2A:12-1 - Administrative office of the courts; administrative director and deputy
2A:12-1. Administrative office of the courts; administrative director and deputy
There shall be a State office to be known as the administrative office of the courts with an administrative director appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court pursuant to Article VI, Section 7, paragraph 1, of the Constitution, as the head thereof and a deputy administrative director also appointed by the Chief Justice. The administrative director and the deputy director shall be, and shall have been for not less than 3 years immediately prior to their appointment, bona fide residents of this State. The compensation, duties and functions of the director and deputy director shall be fixed by the Chief Justice or as otherwise provided by law. The director shall cause a seal of office to be made in such design as the Chief Justice shall approve and judicial notice shall be taken of the seal.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended by L.1956, c. 159, p. 639, s. 3; L.1965, c. 74, s. 14; L.1973, c. 301, s. 1, eff. Dec. 7, 1973.