KRS 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 appell ate

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.