RULE 23                                                
                ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE COURTS                                     
                                                                                 
    (a) Fiscal Services. Fiscal services for the Court of Appeals shall be       
provided by the Administrator for the Courts.                                    
    (b) Budgetary Planning. Each division shall submit to the Administrator      
for the Courts a proposed budget at such time and in such form as the            
Administrator for the Courts shall request. The Administrator for the            
Courts shall, with the advice and assistance of at least one judge from          
each of the divisions, prepare a proposed budget for the Court of Appeals.       
    (c) Statistics. The Administrator for the Courts, under the supervision      
of the Supreme Court and the Chief Justice, shall collect and compile            
statistical and other data reflecting the state of the dockets and any need      
for judicial assistance, and shall make reports of the business transacted       
by the Court of Appeals. The clerks of the Court of Appeals and all other        
officers and employees of the court shall comply with all requests made by       
the Administrator for the Courts, after approval by the Chief Justice, for       
information and statistical data bearing upon the business transacted and        
the judicial accomplishments of that court.                                      
    (d) Bond. The Administrator for the Courts shall obtain public employee      
faithful performance bond coverage for all court employees.