1.860�������� Reports relating to municipal courts and justice courts COURTS ����� 1.001 State policy for courts. The Legislative Assembly hereby declares that, as a matter of statewide concer

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����� 1.001 State policy for courts. The Legislative Assembly hereby declares that, as a matter of statewide concern, it is in the best interests of the people of this state that the judicial branch of state government, including the appellate, tax and circuit courts, be funded and operated at the state level. The Legislative Assembly finds that state funding and operation of the judicial branch can provide for best statewide allocation of governmental resources according to the actual needs of the people and of the judicial branch by establishing an accountable, equitably funded and uniformly administered system of justice for all the people of this state. [1981 s.s. c.3 �1]

����� 1.002 Supreme Court; Chief Justice as administrative head of judicial department; rules; presiding judges as administrative heads of courts. (1) The Supreme Court is the highest judicial tribunal of the judicial department of government in this state. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is the presiding judge of the court and the administrative head of the judicial department of government in this state. The Chief Justice shall exercise administrative authority and supervision over the courts of this state consistent with applicable provisions of law and the Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure. The Chief Justice, to facilitate exercise of that administrative authority and supervision, may:

����� (a) Make rules and issue orders appropriate to that exercise, including rules made pursuant to authority delegated by the Supreme Court under ORS 1.006.

����� (b) Require appropriate reports from the judges, other officers and employees of the courts of this state and municipal courts.

����� (c) Pursuant to policies approved by the Judicial Conference of the State of Oregon, assign or reassign on a temporary basis all judges of the courts of this state to serve in designated locations within or without the county or judicial district for which the judge was elected.

����� (d) Set staffing levels for all courts of the state operating under the Judicial Department and for all operations in the Judicial Department.

����� (e) Establish time standards for disposition of cases.

����� (f) Establish budgets for the Judicial Department and all courts operating under the Judicial Department.

����� (g) Assign or reassign all court staff of courts operating under the Judicial Department.

����� (h) Pursuant to policies approved by the Judicial Conference of the State of Oregon, establish personnel rules and policies for judges of courts operating under the Judicial Department.

����� (i) Establish procedures for closing courts in emergencies.

����� (j) Establish standards for determining when courts are closed for purposes of ORCP 10, ORS