§ 16-17-1106 - Salary of pilot state district court judges -- Cost-sharing. - Arkansas Statutes

16-17-1106. Salary of pilot state district court judges -- Cost-sharing.

(a) The state shall pay the salary and benefits of pilot state district court judges created under this subchapter.

(b) (1) (A) Each county and town or city that has a pilot state district court judgeship created under this subchapter shall pay to the state an amount equal to its proportionate share of one-half (1/2) of the base salary established by law for that county and town or city's pilot state district court judge.

(B) On a form provided by the Administration of Justice Fund Section of the Office of Administrative Services of the Department of Finance and Administration, each county and town or city shall certify annually on or before October 31 the amount to be paid to the state for its share of one-half (1/2) of the salary established by law for its pilot state district court judge.

(2) (A) Nothing in this section prohibits a county and town or city that has a pilot state district court judgeship created under this subchapter from agreeing in writing on the amount to be paid to the state by the county and the town or city for its proportionate share of one-half (1/2) of the salary established by law for its pilot state district court judge.

(B) If a written agreement is reached under subdivision (b)(2)(A) of this section, the county and town or city shall submit on or before October 31 a copy of that written agreement to the Administration of Justice Fund Section.

(c) The amount of the pilot state district court judge's salary paid by the county and the town or city for calendar year 2008 and annually afterwards shall be the amount determined under subsection (b) of this section.

(d) (1) Beginning with its annual meeting of 2007, the quorum court in each county that has a pilot state district court judgeship created under this subchapter and the council in each town or city that has a pilot state district court judgeship created under this subchapter shall appropriate annually from its general revenues an amount sufficient to pay its share of the pilot state district court judgeship salary allocated to it under subsection (b) of this section.

(2) The duty under subdivision (d)(1) of this section may be enforced in a court of competent jurisdiction.

(e) On or before December 15, 2007, and annually afterwards, the Administration of Justice Fund Section shall certify to the county and the town or city the amount of its share of one-half (1/2) of the base salary established by law for that county and town or city's pilot state district court judge.

(f) On or before January 15, 2008, and annually afterwards, the county and the town or city shall remit to the Administration of Justice Fund Section for deposit in the Constitutional Officers Fund the sum necessary to fund its share of the base salary allocated to it under subsection (e) of this section.