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27-50-408. Fines for moving traffic violations in a highway work zone — Definitions.
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27-50-408. Fines for moving traffic violations in a highway work zone — Definitions.
(a) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Construction personnel” means employees of the Arkansas Department of Transportation or the counties or the municipalities of this state or any contractors of the State Highway Commission or the counties or municipalities;
(2) “Conviction” means a formal declaration that a person is guilty of a violation of law determined when a person charged with a violation of law pleads guilty or nolo contendere, is found guilty, or forfeits a bond in lieu of a plea or trial; and
(3) “Highway work zone” means any area upon or adjacent to any highway, road, or street of this state where construction, reconstruction, maintenance, or any other type of work is being performed or is in progress by employees of the department, the counties or the municipalities of this state, or any contractors of the State Highway Commission or the counties or municipalities.
(b)(1)(A)(i) In addition to the fine otherwise provided by law, after the conviction of any person for any moving traffic violation committed while the person is driving through a highway work zone in this state and if construction personnel were present in the highway work zone when the offense occurred, the trial judge shall assess an additional fine equivalent to the fine imposed by law upon that person for committing a moving traffic violation in the highway work zone.
(ii) Equivalent additional court costs pursuant to § 16-10-305 shall not be assessed.
(B) Any bond posted pursuant to a charge of committing any moving traffic violation while in a highway work zone in this state shall include the additional equivalent fine in the amount of the bond otherwise r
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 27-50-408
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27-50-408. Fines for moving traffic violations in a highway work zone — Definitions.
(a) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Construction personnel” means employees of the Arkansas Department of Transportation or the counties or the municipalities of this state or any contractors of the State Highway Commission or the counties or municipalities;
(2) “Conviction” means a formal declaration that a person is guilty of a violation of law determined when a person charged with a violation of law pleads guilty or nolo contendere, is found guilty, or forfeits a bond in lieu of a plea or trial; and
(3) “Highway work zone” means any area upon or adjacent to any highway, road, or street of this state where construction, reconstruction, maintenance, or any other type of work is being performed or is in progress by employees of the department, the counties or the municipalities of this state, or any contractors of the State Highway Commission or the counties or municipalities.
(b)(1)(A)(i) In addition to the fine otherwise provided by law, after the conviction of any person for any moving traffic violation committed while the person is driving through a highway work zone in this state and if construction personnel were present in the highway work zone when the offense occurred, the trial judge shall assess an additional fine equivalent to the fine imposed by law upon that person for committing a moving traffic violation in the highway work zone.
(ii) Equivalent additional court costs pursuant to § 16-10-305 shall not be assessed.
(B) Any bond posted pursuant to a charge of committing any moving traffic violation while in a highway work zone in this state shall include the additional equivalent fine in the amount of the bond otherwise required.
(2)(A) All fines collected by the county or city official, agency, or department designated pursuant to § 16-13-709 as primarily responsible for the collection of fines assessed in the circuit courts, district courts, or city courts of this state as a result of this section shall be paid by the collecting official to the county treasurer or town or city treasurer pursuant to law.
(B) All such amounts collected in circuit court shall be remitted to the county treasurer.
(C) All amounts collected pursuant to subdivision (b)(2)(A) of this section in district court shall be paid to the county or city treasurer pursuant to § 16-17-707.
(D) All amounts collected pursuant to subdivision (b)(2)(A) of this section in city court shall be paid to the treasurer of the town or city in which the city court is located.
(E) Amounts received by the county treasurer may be used for general county purposes, and amounts received by the city treasurer may be used for general city purposes.
(c)(1) The additional fines and penalties shall not be assessed unless signs, either permanent or temporary, were present at the time of the violation in advance of the highway work zone warning the traveling public that fines are double in highway work zones.
(2) The signs shall be located no greater than one (1) mile nor less than one thousand five hundred feet (1,500') in advance of the highway work zone.
(3) Furthermore, the additional fines or penalties for speeding shall not be assessed unless signs, either permanent or temporary, are posted in advance of the highway work zone indicating the maximum speed limit to be obeyed while traveling through the highway work zone.
(4)(A) All signs authorized by this section shall conform with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
(B) The counties and municipalities, prior to utilizing any such signs, shall seek the advice of the department in order that the signs shall be uniform throughout the state.
(C) The department is authorized to develop guidelines for the counties and municipalities to achieve uniformity.
(d) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to abrogate any of the provisions of § 12-8-106 regarding the powers of the Division of Arkansas State Police.
(e) For purposes of this section, “moving traffic violation” shall include, but not be limited to:
(1) Careless or prohibited driving;
(2) Driving while intoxicated;
(3) Underage driving under the influence;
(4) Refusal to submit;
(5) Leaving the scene of an accident;
(6) Driving with lights off;
(7) Driving on an expired, suspended, or revoked license;
(8) Improper use of lighting equipment;
(9) Failure to obey traffic control devices and signs;
(10) Failure to operate a vehicle in accordance with the rules of the road;
(11) Failure to stop and render aid;
(12) Following too closely;
(13) Driving the wrong way on a one-way street;
(14) Hazardous driving;
(15) Impeding the flow of traffic;
(16) Improper backing;
(17) Improper lane change;
(18) Improper entrance or exit to avoid an intersection;
(19) Improper towing;
(20) Improper turning;
(21) Passing a stopped school bus;
(22) Racing on the highway;
(23) Reckless driving; and
(24) Exceeding the speed limit.
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12-8-106. Division of Arkansas State Police — Duties and powers — Restrictions — Municipal police barred from patrolling certain highways.
(a)(1) It shall be the duty of the Division of Arkansas State Police to:
(A) Patrol the public highways, make arrests, and enforce the laws of this state relating to motor vehicles and the use of the state highways;
(B) Establish, maintain, and enforce a towing rotation list to assist in clearing highways of motor vehicles which have been involved in accidents or abandoned;
(C) Assist in the collection of delinquent motor vehicle license taxes and the collection of gasoline and other taxes that are required by law; and
(D) Determine when, if possible, a person or persons are the cause of injury to any state highway or other state property and arrest all persons criminally responsible for injury to any state highway or other state property and bring them before the proper officer for trial.
(2) The Director of the Division of Arkansas State Police may promulgate necessary rules to carry out the purpose and intent of subdivision (a)(1)(B) of this section.
(b) The Division of Arkansas State Police shall be conservators of the peace and as such shall have the powers possessed by police officers in cities and county sheriffs in counties, except that the Division of Arkansas State Police may exercise such powers anywhere in this state.
(c) The Division of Arkansas State Police shall have the authority to establish a Crimes Against Children Division, either through transfer or by contract, to conduct child abuse investigations, to administer the Child Abuse Hotline, and, when consistent with rules promulgated by the Division of Arkansas State Police, to provide training and technical assistance to local law enforcement in co
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-8-106
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16-10-305. Court costs.
(a) There shall be levied and collected the following court costs from each defendant upon each conviction, each plea of guilty or nolo contendere, or each forfeiture of bond:
(1) In circuit court, one hundred fifty dollars ($150) for a misdemeanor or felony violation of state law, excluding a violation of:
(A) The Omnibus DWI or BWI Act, § 5-65-101 et seq.;
(B) The Underage DUI or BUI Law, § 5-65-301 et seq.;
(C) Section 5-75-101 et seq.;
(D) Section 27-23-114;
(E) Section 15-42-127; or
(F) Section 27-37-701 et seq.;
(2) In district court, one hundred dollars ($100) for an offense that is a misdemeanor or violation of state law, excluding a violation of:
(A) The Omnibus DWI or BWI Act, § 5-65-101 et seq.;
(B) The Underage DUI or BUI Law, § 5-65-301 et seq.;
(C) Section 5-75-101 et seq.;
(D) Section 27-23-114;
(E) Section 15-42-127; or
(F) Section 27-37-701 et seq.;
(3) In circuit court or district court, seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for a traffic offense that is a misdemeanor or violation under state law or local ordinance, excluding a violation of:
(A) The Omnibus DWI or BWI Act, § 5-65-101 et seq.;
(B) The Underage DUI or BUI Law, § 5-65-301 et seq.;
(C) Section 5-75-101 et seq.;
(D) Section 27-23-114;
(E) Section 15-42-127; or
(F) Section 27-37-701 et seq.;
(4) In district court, for a nontraffic offense that is a misdemeanor or violation under local ordinance, twenty-five dollars ($25.00);
(5) In circuit court or district court, three hundred dollars ($300) for violations of:
(A) The Omnibus DWI or BWI Act, § 5-65-101 et seq.;
(B) The Underage DUI or BUI Law, § 5-65-301 et seq.;
(C) Section 5-75-101 et seq.;
(D) Section 27-23-114; or
(E) Section 15-42-127;
(6)(A) In circuit court o
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-10-305
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 16-10-305. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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16-13-709. Responsibility for collection.
(a)(1)(A)(i) The quorum court of each county of the state shall designate a county official, agency, or department which shall be primarily responsible for the collection of fines assessed in the circuit courts of this state.
(ii) All fines collected each month in circuit court by the designated county official, agency, or department shall be disbursed by the fifth working day of the following month to the State Administration of Justice Fund, the county administration of justice fund, and the appropriate county fund, state entity, or state agency as provided by law.
(iii) The sheriff shall remain responsible for collecting bail or money deposited in lieu of bail on behalf of defendants discharged from incarceration pursuant to law in circuit court.
(B)(i) The quorum court may delegate the responsibility for the collection of delinquent fines assessed in circuit court to a private contractor.
(ii) The contractor may receive, under a written contract, a commission on delinquent fines collected for circuit court.
(C)(i) The commission agreed to be received by the private contractor shall be a portion of the total fine owed by a defendant.
(ii) The court shall credit the defendant with the gross amount remitted to the private contractor.
(iii) The private contractor shall remit the gross amounts collected to the county official, agency, or department designated under subdivision (a)(1)(A) of this section on at least a monthly basis.
(iv) Payment of the commission shall be through the county claims process.
(v) The county treasurer shall make a pro rata disbursement of the remaining fines to the State Administration of Justice Fund, the county administration of justice fund, and the appropriate county fund, state
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-13-709
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 16-13-709. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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16-17-707. Separate accounting records of fines, etc. — Disbursements.
(a) The district court clerk shall keep three (3) separate accounting records of all fines, penalties, forfeitures, fees, and costs received by him or her for any of the officers of the town, city, or county, as provided in this subchapter:
(1) The first class of accounting records shall embrace all sums collected in the district court in all nontraffic cases which are misdemeanors or violations of the town or city ordinances and all cases which are misdemeanors or violations under state law or traffic offenses which are misdemeanors or violations under state law or town or city ordinance committed within the corporate limits of the town or city where the court sits, where the arresting officer was a police officer or other officer of the town or city, a Division of Arkansas State Police officer or other certified law enforcement officer of the state, or an officer of a private or public college or university located within the corporate limits of the town or city where the court sits;
(2) The second class of accounting records shall embrace all sums collected in the district court in all nontraffic cases which are misdemeanors or violations of county ordinances or are misdemeanors or violations of any of the laws of the state where the arresting officer was the county sheriff or a deputy sheriff or was not a police officer or other officer of the town or city where the court sits, and the offense was committed outside the corporate limits of the town or city where the court sits, and in all other criminal or traffic proceedings not specifically enumerated in this section; and
(3)(A) The third class of accounting records shall embrace all sums collected in the district court in all civil and
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-17-707
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 16-17-707. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.