§ 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 […]
§ 24-11-822. Benefits — Payments upon death of retirant or beneficiary
(a) (1) If a retirant and his or her eligible beneficiary, if any, of a local firemen’s relief and pension fund authorized by this subchapter, both die before they have received in annuity payments a total amount equal to the accumulated contributions, including any interest credits standing to the retirant’s credit in the system at […]
§ 24-11-823. Increase in benefits for certain persons retired due to total permanent disability
(a) The board of trustees of any municipal firemen’s relief and pension fund may increase benefits to persons who have retired or may retire from the fire department of the municipality because of total and permanent disability and who qualify or may qualify for monthly benefits of less than five hundred dollars ($500). (b) The […]
§ 24-11-824. Fire protection districts
(a) Any fire protection district in this state formed pursuant to §§ 14-284-101 — 14-284-121 and maintaining a fire department within that district is eligible to establish by resolution of the board of commissioners of the district a firemen’s relief and pension fund covering the employees of that fire department. (b) (1) The board of […]
§ 24-11-806. Payments generally
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, payments provided for in this act shall be made monthly upon proper vouchers and in such manner as provided for in other disbursements of the city or town. (b) In a firemen’s relief and pension fund in which the board of trustees of the firemen’s […]
§ 24-11-825. Pensions for volunteer firefighters
(a) Upon termination of volunteer firefighter service with all Arkansas fire departments, a firefighter whose covered volunteer employment has been with more than one (1) Arkansas fire department shall receive a pension based upon the volunteer service if all of the following conditions are satisfied: (1) His or her volunteer service with his or her […]
§ 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 […]