§ 24-11-816. Membership — Contributions
(a) (1) Within sixty (60) days from July 1, 1975, each full-paid firefighter and each part-paid firefighter whose salary is fifty dollars ($50.00) or more per month, each part-paid firefighter whose salary is less than fifty dollars ($50.00) per month, and each active volunteer firefighter employed in the fire department of any city or town […]
§ 24-11-817. Military service
(a) In the event that a member of a firemen’s relief and pension fund, while an employee, enters the United States Armed Forces during any period of compulsory or voluntary military service, the armed service actually served by him or her shall be credited him or her as service under this subchapter. (b) (1) In […]
§ 24-11-818. Benefits — Voluntary retirement
(a) (1) (A) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, the term “salary” shall mean recurring pays that are received for the firefighter’s regularly scheduled workweek and shall not include, except as otherwise provided in subdivision (a)(1)(B) of this section, payments for unused accrued sick leave or annual leave or the cash […]
§ 24-11-819. Benefits — Disability retirement
(a) (1) Any firefighter who becomes totally and permanently physically or mentally incapacitated for any suitable duty as an employee as a result of personal injury or disease may be retired by the board, upon written application filed by or on behalf of the member, if, after medical examination of the member made by or […]
§ 24-11-421. Credited service — Restoration
(a) (1) In the event a former member again becomes an employee of the same police department where previously employed, the police officer shall again become a member of the system, and the credited service forfeited by him or her shall be restored to his or her credit, but only if he or she returns […]
§ 24-11-802. Board of trustees — Proceedings
(a) Meetings of the board of trustees may be called by the chair or by a majority of the members in a manner established by the board. (b) The board shall issue orders signed by the chair and secretary to the persons entitled thereto for the amount of money ordered paid to the persons from […]
§ 24-11-422. Benefits — Voluntary retirement
(a) (1) (A) Any member of a police department who has performed faithful service for a period of at least twenty (20) years shall be eligible for voluntary retirement. (B) Upon written application by the member, the member shall be entitled to receive from the fund a monthly pension equal to one-half (½) the actual […]
§ 24-11-803. Board of trustees — Powers
(a) In addition to the other powers granted in this subchapter, the board of trustees of a firemen’s relief and pension fund shall have the power to: (1) (A) Compel witnesses to attend and testify before it upon all matters connected with the operation of this act and in the same manner as provided by […]
§ 24-11-423. Benefits — Disability retirement
(a) (1) (A) If any member of a police department becomes physically or mentally permanently disabled and this fact is certified by a physician named by the local board of trustees, he or she shall be entitled to retire and receive a pension as provided herein. A member of the police department shall not be […]
§ 24-11-804. Administration of small funds by Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System
(a) (1) In those local firemen’s relief and pension funds that cover fewer than five (5) members, a local board of trustees may no longer exist, and the fund shall be designated as inactive by the employer. (2) As used in this section, “member” includes an active member or a retired member of the fund […]