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§ 24-5-131. Limitation on benefit enhancement of Acts 1997, No. 1089

No benefit enhancement provided for by § 24-5-116 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 § 24-5-116 shall be implemented by any publicly supported system which has unfunded actuarial accrued liabilities being amortized over a […]

§ 24-5-132. Limitation on benefit enhancement of Acts 1997, No. 1067

No benefit enhancement provided for by § 24-5-118 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 § 24-5-118 shall be implemented by any publicly supported system which has unfunded actuarial accrued liabilities being amortized over a […]

§ 24-5-133. Early participation

The Board of Trustees of the Arkansas State Highway Employees’ Retirement System shall present to the Joint Committee on Public Retirement and Social Security Programs information concerning the statutory authority and actuarial appropriateness of proposed board actions to establish or revise any benefit or a provision of a deferred retirement option plan.

§ 24-5-134. Death benefit enhancement

(a) (1) Beginning on March 1, 2001, the Arkansas State Highway Employees’ Retirement System shall pay an amount not to exceed seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) to the named beneficiary of the retiree or a member in the Arkansas State Highway Employees’ Deferred Retirement Option Plan immediately following the retiree’s death. (2) If there […]

§ 24-5-135. Annuity benefit enhancement

(a) Beginning July 1, 2001, the monthly retirement benefit payable to the retirees and beneficiaries of the Arkansas State Highway Employees’ Retirement System who are entitled to receive an annuity for July 2001 shall be increased by four and eight-tenths percent (4.8%) above the annuity the retiree or beneficiary received for June 2001. (b) The […]

§ 24-5-136. Operation of system as qualified trust

(a) The Executive Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas State Highway Employees’ Retirement System shall operate the Arkansas State Highway Employees’ Retirement System and interpret any provisions of this chapter consistent with the requirements under the Internal Revenue Code as it existed on January 1, 2007, and applicable United States Treasury regulations […]

§ 24-5-120. Increase in monthly retirement benefit — Schedule

(a) Effective July 1, 1987, the monthly retirement benefit payable to the retirees and beneficiaries of the Arkansas State Highway Employees’ Retirement System who retired prior to July 1, 1985, and who receive an annuity for July 1987, shall be increased by no more than fifteen percent (15%) of the annuity received for June 1987. […]

§ 24-5-137. Compliance with Internal Revenue Code section 415

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, benefits paid under this chapter shall not exceed the limitations of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S. Code § 415, as it existed on January 1, 2011, that are applicable to governmental plans. (b) The Board of Trustees of the Arkansas State Highway Employees’ Retirement System may […]

§ 24-5-122. Early retirement incentives

(a) (1) Any member of the Arkansas State Highway Employees’ Retirement System who retires as provided in § 24-5-112, shall receive an annuity consisting of the benefits provided in §§ 24-5-115 and 24-5-118, provided the member is an active member of the system on March 12, 1987, and is vested for a full age and […]

§ 24-5-123. Credit for military service

(a) Any person who is a member of the Arkansas State Highway Employees’ Retirement System shall be entitled to purchase creditable service in the system for a period not to exceed three (3) years for active service rendered by the member in the United States Armed Forces, after the member’s first employment in a position […]