Oklahoma § 20-60.5 - Rules providing for duties and procedures - Compensation

§ 20-60.5. Rules providing for duties and procedures - Compensation

- Travel expenses - Transmission of case files and other relevant

materials - Payment of expenses - Scope of review of Court of

Criminal Appeals - Budgeting, management and administration of

Emergency Appellate Division.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 20. Courts

A. The duties and procedures of the Emergency Appellate

Division shall be as provided by rules of the Court of Criminal

Appeals.

B. No district judge, associate district judge, or special

judge who is temporarily assigned to sit on the Emergency Appellate

Division shall be entitled to additional compensation for judicial

service on the Emergency Appellate Division, unless otherwise

authorized by law.

C. Travel expenses of judges of the Emergency Appellate

Division incurred in performing their duties shall be reimbursed

pursuant to the State Travel Reimbursement Act, Section 500.1 et

seq. of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes from funds appropriated to

the Supreme Court for the expenses of the District Courts.

D. The Court of Criminal Appeals is authorized to expend such

funds as may be necessary for the purpose of transmitting case files

and other relevant materials to the judges of the Emergency

Appellate Division.

E. Expenses of the Emergency Appellate Division for the purpose

of transmitting case files and other relevant materials to the Court

of Criminal Appeals shall be paid from the court fund on claims

approved by the Court Fund Governing Board. The Emergency Appellate

Division shall not incur additional expenses without the approval of

the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

F. The Court of Criminal Appeals shall prescribe by rule the

scope of review it will afford when a Petition for Review to the

Court of Criminal Appeals is filed.

G. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall be responsible

for the budgeting, management and administration of the Emergency

Appellate Division, based upon rules promulgated by the Court of

Criminal Appeals and approved by the Supreme Court.

Added by Laws 1993, c. 292, § 6, eff. July 1, 1993. Amended by Laws

1994, c. 225, § 2, eff. July 1, 1994.