§ 24-10-601. Generally

No benefit shall be paid by the Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System based upon pay which is covered by any other retirement plan, except Social Security.

§ 24-10-602. Annuity generally

(a) Upon a member’s retirement, he or she shall receive an annuity for life in accordance with the applicable benefit program elected by his or her employer, as follows: (1) Benefit Program 1. (A) For each year of paid service resulting from employment: (i) In a position not also covered by Social Security, two and […]

§ 24-10-603. Annuity options

(a) Before the date the first payment of a member’s annuity becomes due, but not thereafter, a member may elect in a manner prescribed by the Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System to receive his or her annuity as an Option A60 annuity under this section, or the member may elect to have his […]

§ 24-10-604. Voluntary retirement

(a) (1) A member in covered employment may retire with an annuity provided for in § 24-10-602 upon his or her written application to the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System setting forth at what time, at least thirty (30) days but not more than ninety (90) days subsequent […]

§ 24-10-605. Compulsory retirement

(a) A member’s employer shall determine the compulsory separation age for its employees. (b) Upon his or her separation from his or her last covered employment, a member with five (5) or more years of credited service in force who has attained his or her normal retirement age shall receive an annuity provided for in […]

§ 24-10-606. Early retirement

(a) An active member in covered employment who has not attained his or her normal retirement age may retire with an early annuity as provided in this section upon his or her proper application to the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System setting forth at what time, not less […]

§ 24-10-607. Disability retirement — Definition

(a) (1) (A) (i) An active member with five (5) years of credited service, including credited service for seventy-five percent (75%) of the two (2) years immediately preceding his or her disability, who while an active member becomes totally and permanently physically or mentally incapacitated for any suitable duty as an employee as a result […]

§ 24-10-608. Death of member in paid service

(a) (1) If an active member with five (5) or more years of credited paid service, including credited service for the year immediately preceding his or her death, dies in employer-paid service before retirement, the applicable benefits provided in this subsection and subsections (c)-(e) of this section shall be paid, subject to § 24-10-610. (2) […]

§ 24-10-609. Death of member in volunteer service

(a) (1) If an active member who has accrued five (5) or more years of credited service, including credited service for the year immediately preceding his or her death, or who has attained his or her normal retirement age dies in employer volunteer service before retirement, the applicable benefits provided in this subsection and subsection […]

§ 24-10-610. Limitations on death and disability annuities

If a death annuity is payable on behalf of a member who dies in employer service before retirement, or for the portion of a disability annuity payable before a disability retirant’s attainment of age fifty-five (55), the total amount of the system annuities based on paid service shall not exceed one hundred percent (100%) of […]

§ 24-10-611. Termination of covered employment

(a) A member who terminates covered employment before attaining his or her normal retirement age, for a reason other than death, early retirement, or disability retirement, shall be entitled to an annuity computed in accordance with the provisions of this section, as it provides at the time of the last termination of covered employment, subject […]

§ 24-10-612. Redetermination of benefits

(a) Beginning with the July 1 that is at least twelve (12) full months after the effective date of a monthly benefit, the amount of the benefit shall be redetermined effective each July 1, and the redetermined amount shall be payable for the ensuing year. (b) The redetermined amount shall be the amount of the […]

§ 24-10-613. Disposition of accumulated contributions

(a) (1) On or after July 1, 2013, if a retirant and his or her eligible beneficiary, if any, both die before they have received in annuity payments a total amount equal to the accumulated contributions standing to the retirant’s credit in the Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System at the time of his […]

§ 24-10-614. Payment of reserve value

(a) The plan may pay the reserve value of any annuity benefit to a retirant or beneficiary when the annuity benefit payment is less than twenty dollars ($20.00) per month, except that the consent of the payee shall be required if the payment exceeds one thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($1,750). (b) The reserve value […]

§ 24-10-615. Suspension of payments upon request

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of a plan, a person entitled to receive a plan benefit may request in a manner prescribed by the system, for personal reasons and without disclosure thereof, to suspend for any period the payment of all or any part of the benefit otherwise payable to him or her under this […]

§ 24-10-616. Subjection of benefit rights to legal process

The right of a person to an annuity, the return of accumulated contributions, the annuity itself, any annuity option, any other right accrued or accruing under the provisions of this chapter, and all moneys belonging to a plan shall not be subject to execution, garnishment, attachment, the operation of bankruptcy or insolvency laws, or any […]

§ 24-10-617. Survivor health benefits

(a) When a municipal employee who is vested in a municipal retirement system under the Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System, § 24-10-101 et seq., or under a local policemen’s pension and relief fund, § 24-11-401 et seq., or under a firemen’s relief and pension fund, § 24-11-801 et seq., is killed or dies […]

§ 24-10-618. Limitation on benefits granted by Acts 1997, No. 765

No benefit enhancement provided for by § 24-10-610 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 § 24-10-610 shall be implemented by any publicly supported system which has unfunded actuarial accrued liabilities being amortized over a […]

§ 24-10-619. Limitation on benefits granted by Acts 1997, No. 1136

No benefit enhancement provided for by §§ 24-10-604, 24-10-605, and 24-10-611 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 §§ 24-10-604, 24-10-605, and 24-10-611 shall be implemented by any publicly supported system which has unfunded actuarial […]

§ 24-10-620. Limitations on benefits

(a) (1) Notwithstanding any language to the contrary under this chapter, benefits attributable to employer contributions and paid under the Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System shall not exceed the limitations of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. § 415, as it existed on January 1, 2011, that are applicable to government […]