Delaware Code Title 10 Sec. 908 – Chief Judge; powers; duties
The Chief Judge, or in the Chief Judge’s absence the senior Judge on duty, shall:
(1) Be the Chief Executive Officer of the Court and preside at meetings thereof.
(2) Prepare and present to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the General Assembly the estimated budget of the Court for the ensuing fiscal year.
(3) Assign Judges to the several Courts.
(4) Approve the travel and other expenses incurred by the Judges and all employees in the performance of their duties.
(5) Establish, when necessary, a Judge’s vacation schedule.
(6) [Repealed.]
(7) Establish a procedure for the assignment of cases to the Judges.
(8) Provide for payment of the Court’s expenses.
(9) Appoint and remove at the judge’s pleasure peace officers who shall be selected from among the employees of the Court and who, while so appointed shall have such powers normally incident to peace officers, including but not limited to, the power to make arrests in a criminal cases, provided that the exercise of such powers shall be limited to any building or real property maintained or used as a courthouse or in support of judicial functions.
10 Del. C. 1953, § ?908; 58 Del. Laws, c. 114, § ?1; 63 Del. Laws, c. 75; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 75 Del. Laws, c. 88, § ?21(5); 76 Del. Laws, c. 213, §§ ?34, 35; 78 Del. Laws, c. 79, § ?2; 83 Del. Laws, c. 525, § 1;
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 10 Sec. 908
- Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.