AR Code § 12-26-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 26 - Criminal Detention Facilities Standards|§ 12-26-105. Criminal detention facility review committee districts and committees created — Members

 (a) There are created eight (8) criminal detention facility review committee districts as follows:  (1) Criminal Detention Facility Review Committee District One is composed of the following counties: Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Madison, Marion, Newton, Searcy, and Washington;  (2) Criminal Detention Facility Review Committee District Two is composed of the following counties: Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Sharp, Stone, Van Buren, and White;  (3) Criminal Detention Facility Review Committee District Three is composed of the following counties: Clay, Craighead, Greene, Jackson, Lawrence, Mississippi, Poinsett, and Randolph;  (4) Criminal Detention Facility Review Committee District Four is composed of the following counties: Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Logan, Montgomery, Polk, Pope, Scott, Sebastian, and Yell;  (5) Criminal Detention Facility Review Committee District Five is composed of the following counties: Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Lonoke, Monroe, Phillips, Prairie, St. Francis, and Woodruff;  (6) Criminal Detention Facility Review Committee District Six is composed of the following counties: Arkansas, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson, Perry, Pulaski, and Saline;  (7) Criminal Detention Facility Review Committee District Seven is composed of the following counties: Clark, Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada, Ouachita, Pike, and Sevier; and  (8) Criminal Detention Facility Review Committee District Eight is composed of the following counties: Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland, Dallas, Desha, Drew, Lincoln, and Union.    (b)  (1) There is created within each district a criminal detention facility review committee to be composed of five (5) members who are residents within the district and who do not hold public office.  (2) The Governor shall appoint the members of a committee for a term of four (4) years as follows:  (A) A county in the district shall be represented on the committee by no more than one (1) member;  (B) At least one (1) member on the committee shall be a youth services worker or juvenile advocate;  (C) The Governor may reappoint a member of the committee to the committee at the end of the member's term; and  (D) If a vacancy occurs on the committee, the remaining members of the committee shall notify in writing the Governor of the vacancy, and the Governor shall appoint another member to serve the remainder of the vacated term.      (c) Each year the members of a committee shall elect one (1) member to serve as chair.  (d)  (1) A committee shall function as a state agency.  (2)  (A) A member of a committee has all of the rights and privileges of a state officer while performing his or her duties as assigned by this chapter.  (B) Subdivision (d)(2)(A) of this section extends to any case that may arise as a result of the duties assigned by this chapter without a time limitation except as may already exist by other statutes.      (e)  (1) A member of a committee shall receive no compensation or remuneration, however the state shall reimburse a member for clerical and typing expenses approved by the Criminal Detention Facilities Review Coordinator.  (2) A member of a committee may receive expense reimbursement in accordance with § 25-16-901 et seq.