(a) All fines, penalties, and costs received by the district courts shall be collected and distributed in the manner provided by laws affecting the former municipal courts, unless and until the General Assembly establishes a new method of distribution.
(b) All salaries, retirement benefits, programs, and moneys of judges, clerks, and court employees of the former municipal courts will continue to be vested and paid to the judges, clerks, and court employees of the district courts, pending further acts of the General Assembly.
(c) A vacancy in a district court judgeship shall be filled in the same manner and subject to the same restrictions as for vacancies under Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 29.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts
Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 16-17-102. Exchange of jurisdictions by district court judges
§ 16-17-103. Residency requirement of judges
§ 16-17-104. Law license requirement for district judges
§ 16-17-106. Deputy district court clerks generally
§ 16-17-108. Salaries of personnel and other requirements of various district courts
§ 16-17-114. Restriction on receipt of fees and costs by constables in certain localities
§ 16-17-115. County's, town's, and city's portion of district court expenses — Appropriation
§ 16-17-118. Power to postpone or suspend sentence in misdemeanor cases
§ 16-17-119. Counties with populations over 250,000 — District court expenses
§ 16-17-121. Salary increases — Factors to consider
§ 16-17-124. Fee for appeal transcript — Disposition
§ 16-17-125. Pretrial release alternative administration fee
§ 16-17-126. Fee for filing and issuing writs — Disposition — Fee for issuing summons
§ 16-17-127. Contractors providing certain services
§ 16-17-129. Levy to defray cost of incarcerating city and county prisoners
§ 16-17-130. Single district judge to be elected countywide
§ 16-17-131. Suspension of license for failure to appear
§ 16-17-132. District court generally
§ 16-17-133. Limitation of the incarceration of juvenile defendants in district courts
§ 16-17-134. Change of venue from lower courts in certain counties to municipal court
§ 16-17-136. Waiver of appearance and entry of plea to traffic violations in district court
§ 16-17-137. Jurisdiction over certain criminal matters
§ 16-17-138. Mandatory holding of court for departments of a district court