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16-17-210. Special judges.
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16-17-210. Special judges.
(a) If a district judge is disqualified or temporarily unable to serve, or if the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall determine that there is other need for a special judge to be temporarily appointed, a special judge may be assigned by the Chief Justice or elected by the bar of the district court, under rules prescribed by the Supreme Court, to serve during the period of temporary disqualification, absence, or need.
(b) A special judge shall have the same power and authority in the court as the regular district judge would have if present and presiding and shall have the same qualifications as are required by law for the regular district judge.
(c) A district judge who is assigned by the Chief Justice to act as a special judge under this section shall receive reimbursement of expenses for his or her service at the rate provided for in § 16-17-1108.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-17-210
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Source file: gov.ar.code.title.16.odt
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16-17-210. Special judges.
(a) If a district judge is disqualified or temporarily unable to serve, or if the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall determine that there is other need for a special judge to be temporarily appointed, a special judge may be assigned by the Chief Justice or elected by the bar of the district court, under rules prescribed by the Supreme Court, to serve during the period of temporary disqualification, absence, or need.
(b) A special judge shall have the same power and authority in the court as the regular district judge would have if present and presiding and shall have the same qualifications as are required by law for the regular district judge.
(c) A district judge who is assigned by the Chief Justice to act as a special judge under this section shall receive reimbursement of expenses for his or her service at the rate provided for in § 16-17-1108.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
16-17-1108. Travel expense reimbursement.
(a) From the appropriation provided for the expenses of state district court judges, a state district court judge is authorized to be reimbursed for those travel expenses at the rate as authorized for state employees and for mileage at the rate established in the state travel rules for state employees while traveling within the state in the performance of official duties.
(b) When a state or local district judge is appointed by the Chief Justice to hear a case or cases in a jurisdiction outside that in which he or she is elected, the judge shall be entitled to reimbursement for travel expenses and mileage as provided in subsection (a) of this section.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-17-1108
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 16-17-1108. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.