Opinion
Delivered January 28, 1991
By per curiam order of December 10, 1990, styled "IN THE MATTER OF CHANGES TO THE ARKANSAS RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, THE ARKANSAS INFERIOR COURT RULES, and THE ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS OF THE ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT," various rules changes were promulgated to "become effective . . . on February 1, 1991, unless . . . withdrawn prior to that date."
Among the changes was an addition to the administrative orders of the court to be styled, "ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 3. — TRIAL COURT RECORD," which provided: "It shall be the duty of a court of record to require that a verbatim record be made of all proceedings pertaining to any matter before it." The style was erroneous, as an Administrative Order No. 3. had already been promulgated by per curiam order of November 19, 1990.
The administrative order promulgated in our order of December 10, 1990, is hereby withdrawn and referred to the Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Civil Practice for reconsideration. We ask the committee to consider particularly whether the proposed order should apply only to contested proceedings and whether the record requirement should apply to arguments of counsel to the court solely on matters of law.