§ 16-10-315 - City courts -- Loss of authority -- Enforcement by Department of Finance and Administration. [Effective until January 1, 2012.] - Arkansas Statutes

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.