§ 16-10-903. Retirement benefits
The judge or justice shall not be entitled to a change in membership status or to any increase, decrease, or other modification to his or her retirement benefits as a result of his or her service after retirement.
§ 16-10-410. Removal from office
(a) The grounds for removal conferred by this subchapter shall be both alternative and cumulative to the power of impeachment provided by the Arkansas Constitution and removal otherwise provided by law. (b) A judge may be removed from office on any of the following grounds: (1) Conviction of any offense punishable as a felony under […]
§ 16-10-411. Vacancy
The granting of leave, suspension, with or without pay, removal, or involuntary disability retirement pursuant to this subchapter shall create a vacancy in the judicial office.
§ 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 […]