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Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-301 (2020)

Legislative intent

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  1. It is hereby found by the General Assembly that the current system of funding the state judicial system has created inequity in the level of judicial services available to the citizens of the state. It is further determined that the current method of financing the state judicial system has become so complex as to make the administration of the system impossible. Finally, it is determined that the lack of any reliable data on the current cost of the state judicial system prohibits any comprehensive change in the funding of the system at this time.
  2. It is, therefore, the intent of this act to eliminate the current system of collecting and assessing a large number of individual court costs and filing fees, to replace it with uniform costs and fees to be applied statewide, and to prohibit the implementation of new costs and fees for specific programs in the future.

History. Acts 1995, No. 1256, § 1.

A.C.R.C. Notes. As enacted by Acts 1995, No. 1256, § 1, subsection (b) of this section also provided:

“It is, further, the intent of this act to put in place a reporting system which will allow the General Assembly to obtain accurate data to determine the cost to the state for the funding of the judicial system, so as to allow the state, in the 1997-1999 biennium, to fund the cost of the judicial system from the costs, fees, fines, and such other sources as the General Assembly shall determine.”

As enacted by Acts 1995, No. 1256, § 1, this section also contained a subsection (c) which provided:

“(c) The General Assembly hereby advises all individuals, programs, and agencies which are affected by this act and which receive or expend funds as a part of the state judicial system to be prepared to provide information on the level of expenditures, number of staff, and related information which were in place and existing during the period January 1, 1994 — December 31, 1994 to the 1997 session of the General Assembly.”

Meaning of “this act”. Acts 1995, No. 1256, codified as §§ 5-65-115, 5-65-307, 14-20-102, 14-42-112, 16-10-133, 16-10-301 — 16-10-310, 16-14-105, 16-17-402, 16-17-705, 16-21-106, 16-21-113, 16-21-1103, 16-21-1503, 20-7-123, 20-18-502, 21-6-403, 24-8-315.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2007–2023 · leading case: Aikens v. State, 249 S.W.3d 788 (Ark. 2007).
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Aikens v. State, 249 S.W.3d 788 (Ark. 2007). · cites it 2× “2004), which authorizes certain fees to be charged by circuit and county clerks, refers to a fee that may be charged by bailiffs, clerks, or the courts for potential juror information.”
Eric Romar Stanley v. State of Arkansas, 2023 Ark. App. 89, 661 S.W.3d 218. · cites it 2× “It is, therefore, the intent of this act to eliminate the current system of collecting and assessing a large number of individual court costs and filing fees, to replace it with uniform costs and fees to be applied statewide, and to prohibit the implementation of new costs and…”
Laron Hayes, Jr. v. State of Arkansas, 2020 Ark. 297. “2017) provides that “there shall be levied and collected the following court costs from each defendant upon each conviction .”
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