§ 24-8-305. Entitlement to benefits generally
(a) Any judge, licensed to practice law, of a municipal court established in any county and any clerk of such a municipal court appointed by the judges thereof shall be entitled to the benefits prescribed in this subchapter for such judges and clerks. (b) Any judge of a municipal court who is not licensed to […]
§ 24-8-216. Eligibility for benefits — Early retirement
(a) Any judge of a circuit or chancery court who has fourteen (14) years or more of credited service in the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System, established by Acts 1953, No. 365, may elect to retire and receive retirement benefits under the provisions of Acts 1953, No. 365, at any time after reaching age sixty-two (62) […]
§ 24-8-306. 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 for which a judge has been elected, he or she shall be eligible to retire. […]
§ 24-8-217. Eligibility for benefits — Disability retirement
(a) Any member of the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System who has served a minimum of three (3) consecutive years shall receive retirement benefits if any incapacitating disability as determined by the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System shall occur during any term for which the judge has been elected. (b) The three-year […]
§ 24-8-307. Eligibility for benefits — Cities of the first class or cities of the second class
(a) (1) Upon the approval of a majority of the city council or the board of directors of a city of the first class or a city of the second class, and of the county quorum court if county funds are used to partially pay the salary of the judge of the municipal court, any […]
§ 24-8-218. Retirement and survivors’ benefits generally
(a) The retirement benefits to be paid an eligible and qualified member or retiree under the provisions of this section shall be sixty percent (60%) of the annual salary payable to the last judicial office held and shall be payable for the recipient’s life. (b) (1) Survivors’ benefits shall be sixty-seven percent (67%) of the […]
§ 24-8-308. Eligibility for benefits — Twenty years of service
(a) (1) 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. (2) If incapacitating illness or disability should occur during the final term of qualifications […]
§ 24-8-219. Rights of surviving unremarried spouses of certain judges
(a) The surviving unremarried spouse, sixty-five (65) years of age or older, of any person who served as a justice of the Supreme Court, as a judge of the Court of Appeals, or as a judge of any circuit or chancery court of the State of Arkansas for a period of eight (8) years or […]
§ 24-8-309. Eligibility for benefits — Sixteen years of service as judge and city attorney
Upon the approval of the governing body of the municipality and of the county quorum court if county funds are used to partially pay the salary of the judge of the municipal court, any judge of a municipal court who has served or who shall serve at least twelve (12) years in office as municipal […]
§ 24-8-220. Restrictions on benefits
(a) Acts 1953, No. 365, as amended by this act, is to be in all of its sections complementary, except that no person may take benefits under two (2) or more sections of this act at the same time. (b) Retirement and survivors’ benefits shall be measured by the salary payable for the position last […]