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16-13-905. Approval by Arkansas Judicial Council. [Referred to Arkansas Judicial Council for approval.]
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16-13-905. Approval by Arkansas Judicial Council. [Referred to Arkansas Judicial Council for approval.]
(a) The provisions of § 16-13-904 and this section shall be effective only if approved by the Arkansas Judicial Council which said approval shall be in writing to the chairs of the Senate and House Committees on Judiciary.
(b) The council is hereby directed to review the provisions of § 16-13-904 and this section together with all other acts passed and approved by the Eighty-second General Assembly regarding the division of, or the adding of judgeships to, the First Judicial District, and approve the plan which the council determines to be the best solution to the problems facing the First Judicial District.
(c) If it is determined by the council that none of the acts passed regarding the First Judicial District is meritorious, then none of the acts should be approved by the council and none of the acts shall take effect even after passage and approval by the Eighty-second General Assembly.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-13-905
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16-13-905. Approval by Arkansas Judicial Council. [Referred to Arkansas Judicial Council for approval.]
(a) The provisions of § 16-13-904 and this section shall be effective only if approved by the Arkansas Judicial Council which said approval shall be in writing to the chairs of the Senate and House Committees on Judiciary.
(b) The council is hereby directed to review the provisions of § 16-13-904 and this section together with all other acts passed and approved by the Eighty-second General Assembly regarding the division of, or the adding of judgeships to, the First Judicial District, and approve the plan which the council determines to be the best solution to the problems facing the First Judicial District.
(c) If it is determined by the council that none of the acts passed regarding the First Judicial District is meritorious, then none of the acts should be approved by the council and none of the acts shall take effect even after passage and approval by the Eighty-second General Assembly.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
16-13-904. Additional judgeship. [Referred to Arkansas Judicial Council for approval.]
(a) There is created in the First Judicial District an additional circuit judgeship which shall have jurisdiction in law, equity, and probate.
(b) As soon as possible after July 30, 1999, the Governor shall appoint a qualified person to temporarily fill the First Judicial District circuit judgeship created by subsection (a) of this section, and the appointed person shall serve until December 31, 2000, or until a successor has been elected and qualified, whichever occurs last.
(c)(1) The qualified electors of the district shall elect the additional circuit judge created by this section at the November 2000 general election to take office on January 1, 2001.
(2) The additional judge shall be elected from the district and shall satisfy the same qualifications for holding office and shall receive the same salary, expenses, and other allowances as provided by law for judges of the circuit courts.
(3) The judge shall serve for elected terms of four (4) years.
(d) The counties which compose the First Judicial District shall provide courtroom and office facilities and supplies for the judge of the circuit judgeship created by this section, which shall be paid out of the county treasuries in the same manner as other demands against the counties, out of funds appropriated by the respective quorum courts of the counties for such purposes.
(e) There shall be provided for the judge of the circuit judgeship created by this section a court reporter and a trial court administrative assistant whose salaries shall be fixed and paid in the manner provided by law for court reporters and trial court administrative assistants of the circuit courts of this state.
(f) The Attorney General sha
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-13-904
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 16-13-904. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.