_____________ bill NO. _____________

INTRODUCED BY _________________________________________________

By Request of the ****

A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT REMOVING CERTAIN DUTIES OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR; and AMENDING SECTION 3-1-702, MCA."

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:

Section 1. Section 3-1-702, MCA, is amended to read:

"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 and, if requested, in accordance with 5-11-210;

(3)        to the extent possible, provide that current and future information technology applications are coordinated and compatible with the standards and goals of the executive branch as expressed in the state strategic information technology plan provided for in 2-17-521;

(4)        recommend to the supreme court improvements in the judiciary;

(5)        administer legal assistance for indigent victims of domestic violence, as provided in 3-2-714;

(6)        administer state funding for district courts, as provided in chapter 5, part 9;

(7)        administer the pretrial program provided for in 3-1-708;

(8)        administer the treatment court support account provided for in 46-1-1115; and

(9)        administer the judicial branch personnel plan; and

(10) perform other duties that the supreme court may assign."