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Home » US Law » 2020 Arkansas Code » Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions » Chapter 4 - Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System » Subchapter 7 - Provisions Applicable to Particular Employees

§ 24-4-723. Members joining at same time as employer — Current service credit

(a) (1) Any member of the Arkansas Public Employees’ Retirement System who became, or becomes, a member on the date his and her employer became, or becomes, a public employer in the system shall receive current service credit for employment with a public employer in the system but only if the employment occurred during the […]

§ 24-4-724. Members joining after employer — Current service credit

(a) (1) (A) Any member of the Arkansas Public Employees’ Retirement System who became, or becomes, a member after the date that his or her employer became, or becomes, a public employer in the system shall receive current service for employment with a public employer in the system or with a municipality in the State […]

§ 24-4-727. War Memorial Stadium Commission employees

(a) The Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Public Employees’ Retirement System is directed to include within the membership of the Arkansas Public Employees’ Retirement System, as created by this chapter, all employees of the War Memorial Stadium Commission who are not members of, or eligible for membership in, some other state-supported retirement system other […]

§ 24-4-729. Conservation district employees

(a) The Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Public Employees’ Retirement System is directed to include within the membership of the Arkansas Public Employees’ Retirement System, as created by this chapter, all employees of conservation districts organized and operating under the provisions of this chapter. (b) (1) (A) The effective date of membership of the […]

§ 24-4-733. Certain county employees — Early retirement incentives

(a) In addition to the provisions of § 24-4-601 et seq.: (1) (A) A county employee who is an active member of the County Division of the Arkansas Public Employees’ Retirement System on April 7, 1987, and who is vested for a full age and service annuity and who has credit in the system for […]

§ 24-4-737. Certain city attorneys — Credited service

(a) When the term of office of an elected city attorney is cut short due to the change in the form of city government and that person is employed to serve as the city attorney for the remainder of his or her term, he or she shall receive credited service under the Arkansas Public Employees’ […]

§ 24-4-739. Municipal employees

(a) (1) Any municipal employee or municipal official, including a municipal judge, municipal court clerk, mayor, city attorney, city treasurer, city clerk, clerk-treasurer, and deputy city clerk, who was erroneously enrolled in the Arkansas Public Employees’ Retirement System because of eligibility for membership in another system on or before January 1, 1991, may elect to […]

§ 24-4-742. Credit for service with various local units of government

(a) Any full-time employee of a public facilities board, rural waterworks facilities board, regional solid waste management board, joint county and municipal sanitation authority, regional water distribution board, public rehabilitation services corporation, or other local unit of government enrolled in the Arkansas Public Employees’ Retirement System pursuant to this act who is a full-time employee […]

§ 24-4-743. Intergovernmental Juvenile Detention Council employees

(a) (1) Any full-time employee of the Intergovernmental Juvenile Detention Council of the Tenth Judicial District enrolled in the Arkansas Public Employees’ Retirement System pursuant to this section who is a full-time employee of the council on the date his or her employer becomes a public employer in the system, may apply for and receive […]

§ 24-4-744. Elected county official

For the purpose of determining benefits under the Arkansas Public Employees’ Retirement System, a member of the system who has service as an elected county official for a period during which the office was under the fee system, the salary of the member during that period shall be deemed to be the average salary for […]

§ 24-4-745. General Assembly employees

(a) An employee of the General Assembly who has at least five (5) years’ service in the Arkansas Public Employees’ Retirement System and who served at least four hundred (400) days as a session employee of the General Assembly may apply for and receive current service credit in the system for service rendered as a […]

§ 24-4-746. Authority to promulgate rules

The Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Public Employees’ Retirement System shall have the authority to promulgate such rules as are necessary to provide for the participation of employers defined as public rehabilitative services corporations or other local units of government under the provisions of § 4-34-101 and such local units of government as are […]

§ 24-4-747. Erroneous membership of certain employees

(a) A person who was erroneously included in the Arkansas Public Employees’ Retirement System for at least two (2) years and whose disqualification from the Arkansas Public Employees’ Retirement System was due to employment that caused the person to be a member of another state-supported or state-authorized retirement system may elect to restore service credit […]

§ 24-4-748. Dual full-time employment

(a) A person who was included in the Arkansas Public Employees’ Retirement System for service at full-time employment while at the same time employed full time in another position covered under a municipal police pension and relief fund and whose disqualification from the system was due to dual coverage as a member of a municipal […]

§ 24-4-749. Purchase of out-of-state governmental service

(a) A member who has performed service other than military service as an employee of a state or local governmental entity in the United States other than in the State of Arkansas or the federal government may receive credited service for the out-of-state governmental employment if: (1) The member has at least five (5) years […]

§ 24-4-750. Arkansas District Judge Retirement System abolished — Powers, duties, and plan liabilities transferred to Arkansas Public Employees’ Retirement System

(a) The Arkansas District Judge Retirement System, established by § 24-8-801 et seq. [repealed], is abolished, and its powers, duties, and plan liabilities are transferred to the Arkansas Public Employees’ Retirement System by a type 3 transfer as prescribed in § 25-2-106. (b) For purposes of this act, the Arkansas Public Employees’ Retirement System shall […]

§ 24-4-751. Additional funding for retirement benefits

(a) The government entity that had previously established a local municipal judge’s retirement fund shall be required to contribute an amount of money that represents the actuarially determined accrued liability for those judges and former judges who were covered by the local fund on December 31, 2004. (b) The assets in the local municipal judge […]

§ 24-4-752. State Police Trust Fund

(a) All assets of the State Police Retirement System are transferred to the Arkansas Public Employees’ Retirement System to hold in trust for the State Police Retirement System. (b) There is created under the Arkansas Public Employees’ Retirement System a division that shall be known as the “State Police Trust Fund”. (c) (1) The State […]