(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
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.
(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 […]
(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 […]