Rule 2 - Administrative and Supervisory Control over District Court PersonnelA. As used in these rules, district court personnel means all district court employees including, but not limited to, secretary-bailiffs, court reporters, juvenile case managers, referees, and special judges.B. Subject only to the rules, orders, and directives of the Supreme Court, the Chief Justice, or the Presiding Judge, the Chief Judge of each district court judicial district shall be responsible for the supervision of all district court personnel in the judicial district. If there is no Chief Judge in the judicial district, then the district judge shall be responsible for the supervision of the district court personnel. In Oklahoma County and in Tulsa County, the Presiding Judge, rather than the Chief Judge, shall be responsible for the supervision of all district court employees in the judicial district. Each district court personnel shall be subject to the administrative and supervisory control of the following persons, in ascending order of authority: 1. The employee's immediate supervisor, if the employee reports to someone other than a district judge;2. A district judge of the judicial district;3. The Chief Judge of the judicial district, in all districts other than Oklahoma County and Tulsa County;4. The Presiding Judge of the judicial administrative district; and5. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.C. Subject only to the rules, orders, and directives of the Supreme Court or the Chief Justice, the Presiding Judge shall have general administrative authority and supervision over all courts within the district and over all district court personnel serving in the judicial administrative district. 1. The Presiding Judge is authorized to direct the assignment, duties, and performance of district court personnel, to establish work schedules for district court personnel, and to make such other administrative directives as the Presiding Judge deems appropriate for effective and efficient management of the district court personnel within the judicial administrative district.2. The Presiding Judge shall ensure that appropriate staff management and record keeping practices are in place for the district court personnel in the judicial administrative district.3. The Presiding Judge shall be responsible for implementing and enforcing the administrative orders and directives of the Chief Justice and may issue such orders and directives necessary to assure adherence to statewide court objectives and policies.D. The Chief Justice is authorized to issue such directives and orders as are necessary to exercise administrative and supervisory control over all district court personnel. The Chief Justice is authorized to appoint and fix the duties and compensation of such district court personnel, subject to legislative limitations, and to assign and direct the work of such district court personnel in performing the functions and accomplishing the purposes of the district courts.E. The Chief Justice is authorized to issue such directives and orders as are necessary to manage the assignment, duties, and performance of district court personnel; to establish work schedules and other personnel policies applicable to district court personnel; to suspend, furlough or terminate individual district court personnel; and to make such other administrative directives as the Chief Justice deems appropriate for effective and efficient management of the district courts.Adopted by order of the Supreme Court, 1997 OK 150 , eff. 12/23/1997