§ 16-10-905. Amount of per diem compensation
(a) Per diem compensation prescribed in § 16-10-902 shall be for each day or portion of a day the judge serves on the bench. (b) For each day or portion of a day that a special judge appointed under Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 80, performs his or her judicial duties other than on the bench, the […]
§ 16-10-501. Development of criteria for new judgeships or redistricting
(a) The Arkansas Judicial Council, hereinafter referred to as the “council”, is authorized and directed to develop criteria for new judgeships or redistricting of the circuit court districts of this state and to make recommendations to the regular session, fiscal session, or special session of the General Assembly regarding the number and boundaries of the […]
§ 16-10-601. Legislative intent
(a) It is hereby found by the General Assembly that the current system of funding the state judicial system has created inequity in the level of judicial services available to the citizens of the state. It is further determined that, with the passage and implementation of Acts 1995, No. 1256, a uniform structure for the […]
§ 16-10-602. Establishment of city and county shares
(a) Pursuant to §§ 16-10-307(c) and 16-10-308(c), each town, city, and county may retain a portion of the uniform court costs and filing fees collected and deposited into the city or county administration of justice fund. (b) On or before the first day of October of each year, the Department of Finance and Administration shall […]
§ 16-10-603. Procedure — County administration of justice funds
(a) (1) Pursuant to § 16-10-307, each county is to create a county administration of justice fund. (2) Each county treasurer should deposit into the fund: (A) All receipts from the collection of uniform filing fees established by § 21-6-403 which are collected by the circuit clerk, county clerk, or other official and remitted to […]
§ 16-10-604. Procedure — City administration of justice funds
(a) (1) Pursuant to § 16-10-308, each town or city which operates a district court is to create a city administration of justice fund. (2) (A) Any town or city operating a city court that becomes a department of district court shall continue to maintain the city administration of justice fund as originally established pursuant […]
§ 16-10-401. Definitions
The word “judge” in this subchapter means anyone, whether or not a lawyer, who is an officer of the judicial system performing judicial functions, including an officer such as a referee, special master, court commissioner, or magistrate, whether full-time or part-time.
§ 16-10-701. Additional fees for specialty court programs — Definitions
(a) As used in this section: (1) “Pre-adjudication” means the period of time after: (A) The prosecuting attorney files a criminal information or an indictment is filed in circuit court; (B) The person named in the criminal information or indictment is arraigned on the charge in circuit court; and (C) The person enters a specialty […]
§ 16-10-402. Creation
(a) There is hereby established a commission to be known as the Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission, hereinafter referred to as the “commission”, consisting of nine (9) members, each of whom shall be residents of Arkansas, and shall be appointed as follows: (1) Three (3) members shall be judges of the Arkansas Court of Appeals, […]
§ 16-10-801. Temporary employment authorized
As authorized by § 16-13-3302, in the absence or unavailability of the trial court administrator the circuit judge may temporarily employ the services of a substitute trial court administrator if the temporary employment is essential to prevent a disruption of the business of the court.