§ 16-17-132 - District court generally.
16-17-132. District court generally.
(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.