Arkansas Code § 16-21-117 - Salaries of Prosecuting Attorneys -- Classification of Judicial Districts

For the purposes of fixing just and equitable salaries for the several prosecuting attorneys of the State of Arkansas, the judicial districts of the State of Arkansas are divided as follows:

(1) (A) All judicial districts having a population in excess of one hundred fifteen thousand (115,000), with at least one (1) county having a population in excess of eighty-five thousand (85,000), or any judicial district with two (2) county seats, in which one of the county seats has a population in excess of sixty thousand (60,000) by the most recent federal census, or any other judicial district in which the prosecuting attorney executes and files with the Clerk of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives an affidavit stating that:

(i) The workload of the district, in his opinion, justifies the designation of the district as a Division A Judicial District; and

(ii) Adequate funds for the efficient operation of the office have been appropriated by the quorum court of the counties which comprise the district

shall be designated Division A Judicial Districts for the purposes of this section.

(B) No district shall be changed from Division B to Division A except by legislative enactment of the General Assembly.

(2) All judicial districts not designated as Division A Judicial Districts shall be Division B Judicial Districts for the purposes of this section.

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