Code of Alabama - Title 12: Courts - Chapter 5 - Administrative Office of Courts and Department of Court Management

• Section 12-5-1 Administrative Office of Courts created
  The Administrative Office of Courts is hereby created.
• Section 12-5-3 Department of Court Management established; powers and duties generally
  (a) There shall be a state department to be known as the Department of Court Management. This department shall be specifically charged with the duty...
• Section 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
  (a) The Administrative Office of Courts may serve as an agency to apply for and receive grants or other assistance and to coordinate or conduct...
• Section 12-5-6 Department to be responsible for trial court administration
  Unless the Chief Justice otherwise directs, the Department of Court Management, under the direction of the Administrative Director of Courts, shall have the responsibility for...
• Section 12-5-5 Applicability of provisions of State Merit System to officers, employees, etc., of department
  The officers, officials and employees of the Department of Court Management, other than the court administrator and the assistant court administrator, shall automatically come under...
• Section 12-5-4 Appointment, duties, etc., of court administrator and assistant court administrator; appointment and compensation of other employees of department
  The chief administrative officers of the department shall be the court administrator and the assistant court administrator. These officers shall each be appointed by and...
• Section 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
  The officers, officials and employees of the Administrative Office of Courts and Department of Court Management shall be entitled to insurance, retirement and other state...
• Section 12-5-8 Administrative Director of Courts ex officio head of Department of Court Management and head of Administrative Office of Courts
  The Administrative Director of Courts shall serve as ex officio head of the Department of Court Management and shall also be the head of the...
• Section 12-5-9 Administrative Director of Courts to assist Chief Justice with duties as administrative head of judicial system
  The Administrative Director of Courts shall assist the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama in connection with the Chief Justice's duties as administrative...
• Section 12-5-10 Powers and duties of Administrative Director of Courts generally
  In addition to any other duties and responsibilities that may be assigned to the Administrative Director of Courts by the Chief Justice, he shall have...
• Section 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
  In connection with the continuing judicial education of justices, judges and court-supportive personnel, the Administrative Director of Courts is authorized to direct the expenditure of...
• Section 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
  (a) In connection with any federal legislation hereafter passed or presently in force and effect, designed, directly or indirectly, to assist or aid in the...
• Section 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
  (a) In connection with the administration of justice within trial courts or within local court systems, the Administrative Director of Courts shall coordinate the functions...
• Section 12-5-14 Employment of consultants by Chief Justice and Administrative Director of Courts
  In connection with the functions of conducting studies and projects pertaining to improvements in the administration of justice, the improvement of courts in Alabama and...
• Section 12-5-15 Delegation to Administrative Director of Courts, court administrator, etc., of authority to act for Chief Justice
  The Chief Justice may, by power of attorney or other writing, authorize and empower the Administrative Director of Courts, the court administrator and any other...
• Section 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
  The Chief Justice and officers, officials and employees of the Administrative Office of Courts and Department of Court Management are authorized to join organizations and...
• Section 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
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law relating to reimbursement of traveling expenses of public officers and employees, the Chief Justice, officers, officials, personnel and...
• Section 12-5-18 Use of members of judiciary and court-supportive personnel for studies, projects, etc., to improve the administration of justice
  In connection with studies, projects and functions designed to improve or effect the administration of justice, the operation of courts and continuing legal and judicial...
• Section 12-5-19 Payment of expenses of conferences or meetings sponsored by Administrative Office of Courts or Department of Court Management
  In the event the Administrative Office of Courts or the Department of Court Management sponsors any conference or any meeting of members of the judiciary...
• Section 12-5-20 Review, etc., of administrative decisions of Chief Justice or Administrative Director of Courts by Supreme Court justices
  The justices of the Supreme Court shall have the power and authority to review, countermand, overrule, modify or amend any administrative decision by either the...
• Section 12-5-21 Appointment, compensation, etc., of confidential secretaries for retired justices or judges performing active duty for Supreme Court or courts of appeals
  The Administrative Director of Courts, with the approval of the Chief Justice, is hereby authorized to appoint and employ not more than two confidential secretaries...

Last modified: May 3, 2021