§ 24-8-404. Entitlement to benefits generally
Any judge of a municipal court or county municipal court, licensed to practice law, established in any county having a population of one hundred fifty thousand (150,000) or more, according to the most recent federal census, in which county there are two (2) or more municipal courts, and any clerk of such a municipal court […]
§ 24-8-405. Eligibility for benefits — Regular and disability retirement — Surviving Spouses’ rights
(a) A judge of a municipal court upon reaching age sixty-eight (68) and having served for a minimum of seven (7) years immediately prior to retirement may retire. (b) (1) If incapacitating illness or disability should occur during any term to which a judge has been elected, he or she shall be eligible to retire […]
§ 24-8-406. Eligibility for benefits for any judge of municipal court or county municipal court prior to 1995 — Eligibility for benefits for county municipal judge after 1995
(a) (1) Any judge of a municipal court or county municipal court prior to January 1, 1995, to which this subchapter applies who shall attain age fifty (50) and who shall have served at least sixteen (16) years in office as municipal judge, or at least sixteen (16) years combined service as municipal judge and […]
§ 24-8-310. Eligibility for benefits — Judge unlicensed to practice law
(a) Any judge of a municipal court who is not licensed to practice law, who has served at least twenty (20) years as municipal judge or police judge, and who resigns, retires, or is succeeded in office shall receive retirement benefits upon attaining age sixty (60). (b) These benefits shall continue for and during the […]
§ 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 […]
§ 24-8-222. Credited service — Transfer of service as juvenile judge
(a) Any member of the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System who has credit in the Arkansas Public Employees’ Retirement System for service as a juvenile judge is authorized to transfer that credit to the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System by: (1) Notifying in writing the administrative body of each of the retirement systems of the intention to […]
§ 24-8-223. Redetermination of benefits
(a) Each July 1 the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System shall redetermine the amount of each monthly benefit which has been payable by the system for at least twelve (12) full calendar months. The redetermined amount shall be payable for the following twelve (12) calendar months. (b) The redetermined amount shall be the amount of benefit […]
§ 24-8-224. Benefits when serving past mandatory retirement age
(a) Notwithstanding § 24-8-215 regarding mandatory retirement under the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System for any judge or justice upon reaching seventy (70) years of age or any other law to the contrary, any judge or justice covered under the system who served continuously for at least sixteen (16) years, who is at least eighty (80) […]
§ 24-8-225. Limitation on benefit enhancement — Acts 1997, No. 926
(a) No benefit enhancement provided for by § 24-8-214 shall be implemented if it would cause the publicly supported retirement system’s unfunded actuarial accrued liabilities to exceed a thirty-year amortization. (b) No benefit enhancement provided for by § 24-8-214 shall be implemented by any publicly supported system which has unfunded actuarial accrued liabilities being amortized […]
§ 24-8-226. Minimum benefits
The following minimum benefits shall apply to any plan based only on actual service under the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System: (1) The annual minimum disability benefit shall be equal to twenty-five and six-tenths percent (25.6%) of the annual salary of the judge or justice; and (2) The annual minimum survivors’ benefit shall be an amount […]