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16-21-603. Phillips County Prosecuting Attorney expenses.
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16-21-603. Phillips County Prosecuting Attorney expenses.
(a) Through an annual appropriation at sufficient level for operation, Phillips County shall provide at the county's expense the office expenses under § 16-21-602(a) in such amount of no less than thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) per year as appropriated by the quorum court and approved by the county judge.
(b)(1) The office expenses under § 16-21-602(a) shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the county general fund, and the checks shall be made payable to the office of the Prosecuting Attorney of the First Judicial District or as directed by the prosecuting attorney.
(2) Disbursements shall be made by the prosecuting attorney for the necessary expenses of the office based upon adequate documentation.
(c) The prosecuting attorney may also be allowed additional office expenses upon appropriation of the quorum court and approval of the county judge.
(d)(1) In addition to office expenses, the prosecuting attorney shall be entitled to one (1) secretary and administrative assistant, whose salary shall not be less than twenty-eight thousand dollars ($28,000) per year.
(2) The salary, Social Security, matching, retirement, health insurance, and all related salary expenses of the secretary and administrative assistant shall be paid by Phillips County in accordance with the pay periods and payroll policy of Phillips County.
(e) This section does not prohibit the quorum court in Phillips County from appropriating additional positions, salaries, or expenses greater than the amounts mandated in this section.
(f) The prosecuting attorney shall be allowed additional assistants and employees in Phillips County upon appropriation of the quorum court and approval of the county judge.
(g) The expe
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-21-603
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16-21-603. Phillips County Prosecuting Attorney expenses.
(a) Through an annual appropriation at sufficient level for operation, Phillips County shall provide at the county's expense the office expenses under § 16-21-602(a) in such amount of no less than thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) per year as appropriated by the quorum court and approved by the county judge.
(b)(1) The office expenses under § 16-21-602(a) shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the county general fund, and the checks shall be made payable to the office of the Prosecuting Attorney of the First Judicial District or as directed by the prosecuting attorney.
(2) Disbursements shall be made by the prosecuting attorney for the necessary expenses of the office based upon adequate documentation.
(c) The prosecuting attorney may also be allowed additional office expenses upon appropriation of the quorum court and approval of the county judge.
(d)(1) In addition to office expenses, the prosecuting attorney shall be entitled to one (1) secretary and administrative assistant, whose salary shall not be less than twenty-eight thousand dollars ($28,000) per year.
(2) The salary, Social Security, matching, retirement, health insurance, and all related salary expenses of the secretary and administrative assistant shall be paid by Phillips County in accordance with the pay periods and payroll policy of Phillips County.
(e) This section does not prohibit the quorum court in Phillips County from appropriating additional positions, salaries, or expenses greater than the amounts mandated in this section.
(f) The prosecuting attorney shall be allowed additional assistants and employees in Phillips County upon appropriation of the quorum court and approval of the county judge.
(g) The expenses required to be paid by this section are specifically declared to be separate and distinct from the responsibility of Phillips County to pay the contingent expense allowance of the prosecuting attorney as provided in § 16-21-601 and § 16-21-119(b)(5)(A), and as otherwise provided by law.
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16-21-119. Contingent expense funds generally.
(a) The prosecuting attorney of each judicial district shall be allowed a contingent expense of his office, including telephone, telegraph, postage, printing, office supplies and equipment, office rent, stationery, traveling expense, special service, operation of automobiles, and such other expenses which, within the discretion of the prosecuting attorney, may be a proper expense of the office. It shall also include necessary expenses in connection with any proper investigation incident to any criminal law violation or trials before any grand jury, or any court within the judicial district, coming within the duties of his office.
(b) The expense provided for in subsection (a) of this section shall be paid by the several counties of this state by vouchers signed by the prosecuting attorney and allowed by the county court as claims against the general revenue fund of said county, and for the purpose of providing a just and equitable manner and method of payment, the several counties of the State of Arkansas are classified as follows:
(1) All counties having a population of less than fifteen thousand (15,000) persons according to the most recent federal census and with an assessed valuation of less than two million dollars ($2,000,000) shall pay annually not in excess of two hundred dollars ($200). However, Cleveland County, Dallas County, Nevada County, Lafayette County, and Montgomery County shall pay annually not in excess of four hundred dollars ($400);
(2) All counties having a population in excess of fifteen thousand (15,000) persons and not in excess of twenty-five thousand (25,000) persons according to the most recent federal census and with an assessed valuation of less than five million dollars ($5,000,000) s
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-21-119
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16-21-601. Contingent expense allowance.
In lieu of any other contingent expense allowance provided by law for the Prosecuting Attorney of the First Judicial District, the prosecuting attorney shall receive an expense allowance to be borne by the respective counties of the First Judicial District as follows:
(1) Cross County Such amount as may be approved by the Quorum Court of Cross County, not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) per annum; (2) Lee County Such amount as may be approved by the Quorum Court of Lee County, not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) per annum; (3) Monroe County Such amount as may be approved by the Quorum Court of Monroe County, not to exceed one thousand eight hundred dollars ($1,800) per annum; (4) Phillips County Such amount as may be approved by the Quorum Court of Phillips County, not to exceed one thousand eight hundred dollars ($1,800) per annum; (5) St. Francis County Such amount as may be approved by the Quorum Court of St. Francis County, not to exceed one thousand eight hundred dollars ($1,800) per annum; and (6) Woodruff County Such amount as may be approved by the Quorum Court of Woodruff County, not to exceed one thousand four hundred dollars ($1,400) per annum.
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Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-21-601
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 16-21-601. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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16-21-602. Funding of expenses and employees — Definitions.
(a) As used in this section:
(1)(A) “Employee and assistant expenses” includes without limitation the following expenses and related expenses with respect to employees and assistants of the Prosecuting Attorney of the First Judicial District and deputy prosecuting attorneys:
(i) Salaries and benefits;
(ii) Social Security;
(iii) Matching;
(iv) Retirement;
(v) Health insurance; and
(vi) Other employee and assistant expenses determined by the prosecuting attorney to be a proper employee and assistant expense.
(B) “Employee and assistant expenses” does not include salaries and benefits for deputy prosecuting attorneys;
(2) “Investigative expenses” means necessary expenses in connection with an investigation incident to a criminal law violation or trial before a court within the First Judicial District that is within the duties of the prosecuting attorney's office; and
(3) “Office expenses” includes without limitation the cost of:
(A) Facilities, equipment, maintenance and operation, service contracts, capital outlay, telephones, copy machines, computers, and printers;
(B) Office supplies, postage, and copying;
(C) Contract labor;
(D) Travel;
(E) The Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated and Arkansas Model Jury Instructions; and
(F) Other office expenses determined by the prosecuting attorney to be a proper office expense.
(b) Through an annual appropriation at sufficient level for operation, each county within the district shall provide at the county's expense the office expenses, investigative expenses, and employee and assistant expenses of the prosecuting attorney and deputy prosecuting attorneys.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-21-602
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 16-21-602. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.