§ 24-10-709. Partial-annuity-and-lump-sum option
(a) If a member does not terminate employment and retire on the date the member meets the service requirements of § 24-10-604 for an unreduced annuity and was not eligible for or has not elected to participate in the Local Police and Fire Deferred Retirement Option Plan as provided in this subchapter, the member may […]
§ 24-10-613. Disposition of accumulated contributions
(a) (1) On or after July 1, 2013, if a retirant and his or her eligible beneficiary, if any, both die before they have received in annuity payments a total amount equal to the accumulated contributions standing to the retirant’s credit in the Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System at the time of his […]
§ 24-10-614. Payment of reserve value
(a) The plan may pay the reserve value of any annuity benefit to a retirant or beneficiary when the annuity benefit payment is less than twenty dollars ($20.00) per month, except that the consent of the payee shall be required if the payment exceeds one thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($1,750). (b) The reserve value […]
§ 24-10-615. Suspension of payments upon request
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of a plan, a person entitled to receive a plan benefit may request in a manner prescribed by the system, for personal reasons and without disclosure thereof, to suspend for any period the payment of all or any part of the benefit otherwise payable to him or her under this […]
§ 24-10-616. Subjection of benefit rights to legal process
The right of a person to an annuity, the return of accumulated contributions, the annuity itself, any annuity option, any other right accrued or accruing under the provisions of this chapter, and all moneys belonging to a plan shall not be subject to execution, garnishment, attachment, the operation of bankruptcy or insolvency laws, or any […]
§ 24-10-617. Survivor health benefits
(a) When a municipal employee who is vested in a municipal retirement system under the Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System, § 24-10-101 et seq., or under a local policemen’s pension and relief fund, § 24-11-401 et seq., or under a firemen’s relief and pension fund, § 24-11-801 et seq., is killed or dies […]
§ 24-10-618. Limitation on benefits granted by Acts 1997, No. 765
No benefit enhancement provided for by § 24-10-610 shall be implemented if it would cause the publicly supported retirement system’s unfunded actuarial accrued liabilities to exceed a thirty-year amortization. No benefit enhancement provided for by § 24-10-610 shall be implemented by any publicly supported system which has unfunded actuarial accrued liabilities being amortized over a […]
§ 24-10-619. Limitation on benefits granted by Acts 1997, No. 1136
No benefit enhancement provided for by §§ 24-10-604, 24-10-605, and 24-10-611 shall be implemented if it would cause the publicly supported retirement system’s unfunded actuarial accrued liabilities to exceed a thirty-year amortization. No benefit enhancement provided for by §§ 24-10-604, 24-10-605, and 24-10-611 shall be implemented by any publicly supported system which has unfunded actuarial […]
§ 24-10-620. Limitations on benefits
(a) (1) Notwithstanding any language to the contrary under this chapter, benefits attributable to employer contributions and paid under the Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System shall not exceed the limitations of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. § 415, as it existed on January 1, 2011, that are applicable to government […]
§ 24-10-701. Election to participate
(a) In lieu of terminating employment and accepting a voluntary service retirement benefit, a police officer or firefighter who is a member in paid service with the Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System may elect in a manner prescribed by the system to participate in the Local Police and Fire Deferred Retirement Option Plan […]