§ 16-13-1004 — Case coordinator

Arkansas § 16-13-1004

• Jurisdiction: Arkansas
• Title: 16

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(a) (1) The judges of the chancery and probate courts for the Second Judicial District may appoint one (1) case coordinator for said judicial district for chancery and probate matters. (2) The judges of the circuit court for the Second Judicial District may appoint one (1) case coordinator for said judicial district for circuit matters. (b) The principal duties of the case coordinators shall be to maintain the court calendar, schedule dates for the trial of cases and for the hearing of motions, and other related and incidental duties at the direction of the judges. (c) (1) Each case coordinator provided for in this section shall receive a salary of not less than twenty-one thousand five hundred dollars ($21,500) nor more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) per calendar year, which salary shall be prorated between the counties composing the Second Judicial District, based on the number of annual case filings in each of such counties. (2) When the county quorum courts raise the salaries of county employees, they shall also raise salaries an equivalent amount for the case coordinators provided for in this section. (d) The reasonable expenses accruing in the offices of the case coordinators shall be prorated among the counties comprising the district in the same manner as the salaries set forth above and be paid out of the county treasury.

Legislative History

Acts 1991, No. 94, §§ 1-3; 1993, No. 188, § 1.