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4 ORDINANCE NO. 17,273
5 AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE AN
6 ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF TIME PAYMENT
7 IN THE LITTLE ROCK MUNICIPAL COURTS,
8 PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY GRANTED IN
9 ARK. CODE ANN. §16 -10 -209 (5)(F)(ii)
(MICHIE 1994), AND FOR OTHER
10 PURPOSES.
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12 WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock is required by law. to
13 collect and remit court costs to the State of Arkansas and
14 Pulaski County; and
WHEREAS, state law authorizes a time (installment) payment
15 but requires that all monies collected in such time payment of
16 fines and costs be allocated to costs until such costs are fully
17 paid; and
18 WHEREAS, under such time pay allocation the City often
receives no fines whatsoever; and
19 WHEREAS, Ark. Code Ann. §16 -10 -209 (5)(F)(ii)(Michie 1994)
20 provides an alternate method of time pay allocation of fifty
21 percent to fines and fifty percent to costs, if the governing
22 body passes an ordinance authorizing such alterative method;
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WHEREAS, such alternative method would increase the amount
24 of fine money collected by the City of Little Rock.
25 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
26 THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
27 SECTION 1. All time payments shall be allocated fifty
28 percent (50 %) to court costs and fifty percent (50 %) to fines.
Whenever either court costs or fines are fully paid, all
29 remaining time payments shall be allocated to remaining amounts
30 due. A separate monthly report for all time payments on accounts
31 shall be made. The monetary settlement for this separate court
32 report shall be made on or before the fifth day of the
33 next - following month.
SECTION 2. The Finance Department, the Department of Data
34 Processing, and the City Attorney are directed to take the
35 necessary steps to put this alternative method into place. The
36 effective date of implementation shall be after the computer
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program is in place to alternatively allocate fines and costs.
1 The City Attorney shall notify the municipal court judges and
2 appropriate departments when the alternative method is ready to
3 be implemented.
4 PASSED: September 17, 1996 61
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