The General Assembly finds that: (1) The goal expressed by Arkansas citizens with the adoption of Amendment 80 to the Arkansas Constitution was the creation of a three-tiered, unified court system; (2) The current structure of limited jurisdiction courts consists of a combination of full-time and part-time district and city court judges funded by city […]
(a) There is created the District Court Resource Assessment Board. (b) (1) The board shall consist of eleven (11) members appointed as follows: (A) Two (2) members of the Senate appointed by the Chair of the Senate Committee on Judiciary; (B) Two (2) members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Chair of the […]
The District Court Resource Assessment Board shall recommend to the General Assembly at each regular session: (1) Criteria for the creation and placement of full-time, state-funded district court judgeships; (2) Revisions of current district court judgeships or the redistricting of the district court districts of this state after considering: (A) The caseload and the geographic […]
