7A-340. Administrative Office of the Courts; establishment; officers. There is hereby established a State office to be known as the Administrative Office of the Courts. It shall be supervised by a Director, assisted by an assistant director. (1965, c. 310, s. 1.)
7A-341. Appointment and compensation of Director. The Director shall be appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, to serve at the pleasure of the Chief Justice. The Director’s annual compensation shall be the same salary amount set for the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals as provided in the Current Operations Appropriations […]
7A-342. Appointment and compensation of assistant director and other employees. The assistant director shall also be appointed by the Chief Justice, to serve at his pleasure. The assistant director shall receive the annual salary provided in the Current Operations Appropriations Act, payable monthly, and reimbursement for travel and subsistence expenses at the same rate as […]
7A-343. Duties of Director. The Director is the Administrative Officer of the Courts, and the Director’s duties include all of the following: (1) Collect and compile statistical data and other information on the judicial and financial operation of the courts and on the operation of other offices directly related to and serving the courts. (2) […]
7A-343.1. Distribution of copies of the appellate division reports. (a) The Administrative Officer of the Courts shall, upon request and at the State’s expense, distribute such number of copies of the appellate division reports to federal, State departments and agencies, and to educational institutions of instruction, as follows: Attorney General 5 Utilities Commission 1 Industrial […]
7A-343.2. Court Information Technology Fund. (a) Fund. – The Court Information Technology Fund is established within the Judicial Department as a special revenue fund. Interest and other investment income earned by the Fund accrues to it. The Fund consists of the following revenues: (1) All monies collected by the Director pursuant to G.S. 7A-109(d) and […]
7A-343.3. Appellate Courts Printing and Computer Operations Fund. The Appellate Courts Printing and Computer Operations Fund is established within the Judicial Department as a nonreverting, interest-bearing special revenue account. Accordingly, interest and other investment income earned by the Fund shall be credited to it. All moneys collected through charges to litigants for document management and […]
7A-343.4. Internal audit standards; report and work papers. (a) Internal audits shall comply with current Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing issued by the Institute for Internal Auditors and, when appropriate, Government Auditing Standards issued by the Comptroller General of the United States. (b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Internal […]
7A-343.5. Definitions. The following definitions apply in this Article: (1) "Accounting system" means the total structure of records and procedures which discover, record, classify, and report information on the financial position and operating results of the Judicial Department, or a segment of the Judicial Department, or any of its funds, balanced account groups, and organizational […]
7A-343.6. Electronic filing in Chapter 50B and Chapter 50C cases. The North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts is authorized to develop a program for electronic filing in Chapter 50B and Chapter 50C cases in district court in all counties in North Carolina. In order to implement the program in one or more counties in […]
7A-345. Duties of assistant director. The assistant director is the administrative assistant to the Chief Justice, and his duties include the following: (1) Assist the Chief Justice in performing his duties relating to the assignment of superior court judges; (2) Assist the Supreme Court in preparing calendars of superior court trial sessions; and (3) Performing […]
7A-346. Information to be furnished to Administrative Officer. All judges, district attorneys, public defenders, magistrates, clerks of superior court and other officers or employees of the courts and of offices directly related to and serving the courts shall on request furnish to the Administrative Officer information and statistical data relative to the work of the […]
7A-346.2. Various reports to General Assembly. (a) The Administrative Office of the Courts and the Office of Indigent Defense Services shall report by March 1 of each year to the Chairs of the House of Representatives and Senate Appropriations Committees, to the Chairs of the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Justice and Public Safety, and […]
7A-347. District attorney legal assistants. District attorney legal assistant positions are established under the district attorneys’ offices. Each prosecutorial district is allocated at least one district attorney legal assistant to be employed by the district attorney. The Administrative Office of the Courts shall allocate additional assistants to prosecutorial districts on the basis of need and […]
7A-348. Training and supervision of district attorney legal assistants. Pursuant to the provisions of G.S. 7A-413, the Conference of District Attorneys shall: (1) Assist in establishing uniform statewide training for district attorney legal assistants; and (2) Assist in the implementation and supervision of this program. (1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 998, s. 2; 1997-443, s. […]
7A-349. Criminal history record check; denial of employment, contract, or volunteer opportunity. The Judicial Department may deny employment, a contract, or a volunteer opportunity to any person who refuses to consent to a criminal history check authorized under G.S. 143B-950 and may dismiss a current employee, terminate a contractor, or terminate a volunteer relationship if […]
7A-350. Annual report on criminal court cost waivers. The Administrative Office of the Courts shall maintain records of all cases in which a judge makes a finding of just cause to grant a waiver of criminal court costs under G.S. 7A-304(a) and shall report on those waivers to the chairs of the House of Representatives […]
7A-350.1. Annual report on grant funds received or preapproved for receipt. The Judicial Department shall report by May 1 of each year to the chairs of the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee on Justice and Public Safety and the Senate Appropriations Committee on Justice and Public Safety on grant funds received or preapproved for receipt […]
7A-354. North Carolina Human Trafficking Commission. (a) Establishment. – There is established in the Administrative Office of the Courts the North Carolina Human Trafficking Commission. For purposes of this section, "Commission" means the North Carolina Human Trafficking Commission. (b) Membership. – The Commission shall consist of no more than 15 members as follows: (1) The […]
