§ 24-11-830. Deferred retirement option plan
(a) In lieu of terminating employment and accepting a service retirement pension pursuant to this subchapter, any full-paid firefighter who is a member of a firemen’s relief and pension fund who has not less than twenty (20) years of credited service and who is eligible to receive a service retirement pension may elect to participate […]
§ 24-11-832. Applicability of § 24-11-820
The provisions of § 24-11-820(b)(1) and (2) extending the survivorship benefits for children of deceased firefighters through their college years shall apply retroactively to any situation involving a surviving child that began on or after January 1, 1996.
§ 24-11-833. Fire-related service
(a) A member of a firemen’s relief and pension fund who has fire-related service with the municipal government is entitled to purchase credited service in the system equivalent to the amount of employment service he or she has with the municipal fire department in a position as fire-related employment service up to a maximum of […]
§ 24-11-834. Former military service credit purchase
(a) An active member of a firemen’s relief and pension fund may purchase credited service in the pension fund equivalent to a period not to exceed five (5) years for service rendered by the member while on active duty in the United States Armed Forces before the member’s employment covered by the pension fund, if […]
§ 24-11-807. Minimum payments generally — Proration upon insufficiency of fund — Supplemental pensions
(a) For volunteer firefighters, in no case shall the payment to any retired member be less than one hundred dollars ($100) per month, and the payment shall be made in accordance with the justice and equity of each case as determined by the board of trustees of the firemen’s relief and pension fund. (b) Should […]
§ 24-11-826. Additional benefits for certain firefighters hired prior to January 1, 1983 — Definition
(a) (1) Beginning July 1, 1987, in addition to the monthly pension benefits as set forth in §§ 24-11-801 — 24-11-807, 24-11-809, 24-11-812 — 24-11-815, 24-11-818, and 24-11-820, for those firefighters hired prior to January 1, 1983, and who continue to work beyond their twenty-fifth year, the member of a firemen’s relief and pension fund […]
§ 24-11-809. Apportionment of insurance premium tax generally
(a) (1) There is apportioned and set aside for the use and benefit of duly constituted firemen’s relief and pension funds and for the administrative and actuarial expenses of the Arkansas Fire and Police Pension Review Board the annual taxes of two and one-half percent (2.5%) on all foreign and alien premiums collected by all […]
§ 24-11-827. Retired member returning to active status
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, should an age or service retirant return March 1, 1986, or later to employment in a position covered by the firemen’s relief and pension fund from which he or she retired, no pension payments shall be paid to him or her for the period […]
§ 24-11-811. Appropriations of insurance premium tax — Planned community property owners’ associations
(a) As used in this section, “planned community property owners’ association” means an incorporated nonprofit organization operating under recorded land agreements through which each lot owner in a planned unit or other described land area is automatically a member and each lot is automatically subject to a charge for a proportionate share of the expenses […]
§ 24-11-829. Increase in surviving spouse benefits
(a) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this chapter, the board of trustees of any municipal firemen’s relief and pension fund for which a full one-mill tax is levied and which received in excess of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) from premium tax funds during the most recent year shall increase surviving spouse benefits payable from […]