§ 24-8-407. Eligibility for benefits — Twenty years of service
(a) Any judge of a municipal court to which this subchapter applies who shall have served at least twenty (20) years in office as municipal judge, irrespective of age, shall be eligible to receive retirement benefits provided by this subchapter. (b) If the judge resigns, retires from office, or is succeeded in office by another […]
§ 24-8-311. Eligibility for benefits — Clerks
(a) (1) Any clerk of a municipal court to which this subchapter applies, appointed by the judges of the court, shall be eligible to receive retirement benefits provided by this subchapter who: (A) Attains age sixty (60) and has served in office as clerk for at least ten (10) years; or (B) Has served in […]
§ 24-8-408. Eligibility for benefits — Clerks
(a) (1) Any clerk of a municipal court to which this subchapter applies, appointed by the judge or judges of the court, shall be eligible to receive retirement benefits provided by this subchapter who: (A) Attains age sixty (60) and has served in office as clerk for at least ten (10) years; (B) Attains age […]
§ 24-8-312. Right of transfer from or purchase of credit in Arkansas Public Employees’ Retirement System or reciprocal system
(a) (1) A judge of a municipal court and a clerk of a municipal court who, on March 23, 1973, were covered by the provisions of the Municipal Section of the Arkansas Public Employees’ Retirement System shall, prior to January 1, 1982, make an election in writing as to whether to continue as a member […]
§ 24-8-409. Clerks’ benefits — Actuarial valuations — Transfer of funds
(a) The city treasurer shall cause an actuarial valuation to be made of the additional liabilities created by § 24-8-408. In the event the actuary determines that the employee and employer contributions are actuarially insufficient to pay the benefits to retired municipal officers as provided by § 24-8-408, the city treasurer shall establish accounts and […]
§ 24-8-313. Vote to pay benefits to certain clerks and spouses of judges
(a) Upon a three-fourths (¾) vote of the board of trustees established under § 24-8-302, the fund established under § 24-8-301 et seq. may pay retirement benefits due the following persons: (1) Former municipal court clerks who retired under retirement laws effective prior to March 23, 1973, and whose retirement benefits were paid from the […]
§ 24-8-410. Benefits
Any person participating in a retirement plan authorized under this subchapter on or after July 1, 1999, shall be entitled to a retirement benefit if that person has ten (10) or more years of actual service in a plan covered by this subchapter and is at least sixty (60) years of age. If the person […]
§ 24-8-314. Municipal judge filling partial term, etc
(a) Any judge of a municipal court who was elected countywide to a partial term left vacant by the death of the former judge and who shall have completed the same and subsequently shall have been elected to and completed four (4) consecutive four-year terms and shall at the time of his or her retirement […]
§ 24-8-315. Multicounty districts — Options
(a) The quorum court of any county which is divided into two (2) districts and has two (2) county seats and in which the municipal court is funded primarily by the county shall have the option to provide retirement benefits for the municipal court judge and the municipal court clerk under a local retirement plan […]
§ 24-8-317. Funding for retirement benefits
(a) (1) After the repeal of § 24-8-303 providing for the levy of court costs to fund the municipal court judge and clerk retirement fund, a municipality having provided for retirement benefits for municipal court judges and court clerks in accordance with this subchapter shall continue to provide funds for the retirement benefits in that […]