§ 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 […]
§ 24-8-227. Definition
Unless the context requires otherwise, any listing of judges or justices in § 24-8-201 et seq. and § 24-8-701 et seq. shall include all judges and justices in the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System.
§ 24-8-211. Contributions — Cessation upon retirement
(a) When a judge is certified as eligible for retirement, no further contribution shall be required of the judge. (b) Upon the written notice of election by the member of the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System, a judge with at least twenty (20) years of judicial service may continue or recommence payment of the six-percent (6%) […]
§ 24-8-212. Credited service — Transfer of service as municipal judge
Any person who shall have served as a municipal judge in any municipal court in this state and who holds credited service therefor in any retirement system or retirement fund is authorized to transfer his or her credited services in the retirement system or fund to the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System by: (1) Notifying, in […]
§ 24-8-213. Credited service — Transfer of fourteen years’ service as prosecuting attorney
Any person who shall have served not less than fourteen (14) years as an elected prosecuting attorney in this state and who holds credited service therefor in the Arkansas Public Employees’ Retirement System, as established by § 24-4-103, upon being elected as a circuit judge, chancery judge, or justice of the Supreme Court, is authorized […]
§ 24-8-214. Credited service — Transfer of four years’ service as prosecuting attorney
Any person who shall have served not less than two (2) years as an elected prosecuting attorney in this state and who holds credited service therefor in the Arkansas Public Employees’ Retirement System, as established by § 24-4-103, anytime after being elected as a circuit judge, chancery judge, circuit-chancery judge, or justice of the Supreme […]
§ 24-8-215. Eligibility for benefits — Retirement generally
(a) Any active member with a minimum of ten (10) years of credited service may voluntarily retire upon reaching sixty-five (65) years of age or thereafter upon filing a written application with the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System. (b) Any other member who has a minimum of twenty (20) years of […]
§ 24-8-201. Public policy
It is declared to be the state’s public policy that chancery and circuit court judges and justices of the Supreme Court may retire or be retired when that course appears to be in the best interest of the official concerned and for the public welfare. Factors suggesting the desirability of retirement are physical disability, advanced […]
§ 24-8-202. Applicability
The provisions of this act shall not be retroactive but shall extend benefits from the time of its passage. It shall also apply to judges now living who retired prior to the passage of this act and to the survivors of those judges.
§ 24-8-203. Board of trustees
(a) The administration and control of the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System shall be vested in a board known as the “Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System”. (b) (1) The members of the board shall consist of five (5) persons appointed by the Arkansas Judicial Council. (2) The members shall serve at the […]