3-1-702. Duties. The court administrator is the administrative officer of the court. Under the direction of the supreme court, the court administrator shall:
     (1) prepare and present judicial budget requests to the legislature, including the costs of the state-funded district court program;
     (2) collect, compile, and report statistical and other data relating to the business transacted by the courts and provide the information to the legislature on request;
     (3) recommend to the supreme court improvements in the judiciary;
     (4) administer legal assistance for indigent victims of domestic violence, as provided in 3-2-714;
     (5) administer state funding for district courts, as provided in chapter 5, part 9;
     (6) administer the judicial branch personnel plan; and
     (7) perform other duties that the supreme court may assign.

     History: En. 82-512 by Sec. 3, Ch. 396, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 82-512; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 112, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 704, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 349, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 585, L. 2001.