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Committee removes executive-director language for district judges council in House Bill 1407
Summary
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved House Bill 1407 to remove statutory language establishing an executive director for the Arkansas District Judges Judicial Council after state courts completed a reorganization of municipal and district judgeships.
House Bill 1407 cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee after a brief presentation by the bill’s House sponsor, Rep. Carol Dolby, and a voice vote in favor.
The bill strikes a line of statutory language that had authorized an executive director for the district judges council, a post that lawmakers and the judiciary say is no longer needed following judicial…
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