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AR Code § 21-5-1413 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits|Subchapter 14 - Higher Education Uniform Classification and Compensation Act|§ 21-5-1413. Salary administration grids

 (a)  (1) An institution of higher education may request that a salary administration grid be approved for specific classifications of positions assigned to the pay plan as established in § 21-5-1410 if the:  (A) Institution has documented the need for a salary administration grid for specified positions or classifications;  (B) Terms and conditions of a salary administration grid proposed by the institution address the needs of the targeted positions;  (C) Cost of implementing and maintaining a salary administration grid is within the institution's existing appropriation and the implementation does not use funds specifically set aside for other programs within the institution; and  (D) Salary administration grid has been approved by the Director of the Division of Higher Education after review by the Legislative Council or, if the General Assembly is in session, the Joint Budget Committee.    (2)  (A) Special rates of pay may be authorized up to the highest pay level authorized for the grade assigned the classification of a career service position for specific classifications only.  (B) An approved salary administration grid shall be used for establishing the entry pay level for an employee in a position.  (C) A person hired above the entry pay level shall meet or exceed the minimum qualifications for the job classification.  (D) Subsequent salary determinations within a salary administration grid shall be based on the employee's qualifications, relevant competitive compensation rates, professional or educational achievements, and internal equity within the institution.  (E) A plan of implementation and salary progression shall be approved by the Division of Higher Education on a biennial basis.    (3) An approved salary administration grid may be amended only upon approval by the division after review by the Legislative Council or, if the General Assembly is in session, the Joint Budget Committee.  (4) Compensation differentials that are included in an institution's grid plan shall not exceed rates provided in § 21-5-1412.    (b)  (1) A monthly report shall be made to the Legislative Council or, if the General Assembly is in session, the Joint Budget Committee, describing all personnel transactions involving applications of this section.  (2) The hiring of a new employee under this section shall not affect the salary, grade, or classification of any current employee within the institution.  (3) The division shall promulgate rules regarding the implementation and use of a salary administration grid with the review of the Legislative Council or, if the General Assembly is in session, the Joint Budget Committee.
AR Code § 21-5-1414 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits|Subchapter 14 - Higher Education Uniform Classification and Compensation Act|§ 21-5-1414. Extra help positions

 (a)  (1) A position authorized as extra help in an institution of higher education shall be assigned an authorized classification by the institution, and any person hired in an extra help position shall meet the minimum qualifications and any other requirements set by the class specification of the classification and grade assigned to the position.  (2) The rates of pay for extra help employees shall be set in accordance with and shall not exceed those provided in this subchapter for the appropriate classification.  (3) Extra help employees of institutions shall not exceed one thousand five hundred (1,500) hours per fiscal year as set out in § 6-63-314.    (b) The salary eligibility for an employee transferring or returning from an extra help position to a regular position shall be established at the minimum pay level for the grade assigned by classification with the following exceptions:  (1) The classification has an established current labor market special entry pay level;  (2) The position is approved for shift differential in accordance with this subchapter; or  (3) The employee's eligibility is based on prior state service in a regular position.    (c) A former employee from a state agency, institution, board, or commission who is rehired in an extra help position is ineligible for benefits except holiday pay.
AR Code § 21-5-1416 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits|Subchapter 14 - Higher Education Uniform Classification and Compensation Act|§ 21-5-1416. Annual career service recognition payments for employees of institutions of higher education

 (a)  (1)  (A) Nonfaculty and classified employees of institutions of higher education shall become eligible for annual career service recognition payments upon completion of ten (10) or more years of service in either elected positions or classified or nonclassified positions with a state agency or an institution.  (B) To receive the full amount authorized in subsection (c) of this section, the service shall have been in either elected positions or regular full-time positions.  (C) Nonfaculty and classified employees of institutions who work part-time in regular salary positions may receive annual career service recognition payments on a pro rata basis.    (2) Periods of authorized leave without pay and leave of absence for military service when veterans' reemployment rights are exercised shall not negate eligibility for the payment, provided all other eligibility requirements are met.    (b) The Division of Higher Education shall establish and publish policies and procedures for the administration of career service recognition payments to employees of institutions upon a determination by the Director of the Division of Higher Education that the respective institution has sufficient funds available for that purpose.  (c) Nonfaculty and classified employees of institutions who meet eligibility requirements established by subsection (a) of this section shall become eligible for annual career service recognition payments on the anniversary date of the completion of such service according to the following schedule:  (d) Career service recognition payments authorized by this section are:  (1) Subject to withholding of all applicable state and federal taxes; and  (2) Included by retirement systems in determining benefits.      STATE SERVICE ANNUAL PAYMENT 10 through 14 years of state service $ 800 15 through 19 years of state service 1,000 20 through 24 years of state service 1,200 25 or more years of state service 1,500   Click to view table.
AR Code § 21-5-1417 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits|Subchapter 14 - Higher Education Uniform Classification and Compensation Act|§ 21-5-1417. Merit increase pay system — Definition

 (a)  (1) The Division of Higher Education may develop and establish a merit increase pay system for employees of all institutions of higher education covered by this subchapter.  (2)  (A) Employees are eligible for a merit increase to be paid as an increase in salary or a lump sum on the employee's merit increase date, and the payment shall not be construed as exceeding the maximum pay level for the grade.  (B) The lump-sum payments authorized in this section shall be considered as salary for the purposes of retirement eligibility.    (3) The merit increase pay system shall be reviewed by the Legislative Council or, if the General Assembly is in session, the Joint Budget Committee.    (b) As used in this section, “merit increase pay system” means a merit-based pay system that incorporates pay and performance evaluation standards and establishes criteria for payments for employees who meet requisite performance categories.  (c) Merit payments may be awarded to employees who satisfy performance evaluation-based criteria developed by institutions in accordance with procedures and policies developed and approved by the division after review by the Legislative Council.
AR Code § 21-5-1418 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits|Subchapter 14 - Higher Education Uniform Classification and Compensation Act|§ 21-5-1418. Information technology labor market rates for recruitment and retention

 (a)  (1) In order for an institution of higher education to recruit and retain information technology professionals in classified positions, the Division of Higher Education may develop and implement a plan for labor market rates up to the midpoint allowed for the grade after review by the Legislative Council or, if the General Assembly is in session, the Joint Budget Committee.  (2) The division shall establish the list of applicable information technology classifications after review by the Legislative Council or, if the General Assembly is in session, the Joint Budget Committee.    (b) An institution of higher education implementing a labor market rate under subsection (a) of this section shall report any salary adjustments made to the:  (1) Division; and  (2) Legislative Council or, if the General Assembly is in session, the Joint Budget Committee.
AR Code § 21-6-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 6 - Fees|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 21-6-101. Fees in certain sections superseded

 The appropriate fee prescribed in §§ 21-6-306, 21-6-402, and 21-6-403 shall be in lieu of the fee prescribed in:   (1) Section 18-44-117 for filing mechanics' and materialmen's liens;  (2) Section 18-46-115 for filing medical, nursing, and hospital liens;  (3) Section 16-65-117 for filing judgments to establish judgment liens on lands; and  (4) Section 17-90-303 for recording licenses of optometrists.
AR Code § 21-6-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 6 - Fees|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 21-6-102. Posting of fees

 Every officer to whom fees are allowed by law shall cause to be set up in some conspicuous place in his or her office and there constantly keep a fair list or table of his or her fees. In case of default, any such officer shall forfeit all the fees pertaining to his or her office so long as he or she shall neglect to set up and keep up the list or table of fees.
AR Code § 21-6-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 6 - Fees|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 21-6-103. Illegal fees — Penalty

 If any officer shall charge, demand, or receive any more or greater fees for his or her services than are allowed by law, or shall demand, charge, or receive any such fees without having performed the services for which the fees are charged, the officer for every offense shall forfeit to the injured party, or the party against whom the fees may be charged, the amount of fees illegally charged, and five dollars ($5.00) for each item illegally demanded, charged, or received, with cost, and shall also be subject to an indictment for extortion.
AR Code § 21-6-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 6 - Fees|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 21-6-104. Fees in absence of fixed fee

 In all cases where any officer or other person is required to perform any duty for which no fees are allowed by any law, he or she shall be entitled to receive such pay as would be allowed for similar services.
AR Code § 21-6-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 6 - Fees|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 21-6-105. Computation of fees

 In all cases where fees are allowed by law according to the number of words, each figure shall be counted as one (1) word.
AR Code § 21-6-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 6 - Fees|Subchapter 2 - State Officers|§ 21-6-201. Auditor of State

 The following fee shall be paid into the State Treasury for services performed by the Auditor of State:   For each certified transcript from the Auditor of State, to be paid by the person who shall desire the same $ 1.00
AR Code § 21-6-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 6 - Fees|Subchapter 2 - State Officers|§ 21-6-202. Secretary of State

 (a) The following fees shall be allowed for services performed by the Secretary of State and paid into the State Treasury in the same manner that all other fees are or shall be directed to be paid:  (1) For affixing the Great Seal of the State, or the Seal of the Secretary of State to any instrument $ 5.00  (2) For every commission issued to a citizen of another state or apostilles 10.00  (3) For every commission issued to a state officer other than prosecuting attorneys 15.00  (4) For every commission issued to prosecuting attorneys 15.00  (5) For every commission issued to a sheriff, collector, clerk, county judge, treasurer, assessor, coroner, or surveyor 10.00  (6) For every commission issued to any other county officer or justice of the peace other than members of the General Assembly 5.00  (7) For all copies of records or other written or printed files in the office of the Secretary of State, and for recording, for every page .80  (8) For all copies of maps, profiles, or other files of a similar nature, such fee as may be established by the Secretary of State, to be determined with reference to the amount of clerical labor and stationery required to make such copies, at the rate of not less than one dollar ($1.00) per hour for the time employed in making the copies.    (b) All fees specified in this section shall be paid at the time the commission, certificate, instrument, or copy is delivered.
AR Code § 21-6-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 6 - Fees|Subchapter 2 - State Officers|§ 21-6-203. Commissioner of State Lands — Definition

 (a) The Commissioner of State Lands may by rule:  (1) Establish a schedule of rates, fees, and charges for the deeds produced and filed or services performed in carrying out the established duties and authority of the office of the Commissioner of State Lands; and  (2) Revise the rates, fees, and charges to ensure that the revenues from the rates, fees, and charges together with other available funds shall be sufficient to cover the costs of the various deeds produced or filed and services performed in carrying out the established duties and authority of the office of the Commissioner of State Lands.    (b)  (1) A fee under this section shall not be established in an amount that exceeds the costs expended by the Commissioner of State Lands in producing or filing deeds or performing services.  (2) As used in subdivision (b)(1) of this section, “costs” means the actual costs expended by the Commissioner of State Lands plus three percent (3%) of the actual costs expended by the Commissioner of State Lands.    (c) All rates, fees, and charges collected by the Commissioner of State Lands shall be deposited into a financial institution in the state.
AR Code § 21-6-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 6 - Fees|Subchapter 3 - County Officers|§ 21-6-301. Fees not basis for compensation

 (a) Fees of the office shall not be the basis of compensation for officers or employees of county offices.  (b) All compensation, including salary, hourly compensation, expense allowances, and other remunerations allowed to any county officer or employee shall be made only on specific appropriation by the quorum court of the county. The quorum court shall make those appropriations required by law.  (c) All expense allowances and remunerations other than salary allowed to any county officer or employee by law shall be paid only for actual expenses incurred in the official performance of duties as attested by vouchers certified by the county officer or employee and by such other evidence as may be required.
AR Code § 21-6-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 6 - Fees|Subchapter 3 - County Officers|§ 21-6-303. County surveyors

 County surveyors shall be allowed the following fees:   (1) For each day he or she may be engaged, either under an order of the county court, or otherwise, not to exceed $50.00  (2) For each mile traveled from the place of residence to a place where the service is to be made and return .12  (3) For calculating the amount of land in each tract or division and making the plat, a fee of not to exceed three dollars ($3.00) per hour devoted in the preparation thereof, but in no event less than 1.00  (4) For recording plat and certificate .50  (5) For every copy of plat and certificate .50.
AR Code § 21-6-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 6 - Fees|Subchapter 3 - County Officers|§ 21-6-304. Coroners

 (a)  (1) Coroners shall be allowed fees as follows:  (A) For viewing a dead body in case of inquisition of death $ 7.50  (B) For summoning each witness .50  (C) For each deposition duly taken and returned .50  (D) For summoning and swearing jury, taking and returning inquisition 25.00  (E) For taking each recognizance .50  (F) For arresting any person whom, according to the inquisition or otherwise, he or she may be bound to arrest 1.00  (G) For going from his or her residence to the place of viewing a dead body and returning, each mile .20  (H) For each mile traveled in arresting any person and committing such person .20  (I) For each and every mile traveled in answering call wherein inquest is found not necessary, each mile .05  (J) For each and every day for making the call and report to the circuit clerk where inquest is found not necessary 5.00.    (2) Such fees, together with the fees of the jurors and witnesses, shall be paid out of the county treasury as other demands.    (b) For performing the duties of sheriff, the coroner shall be entitled to the same fees for the time being as are allowed to sheriffs for such services.
AR Code § 21-6-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 6 - Fees|Subchapter 3 - County Officers|§ 21-6-305. Collector of revenue

 (a) The collector of revenue shall be allowed commissions for collecting the revenue and for certifying the amount of real property tax reduction to the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State pursuant to § 26-26-310, as follows:  (1) For the first ten thousand dollars ($10,000) collected, five percent (5%) in kind;  (2) For all sums over ten thousand dollars ($10,000) and under twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) collected, four and one-half percent (4.5%) in kind;  (3) For all sums over twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) collected, four percent (4%) in kind; and  (4) For the amount of real property tax reduction certified to the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, four percent (4%) in kind.    (b) All commissions allowed to the collector by this section or any other law shall be paid into the county treasury as general revenues.  (c)  (1) Commissions received by the county collector shall be used by the county collector to offset administrative costs.  (2)  (A) The county collector may set aside up to ten percent (10%) of the gross commissions collected annually to be credited to the county collector's automation fund:  (i) To operate the office of the county collector;  (ii) For administrative costs; and  (iii) To purchase, maintain, and operate an automated record-keeping system.    (B) The acquisition and update of software for the automated accounting and record-keeping system shall be a permitted use of these funds.    (3) Moneys deposited into this fund may accumulate and shall be appropriated and expended for the uses designated in this section by the quorum court at the direction of the county collector.    (d) All moneys not used by the county collector to offset administrative costs or set aside into the county collector's automation fund shall be prorated to the appropriate taxing entities.
AR Code § 21-6-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 6 - Fees|Subchapter 3 - County Officers|§ 21-6-306. Recorders

 (a)  (1) The uniform fees to be charged by the recorders in the various counties in this state shall be as follows:  (A) For recording deeds, deeds of trust, mortgages, release deeds, powers of attorney, plats, survey plats, notary bonds, foreign judgments, materialmen's liens, and other recordable instruments, except as otherwise prescribed in this section, fifteen dollars ($15.00) for one (1) page, one (1) side only, and five dollars ($5.00) for each additional page;  (B) For recording mortgage assignments, mortgage releases, and other instruments when multiple instruments are listed in a single document, an additional fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) per instrument listed not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300) shall be charged; and  (C) Eight dollars ($8.00) for filing or recording a certificate of assessment or any other instrument not specified in this subsection.    (2) If the recorder waives the requirements of § 14-15-402(b)(1) for good cause, the instrument may be recorded for an additional fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00).    (b)  (1) All fees collected under this section shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the fund to be known as the “county recorder's cost fund”.  (2) Moneys deposited into this fund shall be appropriated and expended for the uses designated in this section by the quorum court at the direction of the recorder.  (3) Appropriated moneys shall be placed into line items within the recorder's budget as approved by the quorum court.    (c)  (1) All moneys collected by the recorder as a fee as provided in this section shall be used by the recorder's office to offset administrative costs.  (2)  (A) At least twenty-five percent (25%) of the moneys collected annually shall be used to purchase, maintain, and operate an automated records system. The acquisition and update of software for the automated records system shall be a permitted use of these funds.  (B) At the discretion of the recorder, any funds not needed by the recorder for any of the purposes under this subdivision (c)(2) may be transferred to the county general fund.  (C) Any funds in excess of one million dollars ($1,000,000) held at any time in the county recorder's cost fund shall be transferred to the county general fund.
AR Code § 21-6-308 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 6 - Fees|Subchapter 3 - County Officers|§ 21-6-308. Constables

 (a) The quorum court may fix the salary of the constables that are elected within the jurisdiction of the quorum court.  (b) All constables in this state shall collect and account for all fees collected, and the fees shall be deposited with the county treasurer in the constable's jurisdiction not more than thirty (30) days after their collection.  (c) Constables shall collect and account for the following fees:  (1) For serving a warrant in a criminal case, for each  (2) For taking a criminal to jail 2.00  (3) For summoning each jury before a justice of the peace 1.00  (4) For levying each execution 2.00  (5) For taking each delivery bond 1.00  (6) For summoning each witness .75  (7) For levying a writ of attachment 2.00  (8) For every return of non est on a writ, original or  (9) For return of nulla bona .20  (10) For attending a trial of each case in the court of a  (11) For attending and calling court at each trial upon  (12) For care of each prisoner while in actual custody for  (13) For summoning each defendant 2.00.      defendant $ 2.00   judicial, or subpoena .20   justice of the peace .50   continuance .50   each day .75