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22A.040 Clerk -- Appointment -- Compensation -- Oath -- Bond -- Assistants -- Fee
schedule -- Seal -- Annual audit.
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The clerk of the Court of Appeals shall be appointed by the court to serve at its
pleasure. The annual salary of the clerk shall be fixed by the Supreme Court not to
exceed twenty-two thousand dollars ($22,000).
Before entering upon the duties of his office, the clerk shall take the oath of office
prescribed by the Constitution.
The clerk shall perform such duties as the Court of Appeals may assign, and shall
be bonded to the Commonwealth, for faithful performance of duty, in such manner
and in an amount not less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) as the Supreme Court
shall determine.
The clerk may appoint assistants in the number and at the salaries fixed by the
Supreme Court.
The Court of Appeals shall adopt a seal. The clerk shall be the keeper of the seal
and shall use it upon such documents as the Court of Appeals may require.
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.
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. 70, sec. 5, effective March 23, 1976.
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