§76-9 Employees of the judiciary.
It is the intent of the legislature that the personnel of the judiciary shall form a separately administered part of the system of personnel administration established by this chapter and chapter 77, unless specifically exempted by this chapter or any other law; provided that:(1) The judiciary shall have a status coequal with the executive branch of the State and with the several counties for purposes of the development of a position classification plan, the formulation of personnel rules and regulations, and the administration of the judiciary personnel system, including, but not limited to the classification, reclassification, allocation, and reallocation of a particular position, the publication of a vacancy announcement, the examination of applicants, and the preparation of eligible lists;
(2) In the development of a position classification plan, the formulation of personnel rules and regulations, and the administration of the judiciary personnel system, the chief justice or the chief justice's designee shall consult with the director of human resources development;
(3) Any action of the chief justice or the chief justice's designee including the classification, reclassification, allocation, and reallocation of a particular position, the publication of a vacancy announcement, the examination of applicants, the preparation of an eligible list, and appeals from suspensions, dismissals and demotions may be appealed by any person, employee or the exclusive bargaining unit representative to the judiciary personnel appeals board. The board shall be composed of three members, one representative from the department of human resources development, one representative of the judiciary and one exclusive bargaining unit representative. The provisions contained in section 26-34 shall not apply to the members of the judiciary personnel appeals board. The board shall sit as an appellate body on matters within the jurisdiction of the judiciary with equal authority as the civil service commission established by section 26-5;
(4) Nothing in chapters 76 and 77 shall be construed to require the approval of the governor or any executive agency for the judiciary to establish such positions in the judicial branch as may be authorized and funded by the legislature. [L 1974, c 159, §9; am L 1977, c 159, §6; gen ch 1985; am L 1998, c 11, §3]