Sec. 7. (a) Each judge of the Delaware circuit court may, subject to the budget approved for the court by the fiscal body of Delaware County, employ personnel necessary for the proper administration of the judge’s docket.

     (b) Personnel employed under this section:

(1) include court reporters, bailiffs, clerical staff, and any additional officers necessary for the proper administration of the court; and

(2) are subject to the rules concerning employment and management of court personnel adopted by the court under section 6 of this chapter.

     (c) A commissioner is entitled to practice law in any division of the court in which the commissioner does not have appointive judicial authority. A commissioner has judicial authority only in the division of the court presided over by the judge who appointed the commissioner.

[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-4-12-6.]

As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.