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2019 Arkansas Code
Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, and Courts
Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers
Chapter 23 - Law Libraries
§ 16-23-101. Authorization

Universal Citation:
AR Code § 16-23-101 (2019)
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  • (a) Any county of this state is authorized to own, operate, and maintain a county law library and, in connection therewith, to own, buy, sell, lend, borrow, receive bequests and donations of, and otherwise deal in and contract concerning books, volumes, treatises, pamphlets, and other educational materials useful for the purpose of legal education and to use therefor any available funds, including proceeds of the court costs levied and collected pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

  • (b) The funds derived from the levy of costs in criminal and civil cases as provided by this chapter may be used for any purpose relating to the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a county law library, including, but not limited to:

    • (1) Construction, renovation, and maintenance of facilities to house such libraries;

    • (2) The purchase of books, supplies, furnishings, and appointments;

    • (3) The payment of salaries and expenses of librarians and assistants; and

    • (4) Such other expenditures necessary to carry out the purpose and intent of this chapter.

  • (c)

    • (1) Each county which has two (2) judicial districts, an organized bar association organized in each district prior to March 1, 1991, and a county law library established prior to March 1, 1991, shall create a county law library to be located within each judicial district.

    • (2) The court costs levied under this chapter and collected by the courts within the judicial districts shall be used only for the county law library located within that judicial district.

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