This subchapter shall not repeal existing laws of this state relating to the retirement of municipal court judges and municipal court clerks but shall be cumulative thereto, specifically to §§ 24-8-401 and 24-8-403 — 24-8-408, and acts amendatory thereof. It shall in no manner affect the rights or status of persons receiving or eligible to […]
(a) There is created in cities of the first class or cities of the second class a board of trustees which shall consist of the mayor, city clerk, city treasurer, city health officer, and municipal judges of the city. (b) The board shall receive and administer the funds collected under the provisions of this subchapter […]
(a) All payments of retirement benefits under this subchapter shall be payable semimonthly. (b) (1) In case the fund established by this subchapter should ever become deficient to pay retirement benefits due any persons under this subchapter, the city treasurer shall verify the deficiency. (2) This deficiency shall be met by payment from the general […]
(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 […]
(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. […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
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 […]
(a) Any judge of a municipal court who is not licensed to practice law, who has served at least twenty (20) years as municipal judge or police judge, and who resigns, retires, or is succeeded in office shall receive retirement benefits upon attaining age sixty (60). (b) These benefits shall continue for and during the […]
(a) (1) Any clerk of a municipal court to which this subchapter applies, appointed by the judges of the court, shall be eligible to receive retirement benefits provided by this subchapter who: (A) Attains age sixty (60) and has served in office as clerk for at least ten (10) years; or (B) Has served in […]
(a) (1) A judge of a municipal court and a clerk of a municipal court who, on March 23, 1973, were covered by the provisions of the Municipal Section of the Arkansas Public Employees’ Retirement System shall, prior to January 1, 1982, make an election in writing as to whether to continue as a member […]
(a) Upon a three-fourths (¾) vote of the board of trustees established under § 24-8-302, the fund established under § 24-8-301 et seq. may pay retirement benefits due the following persons: (1) Former municipal court clerks who retired under retirement laws effective prior to March 23, 1973, and whose retirement benefits were paid from the […]
(a) Any judge of a municipal court who was elected countywide to a partial term left vacant by the death of the former judge and who shall have completed the same and subsequently shall have been elected to and completed four (4) consecutive four-year terms and shall at the time of his or her retirement […]
(a) The quorum court of any county which is divided into two (2) districts and has two (2) county seats and in which the municipal court is funded primarily by the county shall have the option to provide retirement benefits for the municipal court judge and the municipal court clerk under a local retirement plan […]
(a) (1) After the repeal of § 24-8-303 providing for the levy of court costs to fund the municipal court judge and clerk retirement fund, a municipality having provided for retirement benefits for municipal court judges and court clerks in accordance with this subchapter shall continue to provide funds for the retirement benefits in that […]
(a) In addition to the funds for the municipal court judges and clerk retirement fund provided for by § 16-10-308(a)-(d), if the city council or quorum court determines by actuarial valuation that funding is inadequate to meet the financial objective of paying for current and any projected retirement funding obligations, a municipality or county may […]
Any person participating in a retirement plan authorized under this subchapter on or after July 1, 1999, shall be entitled to a retirement benefit if that person has ten (10) or more years of actual service in a plan covered by this subchapter and is at least sixty (60) years of age. If the person […]
(a) Currently, the municipal judges and court clerks in Arkansas are covered under numerous and separate retirement plans run independently by each municipal government. Under Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 80, all municipal courts in existence shall be known as district courts and all judges of those courts shall become district judges effective January 1, 2005. (b) […]
(a) The municipal judge and clerk retirement funds defined in this subchapter are closed effective December 31, 2004. (b) There will be no new members in these funds after December 31, 2004.
