Procedure — City administration of justice funds

Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-604 — under General Provisions.

Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-604

(a) (1) Pursuant to § 16-10-308, each town or city which operates a district court is to create a city administration of justice fund.(2) (A) Any town or city operating a city court that becomes a department of district court shall continue to maintain the city administration of justice fund as originally established pursuant to § 16-10-308.(B) The city administration of justice fund of any town or city shall cease to exist on and after the effective date of an ordinance that abolishes the department of district court for the town or city pursuant to state law.(3) There shall be deposited into the fund:(A) All receipts from the collection of uniform filing fees established by § 16-17-705 which are collected by the district court operated by the town or city; and(B) All receipts from the collection of uniform court costs, established by § 16-10-305 which are collected by the county, town, or city official, agency, or department designated pursuant to § 16-13-709 as primarily responsible for the collection of fines assessed in the district court operated by the town or city.

(1) Pursuant to § 16-10-308, each town or city which operates a district court is to create a city administration of justice fund.

(2) (A) Any town or city operating a city court that becomes a department of district court shall continue to maintain the city administration of justice fund as originally established pursuant to § 16-10-308.(B) The city administration of justice fund of any town or city shall cease to exist on and after the effective date of an ordinance that abolishes the department of district court for the town or city pursuant to state law.

(A) Any town or city operating a city court that becomes a department of district court shall continue to maintain the city administration of justice fund as originally established pursuant to § 16-10-308.

(B) The city administration of justice fund of any town or city shall cease to exist on and after the effective date of an ordinance that abolishes the department of district court for the town or city pursuant to state law.

(3) There shall be deposited into the fund:(A) All receipts from the collection of uniform filing fees established by § 16-17-705 which are collected by the district court operated by the town or city; and(B) All receipts from the collection of uniform court costs, established by § 16-10-305 which are collected by the county, town, or city official, agency, or department designated pursuant to § 16-13-709 as primarily responsible for the collection of fines assessed in the district court operated by the town or city.

(A) All receipts from the collection of uniform filing fees established by § 16-17-705 which are collected by the district court operated by the town or city; and

(B) All receipts from the collection of uniform court costs, established by § 16-10-305 which are collected by the county, town, or city official, agency, or department designated pursuant to § 16-13-709 as primarily responsible for the collection of fines assessed in the district court operated by the town or city.

(b) From the city administration of justice fund, the following fund transfers or disbursements shall be made on a monthly basis:(1) (A) Each town's or city's share shall be an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the uniform court costs and filing fees collected during each month by the town or city.(B) Each year the town or city council shall establish the amount of uniform filing fees and court costs to be appropriated to each of the town or city programs or agencies enumerated in § 16-10-308(b) from the town's or city's share of uniform court costs and filing fees.(C) Each program or agency shall be paid, by warrant or fund transfer, a monthly installment of at least one-twelfth (1/12) of the annual appropriation provided for each by the town or city council;(2) (A) Pursuant to § 16-10-308(b)(5), the town or city shall remit to the county treasurer for deposit into the county administration of justice fund a portion of the town's or city's share of uniform court costs and filing fees.(B) The amount of the remittance shall be based upon common agreement of the town or city and the county and shall be used by the county to fund county-level programs and agencies defined in § 16-10-308(b); and(3) Fifty percent (50%) of the uniform court costs and filing fees collected during each month by the town or city shall be remitted to the Administration of Justice Fund Section in the Department of Finance and Administration, under § 16-10-308(e).

(1) (A) Each town's or city's share shall be an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the uniform court costs and filing fees collected during each month by the town or city.(B) Each year the town or city council shall establish the amount of uniform filing fees and court costs to be appropriated to each of the town or city programs or agencies enumerated in § 16-10-308(b) from the town's or city's share of uniform court costs and filing fees.(C) Each program or agency shall be paid, by warrant or fund transfer, a monthly installment of at least one-twelfth (1/12) of the annual appropriation provided for each by the town or city council;

(A) Each town's or city's share shall be an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the uniform court costs and filing fees collected during each month by the town or city.

(B) Each year the town or city council shall establish the amount of uniform filing fees and court costs to be appropriated to each of the town or city programs or agencies enumerated in § 16-10-308(b) from the town's or city's share of uniform court costs and filing fees.

(C) Each program or agency shall be paid, by warrant or fund transfer, a monthly installment of at least one-twelfth (1/12) of the annual appropriation provided for each by the town or city council;

(2) (A) Pursuant to § 16-10-308(b)(5), the town or city shall remit to the county treasurer for deposit into the county administration of justice fund a portion of the town's or city's share of uniform court costs and filing fees.(B) The amount of the remittance shall be based upon common agreement of the town or city and the county and shall be used by the county to fund county-level programs and agencies defined in § 16-10-308(b); and

(A) Pursuant to § 16-10-308(b)(5), the town or city shall remit to the county treasurer for deposit into the county administration of justice fund a portion of the town's or city's share of uniform court costs and filing fees.

(B) The amount of the remittance shall be based upon common agreement of the town or city and the county and shall be used by the county to fund county-level programs and agencies defined in § 16-10-308(b); and

(3) Fifty percent (50%) of the uniform court costs and filing fees collected during each month by the town or city shall be remitted to the Administration of Justice Fund Section in the Department of Finance and Administration, under § 16-10-308(e).

(c) (1) If a district court is operated solely by a county rather than a town or city and all of the uniform court costs and filing fees collected by the district court are remitted to the county, the town or city shall not be required to create a city administration of justice fund.(2) The town's or city's share of uniform court costs and filing fees shall be remitted directly to the county treasurer for deposit into the county administration of justice fund.

(1) If a district court is operated solely by a county rather than a town or city and all of the uniform court costs and filing fees collected by the district court are remitted to the county, the town or city shall not be required to create a city administration of justice fund.

(2) The town's or city's share of uniform court costs and filing fees shall be remitted directly to the county treasurer for deposit into the county administration of justice fund.