Opinion ID: 1721853
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: ACT 629, Ark. Acts of 1979

Text: An Act To Amend Act 3 of 1971, To Provide For An Increase in Salaries, And For Other Purposes. Be It Enacted By The General Assembly of the State of Arkansas: Section 1. Section 1 of Act 3 of 1971, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 1. There is hereby created the office of Probation Officer/Bailiff, Deputy Probation Officer/Clerk and Secretary/Case Coordinator of the Fourth Division Circuit Court of the Sixth Judicial Circuit. The Sixth Judicial Circuit, Fourth Division Circuit Court, is recognized as the Court created by Act 15 of the First Extraordinary Session of 1970. Section 2. Section 3 of Act 3 of 1971, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 3. The Probation Officer/Bailiff shall be appointed by the Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, Fourth Division, and shall serve at the will of the Judge. In addition to the Probation Officer/Bailiff, the Judge may appoint one Deputy Probation Officer/Clerk and a Secretary/Case Coordinator who will serve at the will of the Judge. Section 3. Section 4 of Act 3 of 1971, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 4. The salary of each person appointed as set out in Section 3 shall be set at the discretion of the Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Fourth Division, at a sum not less than Fifteen Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($15,600.00) per annum, but not to exceed that of the court reporter, which shall be paid by Pulaski County, Arkansas. Section 4. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Section 5. It is hereby found and determined by the General Assembly that the position of Probation Officer/Bailiff, Deputy Probation Officer/Clerk and Secretary/Case Coordinator are necessary to insure efficient and proper administration of justice in the Fourth Division of Circuit Court in the Sixth Judicial Circuit and that increased salaries as provided in Section 4 of this Act must be provided immediately. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and_ approval. [Approved by Governor March 28, 1979]