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AR Code § 16-10-315 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 10 - General Provisions|Subchapter 3 - Uniform Filing Fees and Court Costs|§ 16-10-315. City courts — Loss of authority — Enforcement by Department of Finance and Administration. [Effective until January 1, 2012.]

 (a) If the Department of Finance and Administration determines that a city court is not in substantial compliance with § 16-10-306 or § 16-10-308, the department shall report the findings to the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee.  (b)  (1) Upon notification of noncompliance by the department, the committee shall notify in writing the mayor, the city or town council, the city court judge, and the city court clerk that the city court is not in substantial compliance with this subchapter.  (2) The city court shall have ninety (90) days after the date of notification to substantially comply with this subchapter.  (3)  (A) After the ninety (90) days allowed for compliance or upon request by the appropriate city court officials, the department shall review the city court's records to determine if the city court is in substantial compliance with this subchapter.  (B) The department shall report its findings to the committee.         (d)  If the city court has not achieved substantial compliance within the ninety-day period, the committee shall notify both the Administrative Office of the Courts and the city court of the noncompliance and inform the city court that it no longer has authority to operate.
AR Code § 16-10-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 10 - General Provisions|Subchapter 4 - Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission|§ 16-10-401. Definitions

 The word “judge” in this subchapter means anyone, whether or not a lawyer, who is an officer of the judicial system performing judicial functions, including an officer such as a referee, special master, court commissioner, or magistrate, whether full-time or part-time.
AR Code § 16-10-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 10 - General Provisions|Subchapter 4 - Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission|§ 16-10-402. Creation

 (a) There is hereby established a commission to be known as the Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission, hereinafter referred to as the “commission”, consisting of nine (9) members, each of whom shall be residents of Arkansas, and shall be appointed as follows:  (1) Three (3) members shall be judges of the Arkansas Court of Appeals, circuit court, or municipal court appointed by the Arkansas Supreme Court;  (2) Three (3) members shall be lawyers admitted to practice in Arkansas who are not judges or former or retired judges, one (1) of whom shall be appointed by the Attorney General, one (1) by the President of the Senate, and one (1) by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and  (3) Three (3) members, who are neither lawyers, or judges, or former or retired judges, appointed by the Governor.    (b)  (1) A commission member shall serve for a term of six (6) years and shall be eligible for reappointment to a second full term.  (2) A member appointed to a term of less than six (6) years or to fill an unexpired term may be reappointed to two (2) full terms.  (3) The appointing authority for each category of commission membership shall also appoint an alternate member for each regular member appointed. An alternate member shall be appointed for a term of six (6) years and may be reappointed for a second term. An alternate member appointed to fill an unexpired term shall be eligible for an appointment for two (2) full terms.    (c) If a commission member or an alternate commission member moves out of the jurisdiction, ceases to be eligible for appointment to represent the category for which he or she was appointed, or becomes unable to serve for any reason, a vacancy shall occur. An appointment to fill a vacancy for the duration of its unexpired term shall be made by the appropriate appointing authority, effective no later than sixty (60) days from the occurrence of the vacancy. If a vacancy is not filled in accordance with this subsection, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall, within ten (10) days thereafter, appoint, from the category to be represented, a member who shall serve for the duration of the unexpired term.  (d) Commission members shall serve without pay, but may receive expense reimbursement in accordance with § 25-16-901 et seq.
AR Code § 16-10-403 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 10 - General Provisions|Subchapter 4 - Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission|§ 16-10-403. Director — Staff

 (a) The Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission shall employ a director and such additional professional and clerical staff as may be authorized, from time to time, by appropriation passed by the General Assembly.  (b) Effective July 1, 1994, the Director of the Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission shall be an attorney licensed to practice in the State of Arkansas.  (c) The director shall not engage in the practice of law nor serve in a judicial capacity during his or her employment.
AR Code § 16-10-405 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 10 - General Provisions|Subchapter 4 - Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission|§ 16-10-405. Rules

 The Supreme Court shall adopt rules with regard to all matters of Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission operations and all disciplinary and disability proceedings and promulgate rules of procedure.
AR Code § 16-10-406 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 10 - General Provisions|Subchapter 4 - Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission|§ 16-10-406. Immunity from suit

 Members of the Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission, referees, commission counsel, and staff shall be absolutely immune from suit for all conduct in the course of their official duties.
AR Code § 16-10-407 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 10 - General Provisions|Subchapter 4 - Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission|§ 16-10-407. Leave

 Grounds for leave consist of a temporary physical or mental incapacity which impairs the ability of the judge to substantially perform the duties of his or her judicial office and which exists or is likely to exist for a period of one (1) year or less. Leave cannot be granted to exceed one (1) year.
AR Code § 16-10-408 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 10 - General Provisions|Subchapter 4 - Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission|§ 16-10-408. Suspension with pay

 A judge may be suspended by the Supreme Court with pay:   (1) While a recommendation to the Supreme Court by the Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission for his or her removal or involuntary disability retirement is pending; or  (2) When articles of impeachment have been voted by the House of Representatives.
AR Code § 16-10-409 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 10 - General Provisions|Subchapter 4 - Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission|§ 16-10-409. Mandatory suspension

 (a)  (1) A judge shall be suspended from office with pay by the Supreme Court if:  (A) An indictment or information charges the judge in any court in the United States with a crime punishable as a felony under the laws of Arkansas or the United States or with any other offense that involves moral turpitude; or  (B) In any court in the United States he or she pleads guilty or no contest to, or is found guilty of, an offense punishable as a felony under the laws of Arkansas or the United States or any other offense that involves moral turpitude.    (2)  (A) If the judge requests a hearing on a suspension under subdivision (a)(1) of this section, the Supreme Court shall:  (i) Hold the hearing no later than ten (10) days after the request to determine whether the suspension with pay remains in effect during the pendency of criminal proceedings against the judge; and  (ii) Notify the requesting judge and the Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission of the date of the hearing.    (B) In the hearing under this subdivision (a)(2) the Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission shall act as the opposing party of the requesting judge.  (C) The suspension with pay under subdivision (a)(1)(A) of this section shall be removed and the judge shall be allowed to perform his or her duties as a judge if the judge shows at the hearing by a preponderance of the evidence that:  (i) The performance of his or her duties as a judge while charges are pending will not impair the public confidence in the independence, integrity, and impartiality of the judiciary; and  (ii) The charges are not likely to result in a conviction.        (b) If his or her conviction becomes final, he or she may be removed from office pursuant to § 16-10-410.  (c)  (1) If his or her conviction is reversed and he or she is cleared of the charge, by order of the court, whether without further trial or after further trial and a finding of not guilty, his or her suspension terminates.  (2) If the judge is suspended under subdivision (a)(1)(A) of this section and the charge is subsequently dismissed, the judge's suspension terminates.    (d) Nothing in this section shall prevent the Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission from determining that a judge be disciplined or removed according to § 16-10-410.
AR Code § 16-10-410 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 10 - General Provisions|Subchapter 4 - Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission|§ 16-10-410. Removal from office

 (a) The grounds for removal conferred by this subchapter shall be both alternative and cumulative to the power of impeachment provided by the Arkansas Constitution and removal otherwise provided by law.  (b) A judge may be removed from office on any of the following grounds:  (1) Conviction of any offense punishable as a felony under the laws of Arkansas or the United States;  (2) Conviction of a criminal act that reflects adversely on the judge's honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness as a judge in other respects;  (3) The commission of conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation;  (4) The commission of conduct that is prejudicial to the administration of justice;  (5) Willful violation of the Arkansas Code of Judicial Conduct or the Model Rules of Professional Conduct;  (6) Willful and persistent failure to perform the duties of office; or  (7) Habitual intemperance in the use of alcohol or other drugs.    (c) In considering recommending removal, the Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission may consider the frequency of the offense, the motivation of the conduct, the length of time since the conduct in question, and similar factors.  (d) [Repealed.]
AR Code § 16-10-411 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 10 - General Provisions|Subchapter 4 - Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission|§ 16-10-411. Vacancy

 The granting of leave, suspension, with or without pay, removal, or involuntary disability retirement pursuant to this subchapter shall create a vacancy in the judicial office.
AR Code § 16-10-501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 10 - General Provisions|Subchapter 5 - Circuit Court Judgeships and Redistricting|§ 16-10-501. Development of criteria for new judgeships or redistricting

 (a) The Arkansas Judicial Council, hereinafter referred to as the “council”, is authorized and directed to develop criteria for new judgeships or redistricting of the circuit court districts of this state and to make recommendations to the regular session, fiscal session, or special session of the General Assembly regarding the number and boundaries of the circuit court districts in the state, the number of judges in each of such districts, and such other matters regarding circuit courts in the state as it determines to be appropriate.  (b) In establishing circuit court districts of this state, the council shall take into consideration caseload, geographic area to be served by the respective circuit courts, and such other matters as the council determines to be appropriate.  (c) The council shall meet on or before November 1 of each even-numbered year to finalize criteria for establishing additional judgeships or redistricting during the next regular session of the General Assembly.
AR Code § 16-10-601 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 10 - General Provisions|Subchapter 6 - Funding|§ 16-10-601. Legislative intent

 (a) It is hereby found by the General Assembly that the current system of funding the state judicial system has created inequity in the level of judicial services available to the citizens of the state. It is further determined that, with the passage and implementation of Acts 1995, No. 1256, a uniform structure for the accounting and distribution of court-generated funds has been established and reliable data on the cost of providing court services and the revenue produced by the court system now exists.  (b) It is, therefore, the intent of this act to begin to phase in the responsibility of the funding of a part of the state trial court system from county government to the state. It is, further, the intent of this act to continue and improve the reporting of information from cities and counties concerning the costs of providing the court system and the revenues produced from court costs, fees, and fines.
AR Code § 16-10-602 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 10 - General Provisions|Subchapter 6 - Funding|§ 16-10-602. Establishment of city and county shares

 (a) Pursuant to §§ 16-10-307(c) and 16-10-308(c), each town, city, and county may retain a portion of the uniform court costs and filing fees collected and deposited into the city or county administration of justice fund.  (b) On or before the first day of October of each year, the Department of Finance and Administration shall certify in writing to each county and to each town or city which operates a district court the amount of money which may be retained during each month of the following calendar year by the town, city, or county.
AR Code § 16-10-603 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 10 - General Provisions|Subchapter 6 - Funding|§ 16-10-603. Procedure — County administration of justice funds

 (a)  (1) Pursuant to § 16-10-307, each county is to create a county administration of justice fund.  (2) Each county treasurer should deposit into the fund:  (A) All receipts from the collection of uniform filing fees established by § 21-6-403 which are collected by the circuit clerk, county clerk, or other official and remitted to the county treasurer;  (B) All receipts from the collection of uniform court costs established by § 16-10-305 which are collected by the county official, agency, or department designated pursuant to § 16-13-709 as primarily responsible for the collection of fines assessed in circuit court and remitted to the county treasurer;  (C) All receipts of the county's share of uniform filing fees established by § 16-17-705 which are collected by the district courts within the county and remitted to the county treasurer; and  (D) All receipts of the county's share of uniform court costs established by § 16-10-305 which are collected by the official, agency, or department of the county, town, or city designated pursuant to § 16-13-709 as primarily responsible for the collection of fines assessed in district courts within the county and remitted to the county treasurer.      (b) From the county administration of justice fund, the county treasurer is to make, on a monthly basis, the following fund transfers or disbursements:  (1)  (A) Pursuant to § 16-10-307(c), the Department of Finance and Administration will certify for each county the county's monthly share of uniform court costs and filing fees to be retained by the county.  (B)  (i) Each year the quorum court shall establish the amount of uniform filing fees and court costs to be appropriated to each of the county programs or agencies enumerated in § 16-10-307(b) from the county's share of uniform court costs and filing fees.  (ii) Each program or agency shall receive, as a minimum, the amount established by § 16-10-307(b); and      (2) The excess of the monthly receipts into the fund from subdivisions (a)(2)(A) and (B) of this section, less the county's certified monthly share and the county treasurer's commission, if any, as authorized by § 21-6-302, shall be remitted to the Department of Finance and Administration, pursuant to § 16-10-307(e).
AR Code § 16-10-701 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 10 - General Provisions|Subchapter 7 - Additional Filing Fees and Court Costs|§ 16-10-701. Additional fees for specialty court programs — Definitions

 (a) As used in this section:  (1) “Pre-adjudication” means the period of time after:  (A) The prosecuting attorney files a criminal information or an indictment is filed in circuit court;  (B) The person named in the criminal information or indictment is arraigned on the charge in circuit court; and  (C) The person enters a specialty court program without a guilty plea or the person enters a plea of guilty but before the circuit court enters a judgment and pronounces a sentence against the person; and    (2) “Specialty court program” means:  (A) A pre-adjudication program under § 5-4-901 et seq.;  (B) An approved drug court program under the Arkansas Drug Court Act, § 16-98-301 et seq.;  (C) A Swift and Certain Accountability on Probation Pilot Program under § 16-93-1701 et seq.; and  (D) Any other specialty court program that has been approved by the Supreme Court, including without limitation specialty court programs known as:  (i) A DWI court;  (ii) A mental health court;  (iii) A veteran's court;  (iv) A juvenile drug court;  (v) A “HOPE” court;  (vi) A “smarter sentencing” court; and  (vii) A mental health crisis intervention center.        (b) In addition to any other court cost or court fee provided by law:  (1) A specialty court program user fee of up to two hundred fifty dollars ($250) shall be assessed on any participant in a specialty court program and remitted to the Administration of Justice Funds Section by the court clerk for deposit into the State Treasury as special revenues credited to the Specialty Court Program Fund; and  (2) A specialty court program public defender user fee not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250) may be assessed by the court for a defendant who participates in a specialty court program designed for preadjudication purposes and who is appointed representation by a public defender and remitted to the Administration of Justice Funds Section by the court clerk for deposit into the State Treasury to the credit of the Public Defender User Fees Fund within the State Central Services Fund.    (c) A district court or circuit court may not assess and collect a fee under this section if the district court or circuit court is operating a specialty court program that has not been previously approved by or no longer meets the approval criteria of the Supreme Court.
AR Code § 16-10-801 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 10 - General Provisions|Subchapter 8 - Substitute Trial Court Administrators|§ 16-10-801. Temporary employment authorized

 As authorized by § 16-13-3302, in the absence or unavailability of the trial court administrator the circuit judge may temporarily employ the services of a substitute trial court administrator if the temporary employment is essential to prevent a disruption of the business of the court.
AR Code § 16-10-802 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 10 - General Provisions|Subchapter 8 - Substitute Trial Court Administrators|§ 16-10-802. Information provided to Administrative Office of the Courts

 (a) When a circuit judge temporarily employs a substitute trial court administrator, the circuit judge may certify to the Administrative Office of the Courts upon forms prepared by the office that he or she has temporarily employed a substitute trial court administrator and that the temporary employment was essential to prevent a disruption of the business of his or her court.  (b) The circuit judge shall further furnish to the office the name, address, and Social Security number of the substitute trial court administrator and the number of days the substitute trial court administrator was or will be temporarily employed, plus any other information concerning the employment requested by the office.
AR Code § 16-10-803 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 10 - General Provisions|Subchapter 8 - Substitute Trial Court Administrators|§ 16-10-803. Payment

 (a) The Administrative Office of the Courts may pay from funds specifically appropriated for this purpose a substitute trial court administrator for the services furnished to the circuit judge under this subchapter.  (b) The substitute trial court administrator shall be paid at the rate of one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125) per day.
AR Code § 16-10-804 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 10 - General Provisions|Subchapter 8 - Substitute Trial Court Administrators|§ 16-10-804. Extended employment periods

 (a) If a substitute trial court administrator is employed for a period that extends beyond the normal payroll period for the position, the Administrative Office of the Courts shall make an interim disbursement of the salary that has accrued during that period.  (b) In any one (1) fiscal year, however, the office shall not pay for the services of a substitute trial court administrator for any one (1) circuit judge in excess of thirty (30) working days unless approved and ordered by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
AR Code § 16-10-805 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 10 - General Provisions|Subchapter 8 - Substitute Trial Court Administrators|§ 16-10-805. Employment of county staff

 This chapter does not preclude or prohibit any circuit judge from obtaining payment for the services of a substitute trial court administrator from the county or counties composing the circuit judge's judicial district rather than from the Administrative Office of the Courts.
AR Code § 16-10-901 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 10 - General Provisions|Subchapter 9 - Compensation for Retired Judges Appointed to Temporary Service|§ 16-10-901. “Retired judge” defined

 For purposes of this subchapter, a retired judge is a former circuit judge, chancery judge, circuit-chancery judge, Court of Appeals judge, or Supreme Court justice receiving benefits under the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System.