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16-10-315. City courts — Loss of authority — Enforcement by Department of Finance and Administration. [Effective until January 1, 2012.]
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16-10-315. City courts — Loss of authority — Enforcement by Department of Finance and Administration. [Effective until January 1, 2012.]
(a) If the Department of Finance and Administration determines that a city court is not in substantial compliance with § 16-10-306 or § 16-10-308, the department shall report the findings to the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee.
(b)(1) Upon notification of noncompliance by the department, the committee shall notify in writing the mayor, the city or town council, the city court judge, and the city court clerk that the city court is not in substantial compliance with this subchapter.
(2) The city court shall have ninety (90) days after the date of notification to substantially comply with this subchapter.
(3)(A) After the ninety (90) days allowed for compliance or upon request by the appropriate city court officials, the department shall review the city court's records to determine if the city court is in substantial compliance with this subchapter.
(B) The department shall report its findings to the committee.
(d) If the city court has not achieved substantial compliance within the ninety-day period, the committee shall notify both the Administrative Office of the Courts and the city court of the noncompliance and inform the city court that it no longer has authority to operate.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-10-315
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16-10-315. City courts — Loss of authority — Enforcement by Department of Finance and Administration. [Effective until January 1, 2012.]
(a) If the Department of Finance and Administration determines that a city court is not in substantial compliance with § 16-10-306 or § 16-10-308, the department shall report the findings to the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee.
(b)(1) Upon notification of noncompliance by the department, the committee shall notify in writing the mayor, the city or town council, the city court judge, and the city court clerk that the city court is not in substantial compliance with this subchapter.
(2) The city court shall have ninety (90) days after the date of notification to substantially comply with this subchapter.
(3)(A) After the ninety (90) days allowed for compliance or upon request by the appropriate city court officials, the department shall review the city court's records to determine if the city court is in substantial compliance with this subchapter.
(B) The department shall report its findings to the committee.
(d) If the city court has not achieved substantial compliance within the ninety-day period, the committee shall notify both the Administrative Office of the Courts and the city court of the noncompliance and inform the city court that it no longer has authority to operate.
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16-10-306. Administration of Justice Funds Section.
(a) There is created in the Department of Finance and Administration an Administration of Justice Funds Section.
(b) The court costs and filing fees enumerated in §§ 16-10-305, 16-17-705, and 21-6-403, which are assessed and collected in the district courts and circuit courts in this state, shall be remitted to the Administration of Justice Funds Section.
(c) The Administration of Justice Funds Section shall:
(1) Deposit the court costs and filing fees remitted under subsection (b) of this section into the State Administration of Justice Fund; and
(2) Keep an accurate account of all receipts by type of case and type and location of court from which the court costs and filing fees are submitted.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-10-306
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 16-10-306. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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16-10-308. City administration of justice fund.
(a)(1) There is hereby created in each town or city which operates a district court a fund in the office of the city treasurer to be known as the “city administration of justice fund”.
(2)
(A) A 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 by this section.
(B) The city administration of justice fund of any town or city shall cease to exist on and after the effective date of the ordinance that abolishes the department of district court for that town or city pursuant to state law.
(b) The city administration of justice fund shall be used to defray a part of the expense of the administration of justice in the town or city. From the fund, the town or city shall continue to finance the following town or city agencies and programs which are currently funded, in whole or in part, by filing fees and court costs, at a funding level equal to not less than the greater of the amount which was collected by the town or city from court costs and filing fees for the agency or program in the calendar year ending December 31, 1994, or the amount appropriated by ordinance enacted prior to December 31, 1994, to the agency or program for the calendar year ending December 31, 1995:
(1) The municipal court judge and clerk retirement fund for disbursement as otherwise provided by law;
(2) The police and fire pension fund;
(3) The intoxication detection equipment fund;
(4) All municipal-level programs and agencies funded in whole or in part by court costs and filing fees assessed and collected by the district court, notwithstanding the repeal by this act of laws authorizing the collection of court costs a
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-10-308
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 16-10-308. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.