Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 1 § 1.002 — Supreme

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 174.120 and other rules and laws that refer to periods of time when courts are closed. (k) Establish minimum continuing education requirements for judges of the county circuit courts, tax court, Court of Appeals and Supreme Court. (L) Take any other action appropriate to the exercise of the powers specified in this section and other law, and appropriate to the exercise of administrative authority and supervision by the Chief Justice over the courts of this state. (2) The Chief Justice may make rules for the use of electronic applications in the courts, including but not limited to rules relating to any of the following: (a) Applications based on the use of the Internet and other similar technologies. (b) The use of an electronic document, or use of an electronic image of a paper document in lieu of the original paper copy, for any record of the courts maintained under ORS 7.095 and for any document, process or paper that is served, delivered, received, filed, entered or retained in any action or proceeding. (c) The use of electronic signatures or another form of identification for any document, process or paper that is required by any law or rule to be signed and that is: (A) Served, delivered, received, filed, entered or retained in any action or proceeding; or (B) Maintained under ORS 7.095. (d) The use of electronic transmission for: (A) Serving documents in an action or proceeding, other than a summons or an initial complaint or petition; (B) Filing documents with a court; and (C) Providing certified electronic copies of court documents and other Judicial Department records to another person or public body. (e) Payment of statutory or court-ordered monetary obligations through electronic media. (f) Electronic storage of court documents. (g) Use of electronic citations in lieu of the paper citation forms as allowed under ORS 153.770, including use of electronic citations for parking ordinance violations that are subject to ORS 221.333 or 810.425. (h) Public access through electronic means to court documents that are required or authorized to be made available to the public by law. (i) Transmission of open court proceedings through electronic media. (j) Electronic transmission and electronic signature on documents relating to circuit court jurors under ORS 10.025. (3)(a) The Chief Justice may make rules relating to the data that state courts may require parties and other persons to submit for the purpose of distinguishing particular persons from other persons, gathering demographic information or identifying and evaluating disparities and impacts in the justice system in Oregon. (b) The Board of Governors of the Oregon State Bar shall formulate rules relating to the data that the Oregon State Bar may require persons to submit for purposes of distinguishing particular persons from other persons, gathering demographic information or identifying and evaluating disparities and impacts in the