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AR Code § 24-7-801 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 7 - Retirement of Employees of Schools and Educational Institutions|Subchapter 8 - Alternate Plan for State Colleges|§ 24-7-801. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Alternate retirement plan” means a retirement plan based on the purchase of contracts providing retirement and death benefits for the employees of Arkansas State University, the Division of Higher Education employees, and employees of Arkansas's state-supported universities, colleges, or junior colleges that are not a part of the University of Arkansas system;  (2) “Board” means the governing body of a college;  (3) “College” means any one (1) of the state-supported universities, colleges, and junior colleges not a part of the University of Arkansas system, and Arkansas State University;  (4) “Division employees” means the Director of the Division of Higher Education and the professional education employees of the division;  (5) “Retirement system” means the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System;  (6) “Staff members” means any employee of a college or university who is eligible for membership in any retirement plan;  (7) “State” means the State of Arkansas; and  (8) “State board” means the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
AR Code § 24-7-803 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 7 - Retirement of Employees of Schools and Educational Institutions|Subchapter 8 - Alternate Plan for State Colleges|§ 24-7-803. Provisions of subchapter controlling

 Insofar as the provisions of this subchapter are, or may be, inconsistent with the provisions of any other general or special act, the provisions of this subchapter shall be controlling.
AR Code § 24-7-804 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 7 - Retirement of Employees of Schools and Educational Institutions|Subchapter 8 - Alternate Plan for State Colleges|§ 24-7-804. Establishment and administration of plan

 (a) The board of any college and the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board may establish and maintain an alternate retirement plan which shall authorize the purchase of contracts providing retirement and death benefits for staff members and employees of the Division of Higher Education.  (b) Under the plan, staff members and division employees shall contribute, to the extent authorized or required, toward the purchase of the contracts, which shall be issued to and become the property of the participants.  (c) The board of any college which elects to establish and maintain an alternate retirement plan and the Director of the Division of Higher Education, if it elects to establish and maintain a plan, shall have authority to administer the plan and to perform or authorize the performance of all such functions as may be reasonably appropriate in its administration.
AR Code § 24-7-805 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 7 - Retirement of Employees of Schools and Educational Institutions|Subchapter 8 - Alternate Plan for State Colleges|§ 24-7-805. Methods of providing benefits — Agent for service of process

 (a) An alternate retirement plan may be a separate system or fund or may be one which participates in a larger system or fund with respect to some or all of the benefits provided thereunder.  (b) The benefits to be provided for or on behalf of staff members and employees of the Division of Higher Education under an alternate retirement plan may be provided through insurance policies and annuity contracts, both fixed and variable in nature, or a combination thereof, as specified in the plan, which insurance policies and annuity contracts may be obtained from any insurance company authorized to do business in this state or from any nonprofit company organized and operated exclusively for the purpose of aiding and strengthening educational or scientific institutions by issuing insurance or annuity contracts only to or for the benefit of such institutions or individuals engaged in their services.  (c) In any action brought by a staff member or division employee on a policy or contract, any official of the college or the Director of the Division of Higher Education shall be deemed to be the agent of the nonprofit company only for the purpose of service of process on the contract or policy, and for no other purpose.
AR Code § 24-7-806 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 7 - Retirement of Employees of Schools and Educational Institutions|Subchapter 8 - Alternate Plan for State Colleges|§ 24-7-806. Procedure for designation of companies to provide benefit contracts

 (a) The board of each college or university, or the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board, shall designate the companies from which contracts are to be purchased under the alternate retirement plan and shall approve the form and contents of the contracts.  (b) In making the designation and giving the approval, the board or state board shall give due consideration to:  (1) The nature and extent of the rights and benefits to be provided by the contracts for staff members and their beneficiaries;  (2) The relation of the rights and benefits to the amount of contributions to be made pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter;  (3) The suitability of the rights and benefits to the needs of the staff members and the interests of the college in the recruitment and retention of staff members; and  (4) The ability of the designated company or companies to provide the suitable rights and benefits under the contracts.
AR Code § 24-7-808 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 7 - Retirement of Employees of Schools and Educational Institutions|Subchapter 8 - Alternate Plan for State Colleges|§ 24-7-808. Contributions

 (a)  (1) Any college or university which elects to establish and maintain an alternate retirement plan, and the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board if it so elects, shall contribute to that plan on behalf of each staff member who elects to participate in the alternate retirement plan, or employee of the Division of Higher Education, six percent (6%) of his or her total regular compensation during the continuance of his or her employment.  (2) Each staff member who elects to participate in the alternate retirement plan, or division employee, at the discretion of the college or university, shall also contribute thereto six percent (6%) of his or her total regular compensation.    (b)  (1) At its discretion, the division, college, or university may contribute a minimum of an additional four percent (4%) of the staff member's total regular compensation.  (2) The division, college, or university may contribute an amount so that the percentage rate in subdivision (a)(1) of this section plus the additional rate in subdivision (b)(1) of this section equals the total employer contribution rate under the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System if the college or university determines that sufficient funds are available to pay that contribution rate.  (3) Each staff member may be required to match that additional contribution by contributing a percentage of his or her total regular compensation as determined by the division, college, or university.    (c) In addition to the contributions defined in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the division or any college or university which elects to establish and maintain an alternate retirement plan may permit a newly eligible employee who elects to establish and maintain an alternate retirement plan and may permit a newly eligible employee who elects to participate in an alternate retirement plan to make incremental increases in plan contributions to reach the required contribution level by completion of the fourth year of participation in the alternate retirement plan.  (d) Payment of contributions authorized by this section shall be made by the disbursing officer of the college or university and by the state official charged with the duty of paying salaries to division employees to the designated companies in accordance with the provisions of this section.
AR Code § 24-7-901 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 7 - Retirement of Employees of Schools and Educational Institutions|Subchapter 9 - Alternate Plan for Vocational-Technical Schools|§ 24-7-901. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “Alternate retirement plan” means a retirement plan based on the purchase of contracts providing retirement and death benefits for the instructors and administrative staff of the technical institutes or postsecondary vocational-technical schools of the State of Arkansas and the staff of the Department of Career Education and which has been approved by the Career Education and Workforce Development Board;  (2) “Retirement system” means the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System;  (3) “School” means any technical institute or postsecondary vocational-technical school established pursuant to § 6-51-202 for the vocational training of students; and  (4) “Staff members” means both instructors and administrative staff of a technical institute or postsecondary vocational-technical school and the staff of the department who are eligible for membership in the retirement system.
AR Code § 24-7-903 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 7 - Retirement of Employees of Schools and Educational Institutions|Subchapter 9 - Alternate Plan for Vocational-Technical Schools|§ 24-7-903. Provisions of subchapter controlling

 Insofar as the provisions of this subchapter are, or may be, inconsistent with the provisions of any other general or special act, the provisions of this subchapter shall be controlling.
AR Code § 24-7-904 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 7 - Retirement of Employees of Schools and Educational Institutions|Subchapter 9 - Alternate Plan for Vocational-Technical Schools|§ 24-7-904. Establishment and administration of plan

 (a) The Career Education and Workforce Development Board may establish and maintain an alternate retirement plan which shall authorize the purchase of contracts providing retirement and death benefits for staff members.  (b) Under the plan, staff members shall contribute, to the extent authorized or required, toward the purchase of the contract, which shall be issued to and become the property of the participants.  (c) The alternate retirement plan shall be administered by the board pursuant to a written alternate retirement plan document, which shall be formally adopted by the board prior to the establishment of the alternate retirement plan.  (d) The board shall have the authority to administer all alternate retirement plans established pursuant to this subchapter and to perform or authorize the performance of all such functions as may be reasonably appropriate in their administration.
AR Code § 24-7-905 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 7 - Retirement of Employees of Schools and Educational Institutions|Subchapter 9 - Alternate Plan for Vocational-Technical Schools|§ 24-7-905. Methods of providing benefits — Agent for service of process

 (a) An alternate retirement plan may be a separate system or fund or may be one which participates in a larger system or fund with respect to some or all of the benefits provided thereunder.  (b) The benefits to be provided for or on behalf of staff members under an alternate retirement plan may be provided through insurance policies or annuity contracts, both fixed and variable in nature, or a combination thereof, as specified in the plan. Those insurance policies and annuity contracts may be obtained from any insurance company authorized to do business in this state or from any nonprofit companies organized and operated exclusively for the purpose of aiding and strengthening educational or scientific institutions by issuing insurance or annuity contracts only to or for the benefit of such institutions or individuals engaged in their services.  (c) In any action brought by a staff member on a policy or contract, any school, school official, or any member of the Career Education and Workforce Development Board shall be deemed to be the agent of the nonprofit company or insurance company only for the purpose of service of process on the contract or policy, and for no other purpose.
AR Code § 24-7-906 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 7 - Retirement of Employees of Schools and Educational Institutions|Subchapter 9 - Alternate Plan for Vocational-Technical Schools|§ 24-7-906. Approval of companies and contracts

 (a) The Career Education and Workforce Development Board shall approve the companies from which contracts are to be purchased under the alternate retirement plan and shall approve the form and contents of the contracts.  (b) In giving the approval, the board shall give due consideration to:  (1) The nature and extent of the rights and benefits to be provided by the contracts for staff members and their beneficiaries;  (2) The relation of those rights and benefits to the amount of contributions to be made pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter;  (3) The suitability of the rights and benefits to the needs of the staff members and the interests of the vocational education school and the Department of Career Education in the recruitment and retention of staff members; and  (4) The ability of the approved companies to provide the suitable rights and benefits under the contracts.
AR Code § 24-7-908 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 7 - Retirement of Employees of Schools and Educational Institutions|Subchapter 9 - Alternate Plan for Vocational-Technical Schools|§ 24-7-908. Contributions

 (a)  (1) The Department of Career Education shall contribute to the alternate retirement plan on behalf of each participating staff member an amount equal to the contribution made by the State of Arkansas for persons participating in the retirement system.  (2) Each staff member shall also contribute to the alternate retirement plan an amount equal to the maximum allowable member contribution under the retirement system or, at the option of the staff member, additional amounts allowable under the alternate retirement plan.    (b) Payment of contributions by the department which are authorized by the provisions of this section shall be made by the disbursing officer of the department.  (c)  (1) All staff members who elect to participate in the alternate retirement plan shall so notify the State Board of Workforce Education and Career Opportunities in writing.  (2) The board shall establish a procedure for notifying the state official charged with paying the salaries of staff members, which official shall cause staff members' contributions to be withheld and forwarded to the company approved by the board and designated by the staff member.
AR Code § 24-7-909 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 7 - Retirement of Employees of Schools and Educational Institutions|Subchapter 9 - Alternate Plan for Vocational-Technical Schools|§ 24-7-909. Extension of group insurance coverage by dependents of deceased eligible employee

 Upon the death of an insured eligible employee of an institution of higher education or of an insured eligible employee who is a member of the alternate retirement plan for employees of the Career Education and Workforce Development Board or of a person retired and receiving benefits under the alternate plan, the dependents of the deceased person shall have the same option to extend the group insurance coverage of the dependents under the state group insurance plan as is afforded dependents of other deceased insured employees and retirants.
AR Code § 24-7-1001 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 7 - Retirement of Employees of Schools and Educational Institutions|Subchapter 10 - Employees of Particular Institutions|§ 24-7-1001. Membership in Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System for certain employees of state colleges

 (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 § 24-4-103, all employees of Arkansas Tech University, Southern Arkansas University, University of Central Arkansas, and Henderson State University who are not otherwise covered by some other existing public employee retirement plan other than Social Security.  (b)  (1)  (A) The effective date of membership of the employees in the system shall be January 1, 1963.  (B) All the employees enrolled in the system shall be subject to the rights, privileges, and limitations of §§ 24-4-101 — 24-4-105, 24-4-201, 24-4-202, 24-4-203 [repealed], 24-4-204 [repealed], 24-4-205, 24-4-207 — 24-4-209, 24-4-301 — 24-4-304, 24-4-401, 24-4-402, 24-4-507, 24-4-508, 24-4-510 — 24-4-512, 24-4-513 [repealed], 24-4-601 — 24-4-603, 24-4-605, and 24-4-606.    (2) Becoming members of the system shall be a condition of continuing in or obtaining employment, as the case may be.  (3) Any employee included within the membership of the system shall be given credit for service rendered prior to July 1, 1957, as an employee of a public employer, as defined in § 24-4-101, or of any state college named in subsection (a) of this section, if so employed by one of the institutions of higher learning on July 1, 1957.    (c)  (1) Any employee receiving retirement coverage under the provisions of this section who was an employee of one (1) of the institutions of higher learning on January 1, 1963, may apply for and receive current service credit for service rendered as an employee of that institution from July 1, 1957, to July 1, 1963, but only if the employee pays to the system all necessary contributions, at the rate of four percent (4%) for the employee and four percent (4%) for the employer, that would have been paid had the employee been a member of the system during that time.  (2) The contributions shall have been paid in full on or before July 1, 1966.    (d) Excluded from the provisions of this section are employees classified as student labor, graduate assistants, and seasonal agricultural workers.
AR Code § 24-7-1002 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 7 - Retirement of Employees of Schools and Educational Institutions|Subchapter 10 - Employees of Particular Institutions|§ 24-7-1002. Membership in Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System for certain employees of colleges, universities, and community colleges

 (a) All persons, except those who are eligible for membership in the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System as provided for under the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System Act, § 24-7-201 et seq., and except those who are eligible for membership in an alternate system as provided for under §§ 24-7-801 and 24-7-803 — 24-7-808, employed by the University of Central Arkansas, Henderson State University, Arkansas Tech University, Southern Arkansas University, Southern Arkansas University at El Dorado, SAU — Tech at Camden, or a state-supported community college that is other than a campus, unit, or division of the University of Arkansas System or the Arkansas State University System after March 19, 1983, shall be members of the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System unless, at the time of employment, they are already members of the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System due to previous employment with an employer covered by the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System.  (b)  (1) All persons except those who are members of the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System or the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System, as provided for in subsection (a) of this section, and except those who are eligible for membership in an alternate system as provided for under the provisions of §§ 24-7-801 and 24-7-803 — 24-7-808, who are employees of the institutions named in subsection (a) of this section shall have the option of remaining members of the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System or terminating membership in that system and enrolling in the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System.  (2) The election to change systems must be made on or before July 30, 1986.
AR Code § 24-7-1008 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 7 - Retirement of Employees of Schools and Educational Institutions|Subchapter 10 - Employees of Particular Institutions|§ 24-7-1008. Continued membership in retirement plan — Election

 (a)  (1) Each instructor and administrative staff member of a state-supported postsecondary vocational-technical school employed on July 1, 1991, shall, within ninety (90) days following the transfer to the technical and community college system established under the Two-Year Postsecondary Education Reorganization Act of 1991, § 6-53-101 et seq., or upon transfer to the system with the approval of the board, elect either to continue membership in the retirement plan in which he or she was enrolled prior to that date or transfer to the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System or any alternate retirement plan currently established for the institution into which it is being merged or consolidated.  (2) Once such an election is made, the election is irrevocable during the tenure of employment with the system.    (b)  (1) Each instructor and administrative staff member of a two-year campus of a four-year institution which is later converted to a technical college or community college under § 6-53-101 et seq. shall, within ninety (90) days following the appointment of the local board, elect either to continue membership in the retirement plan in which he or she was enrolled prior to the conversion or to transfer membership to the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System.  (2) Once such an election is made, the election is irrevocable during the tenure of employment with the system.    (c) Any other employees of an institution transferring to the system under this section or under the approval of the board shall remain members of the retirement system to which they were enrolled prior to the transfer.
AR Code § 24-7-1301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 7 - Retirement of Employees of Schools and Educational Institutions|Subchapter 13 - Teacher Deferred Retirement Option Plan|§ 24-7-1301. Election to participate — Conditions

 (a) In lieu of terminating employment and accepting a service retirement benefit pursuant to § 24-7-101 et seq., any person who is a member of the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System and who meets the conditions specified in subsection (b) of this section may elect to participate in the Teacher Deferred Retirement Option Plan and to defer the receipt of retirement benefits in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter.  (b) The condition required for participation in the plan is that the member must have at least thirty (30) years of service credit in the system.  (c) The Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System may promulgate rules necessary for the orderly administration of the plan, including without limitation the rules for eligibility for continuance of deposits for part-time employment.