2004 Minnesota Statutes

     485.018 Salary, counties under 75,000 inhabitants. 

    Subdivision 1. Repealed, 1999 c 60 s 3 

    Subd. 2.    Set by board.  Except in counties in a 
 judicial district under section 480.181, subdivision 1, 
 paragraph (b), the county board annually shall set by resolution 
 the salary of the court administrator of district court which 
 shall be paid to the court administrator of district court at 
 such intervals as the board shall determine but not less often 
 than once each month.  At the January meeting the board shall 
 set by resolution the salary to be paid the court administrator 
 of district court for the term next following.  In the event a 
 vacancy occurs in the office of the court administrator of 
 district court the board may set the annual salary for the 
 remainder of the calendar year at an amount less than was set 
 for that year.  The salary of the court administrator of 
 district court shall not be reduced during the term for which 
 the court administrator is appointed. 

    In the event that duties are assigned to the court 
 administrator of district court which are in addition to the 
 court administrator's duties as court administrator, additional 
 compensation may be provided for the additional duties.  The 
 county board by resolution shall determine the additional 
 compensation which shall be paid and specify the duties for 
 which the additional compensation is to be paid. 

    Subd. 2a.    Withholding salary.  Upon certification by 
 the state court administrator that the court administrator of 
 district court has failed to perform any of the duties assigned 
 by law or by rule of court, the county board shall withhold the 
 salary of the court administrator, and shall not pay the salary 
 until receipt of notice from the state court administrator that 
 the court administrator has performed the duties assigned by law 
 or by rule of court. 

    Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to prohibit 
 the judges of the district court from removing a court 
 administrator of district court from office. 

    Subd. 3.  Repealed, 1975 c 301 s 16 

    Subd. 4. Repealed, 1999 c 60 s 3 

    Subd. 5.    Collection of fees.  The court administrator 
 of district court shall charge and collect all fees as 
 prescribed by law and all such fees collected by the court 
 administrator as court administrator of district court shall be 
 paid to the county treasurer.  Except for those portions of 
 forfeited bail paid to victims pursuant to existing law, the 
 county treasurer shall forward all revenue from fees and 
 forfeited bail collected under chapters 357, 487, and 574 to the 
 commissioner of finance for deposit in the state treasury and 
 credit to the general fund, unless otherwise provided in chapter 
 611A or other law, in the manner and at the times prescribed by 
 the commissioner of finance, but not less often than once each 
 month.  If the defendant or probationer is located after 
 forfeited bail proceeds have been forwarded to the commissioner 
 of finance, the commissioner of finance shall reimburse the 
 county, on request, for actual costs expended for extradition, 
 transportation, or other costs necessary to return the defendant 
 or probationer to the jurisdiction where the bail was posted, in 
 an amount not more than the amount of forfeited bail.  The court 
 administrator of district court shall not retain any additional 
 compensation, per diem or other emolument for services as court 
 administrator of district court, but may receive and retain 
 mileage and expense allowances as prescribed by law. 

    Subd. 6.    Budget for office.  Except in counties in a 
 judicial district under section 480.181, subdivision 1, 
 paragraph (b), the county board by resolution shall provide the 
 budget for (1) the salaries of deputies, court administrators 
 and other employees in the office of the court administrator of 
 district court; (2) other expenses necessary in the performance 
 of the duties of said office and (3) the payment of premiums of 
 any bonds required of the court administrator of district court 
 or any deputy, court administrator or employee in said office 
 and the board is authorized to appropriate funds therefor and 
 for the salary of the court administrator of district court. 

    Subd. 7. Repealed, 1990 c 571 s 49 

    Subd. 8.    Provisions to take effect.  The provisions 
 of subdivisions 1 to 7 shall take effect in the respective 
 counties specified in subdivisions 1 to 7 (1) upon the 
 expiration of the term of the incumbent holding the office on 
 July 1, 1965 or (2) upon the occurrence prior thereto of a 
 vacancy in the office of court administrator of district court 
 or (3) subsequent to July 1, 1965 and upon not less than 30 
 days' written notice by the court administrator of district 
 court, the county board shall make the provisions of 
 subdivisions 1 to 7 effective on the first day of the month 
 following the expiration of the notice period. 

    HIST: 1965 c 822 s 6,7; 1967 c 388 s 6,7; 1969 c 1151 s 5,7; 
 1977 c 432 s 19; 1980 c 509 s 173; 1985 c 281 s 12; 1986 c 444; 
 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1989 c 209 art 1 s 40; 1989 c 335 art 3 
 s 23,24; 1990 c 512 s 12; 1992 c 571 art 17 s 2; 1994 c 465 art 
 3 s 42; 1999 c 60 s 2; 1999 c 216 art 7 s 30,31; 1999 c 243 art 
 11 s 7; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50