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16-17-121. Salary increases — Factors to consider.
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16-17-121. Salary increases — Factors to consider.
(a) In the event the General Assembly establishes a district court cost fund to be used exclusively for the operation and expenses of the district court, any district court judge's, clerk's, or other employee's salary authorized by § 16-17-108 may be increased from the minimum salary upward to any amount not exceeding the maximum salary authorized in § 16-17-108 and may be paid from the fund as set forth hereafter.
(b) The city council or the county quorum court, or both, if authorized, of the local governmental jurisdictions responsible for paying the salaries of the district court judge, clerks, and other employees may authorize salary increases for the various court personnel as authorized above after considering the following factors:
(1) The amount and availability of funds in the district court cost fund;
(2) The volume of caseload;
(3) The backlog of cases, if any, on the court docket;
(4) The time required in dealing with cases;
(5) The skill required in dealing with cases; and
(6) The amount of time taken away from the judge's private practice, if applicable.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-17-121
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16-17-121. Salary increases — Factors to consider.
(a) In the event the General Assembly establishes a district court cost fund to be used exclusively for the operation and expenses of the district court, any district court judge's, clerk's, or other employee's salary authorized by § 16-17-108 may be increased from the minimum salary upward to any amount not exceeding the maximum salary authorized in § 16-17-108 and may be paid from the fund as set forth hereafter.
(b) The city council or the county quorum court, or both, if authorized, of the local governmental jurisdictions responsible for paying the salaries of the district court judge, clerks, and other employees may authorize salary increases for the various court personnel as authorized above after considering the following factors:
(1) The amount and availability of funds in the district court cost fund;
(2) The volume of caseload;
(3) The backlog of cases, if any, on the court docket;
(4) The time required in dealing with cases;
(5) The skill required in dealing with cases; and
(6) The amount of time taken away from the judge's private practice, if applicable.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
16-17-108. Salaries of personnel and other requirements of various district courts.
(a) Unless otherwise provided by law, the salaries of the judges and other personnel of the various district courts shall be established as follows:
(1)(A) The Arkansas County District Court — Northern District Judge shall receive an annual salary of not less than thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) nor more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), the district court clerk shall receive an annual salary of not less than thirteen thousand eight hundred thirty-four dollars and ninety-two cents ($13,834.92) nor more than forty-four thousand dollars ($44,000), and the deputy court clerk shall receive an annual salary of not less than eleven thousand four hundred seventy-five dollars ($11,475) nor more than thirty-one thousand dollars ($31,000).
(B) The salaries shall be as determined by the governing body of the City of Stuttgart and the Arkansas County Quorum Court and paid one-half (½) by the city and one-half (½) by the county;
(2) The Arkansas County District Court — Southern District Judge shall receive an annual salary of not less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) nor more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), the district court clerk shall receive an annual salary of not less than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) nor more than thirty-nine thousand dollars ($39,000), and the deputy clerk shall receive an annual salary of not less than twenty-three thousand dollars ($23,000) nor more than thirty-one thousand dollars ($31,000). The salaries shall be determined by the governing body of the City of DeWitt and the Arkansas County Quorum Court and paid one-half (½) by the city and one-half (½) by the county;
(3)(A) The Ashley County District Court — Crossett Department
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-17-108
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 16-17-108. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.