As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Eligible retirement system” means the retirement system in which the employee is eligible for membership; (2) “Employer” means an employing state agency or an employing school district; and (3) “Retirement system of record” means the system that holds an erroneous membership.
Except as otherwise specifically provided in this subchapter, all employees of the State of Arkansas or any of its political subdivisions who are members or become members of a state retirement system shall be members of the retirement system indicated in this section as follows: (1) All eligible employees of the Arkansas Department of Transportation […]
(a) Any employee who was erroneously enrolled in a state retirement system before January 1, 1979, and whose contributions have not been refunded prior to March 26, 1979, shall continue to be a member of the retirement system of record. (b) The member shall receive service credit for all paid membership service in the retirement […]
(a) (1) When it is discovered by an employee, employer, or a state retirement system that an employee became erroneously enrolled in a state retirement system on or after January 1, 1979, the employee may elect to remain a member of the retirement system of record or may become a member of the eligible retirement […]
Other provisions of this subchapter to the contrary notwithstanding, a school janitor, bus driver, or cafeteria worker who is enrolled in one (1) of those positions as a member of the Arkansas Public Employees’ Retirement System and later is promoted to a position as school maintenance worker or supervisor, as bus mechanic or as transportation […]
Any member of the Arkansas Public Employees’ Retirement System who is erroneously enrolled in the Arkansas Public Employees’ Retirement System because of concurrent enrollment in another state-funded or state-authorized retirement system, other than Social Security, due to separate and distinct service for a public school or a municipality, may elect to remain a member of […]
