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Home » US Law » 2020 Arkansas Code » Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions » Chapter 8 - Retirement Of Judges And Court Employees » Subchapter 4 - Municipal Judges and Clerks — Counties with Population of 150,000

§ 24-8-401. Board of trustees

(a) (1) In cities in a county having a population of one hundred fifty thousand (150,000) or more, in which county there are two (2) or more municipal courts with a judge of a municipal court licensed to practice law, there is created a board of trustees which shall consist of the mayor, city clerk, […]

§ 24-8-403. Benefits — Frequency of payment — Deficiencies for any judge of municipal court — Proration upon insufficiency of fund for any county municipal judge

(a) All payments of retirement benefits under this subchapter shall be payable semimonthly. (b) (1) (A) In case the fund established by this subchapter should ever become deficient to pay retirement benefits due any person under this subchapter, the city treasurer shall verify the deficiency. (B) (i) This deficiency shall be met by payment from […]

§ 24-8-404. Entitlement to benefits generally

Any judge of a municipal court or county municipal court, licensed to practice law, established in any county having a population of one hundred fifty thousand (150,000) or more, according to the most recent federal census, in which county there are two (2) or more municipal courts, and any clerk of such a municipal court […]

§ 24-8-407. Eligibility for benefits — Twenty years of service

(a) 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. (b) If the judge resigns, retires from office, or is succeeded in office by another […]

§ 24-8-408. Eligibility for benefits — Clerks

(a) (1) Any clerk of a municipal court to which this subchapter applies, appointed by the judge or 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; (B) Attains age […]

§ 24-8-409. Clerks’ benefits — Actuarial valuations — Transfer of funds

(a) The city treasurer shall cause an actuarial valuation to be made of the additional liabilities created by § 24-8-408. In the event the actuary determines that the employee and employer contributions are actuarially insufficient to pay the benefits to retired municipal officers as provided by § 24-8-408, the city treasurer shall establish accounts and […]

§ 24-8-410. Benefits

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 […]

§ 24-8-411. Funds closed

(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.