform such duties as the Supreme Court may assign, and shall be bonded to the Commonwealth, for faithful performance of duty, in such manner and in such amount as the Supreme Court shall determine. (4) The clerk may appoint assistants in the number and at the salaries fixed by the Supreme Court. (5) The Supreme Court shall adopt a seal. The clerk shall be the keeper of the seal and shall use it upon such documents as the Supreme Court may require. (6) A fee schedule for services rendered by the clerk shall be fixed by rule of the Supreme Court, except that charges to litigants for the reproduction of appellate records and briefs shall be fixed and administered by the clerk. All fees collected by the clerk shall be remitted to the State Treasury. (7) The Auditor of Public Accounts shall audit the financial accounts of the clerk at least once every year. Effective: March 23, 1976 History: Created 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 67, sec. 4, effective March 23, 1976. Legislative Research Commission Note. Acts 1976, ch. 67, § 15, provides that KRS 21A.030(1) and (4) shall become effective on the first Monday in January, 1980, or on any earlier date upon which the constitutional office of clerk of the Supreme Court becomes vacant.