KRS 22A.040: Clerk -- Appointment -- Compensation -- Oath -- Bond -- Assistants -- Fee

schedule -- Seal -- Annual audit.

(1) 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 b y the Supreme Court not to

exceed twenty-two thousand dollars ($22,000).

(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 Court of Appe als 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.

(4) The clerk may appoint assistants in the number and at the salaries fixed by the

Supreme Court.

(5) 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.

(6) A fee schedule for services rendered by th e 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.

(7) The Auditor of Public Accounts shall audit the financial accounts of the clerk at

least once every year.