Pennsylvania Code › Title 201 - RULES OF JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 5 - ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF PENNSYLVANIA COURTS › Rule 505 - General functions of the Administrative Office

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The Administrative Office shall have the power and its duties
				shall be:
(1) To review the operation
			 and efficiency of the system and of all offices related to and serving the
			 system and, when necessary, to report to the Supreme Court or the Judicial
			 Council with respect thereto.
(2)
			 To formulate and submit to the Supreme Court recommendations for the
			 improvement of the system and offices related to and serving the
			 system.
(3) To represent the system
			 before the General Assembly and other legislative bodies with respect to
			 matters affecting the system and offices related to and serving the
			 system.
(4) To examine the
			 administrative and business methods employed in the office of the
			 prothonotaries and clerks of court and other offices within or related to and
			 serving the system and make recommendations for necessary
			 improvement.
(5) To collect and
			 compile financial and other statistical data and other information on the
			 business of the courts and the magisterial district judges and on the work of
			 all offices related to and serving the system, to publish periodic reports with
			 respect thereto and to furnish to the Supreme Court such information as may be
			 requested by it.
(6) To examine the
			 state of the dockets and practices and procedures of the courts and of the
			 magisterial district judges and make recommendations for the expedition of
			 litigation.
(7) To prepare and
			 submit to the Supreme Court for review and approval a tentative budget request
			 for the system and to appear before the Secretary of the Budget and the General
			 Assembly in support of the final budget request of the system as approved by
			 the Supreme Court.
(8) To disburse
			 and to approve or disapprove requests for permission to spend or encumber funds
			 appropriated to the system within the limits established under Rule
			 504(a).
(9) To procure and to make
			 available to the personnel of the system entitled thereto, accommodations,
			 goods and services secured through funds appropriated to the system.
(10) To maintain central records relating to
			 the qualifications, employment status, basis of compensation, and other
			 personnel information of all personnel of the system compensated in whole or in
			 part through funds appropriated to the system.
(11) To supervise all administrative matters
			 relating to the offices of the prothonotaries and clerks of court and other
			 system and related personnel engaged in clerical functions, including the
			 institution of such uniform procedures, indexes and dockets as may be approved
			 by the Supreme Court.
(12) To
			 prepare educational and training materials for system and related personnel and
			 to conduct educational and training sessions.
(13) To receive comments and complaints from
			 the public relating to the system and offices relating to and serving the
			 system.
(14) To prepare and publish
			 an annual report on the work of the system and of the offices related to and
			 serving the system and on the activities of the Court Administrator of
			 Pennsylvania and the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.
(15) To provide to personnel of the system
			 legal services and, when appropriate, representation by legal
			 counsel.
(16) To perform such
			 additional duties as may be assigned by law or by the Supreme Court.