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Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(a) There is created in the Fourth Judicial District an additional circuit judgeship.
(b) The qualified electors of the district shall elect the additional circuit judge created by subsection (a) of this section at the 2010 general election for nonpartisan judicial offices held on the same dates and at the same times and places as the preferential primary election to take office on January 1, 2011.
(c)(1) The additional circuit judge shall be elected from the district, shall satisfy the same qualifications for holding office, and shall receive the same salary, expenses, and other allowances as provided by law for judges of the circuit courts.
(2) The circuit judge shall serve for elected terms of six (6) years.
(d) The counties that compose the Fourth Judicial District shall provide courtroom and office facilities and supplies for the judge of the circuit judgeship created by subsection (a) of this section which shall be paid out of the county treasury in the same manner as other demands against the county and out of funds appropriated by the quorum court of the county for these purposes.
(e) There shall be provided for the judge of the circuit judgeship created by subsection (a) of this section a court reporter and a trial court administrative assistant whose salaries shall be fixed and paid in the manner provided by law for court reporters and trial court administrative assistants of the circuit courts of this state.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Arkansas Code Title 16. Practice, Procedure, and Courts § 16-13-1208. Additional judgeship - last updated March 28, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ar/title-16-practice-procedure-and-courts/ar-code-sect-16-13-1208/
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