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AR Code § 24-8-319 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 8 - Retirement Of Judges And Court Employees|Subchapter 3 - Municipal Judges and Clerks Generally|§ 24-8-319. 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 does not have sufficient service to draw the full benefit provided, then a partial benefit not to exceed the full benefit shall be payable when the person has reached the age requirement specified in this subchapter. The partial benefit shall be determined by multiplying the full benefit by the following fraction:   (1) The numerator shall be the number of months of actual service under the provisions of this subchapter; and  (2) The denominator shall be two hundred forty (240) months.
AR Code § 24-8-320 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 8 - Retirement Of Judges And Court Employees|Subchapter 3 - Municipal Judges and Clerks Generally|§ 24-8-320. Municipal Court Retirement Transition Group

 (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) The Municipal Court Retirement Transition Group shall be established to review the transition of municipal courts to district courts and to study the impact this transition will have on those retirement benefit plans.  (c) The group shall consist of:  (1) Three (3) members of the Joint Committee on Public Retirement and Social Security Programs as appointed by the co-chairs of Joint Committee on Public Retirement and Social Security Programs;  (2) The Executive Director of the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System;  (3) A representative from the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System appointed by the board;  (4) The President of the Arkansas Municipal League or a designee;  (5) The President of the Association of Arkansas Counties or a designee;  (6) The Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts or a designee; and  (7) The Director of the Department of Finance and Administration or a designee.    (d) The group shall determine if any legislation is necessary and shall bring it before the Joint Committee on Public Retirement and Social Security Programs at the Eighty-fourth General Assembly.
AR Code § 24-8-321 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 8 - Retirement Of Judges And Court Employees|Subchapter 3 - Municipal Judges and Clerks Generally|§ 24-8-321. 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.
AR Code § 24-8-403 (2020)
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|§ 24-8-403. 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 the general funds of the city, and proportionately from the general funds of the county if the salaries of the judges of the municipal courts in the county are paid partially by the county, in the amount as may be necessary to continue the timely payment of retirement benefits to the persons entitled thereto.  (ii) Provided, however, that in the case of a county municipal court judge, the deficiency shall not be met by payment from the general funds of the county.      (2) If funds thereafter accruing under this subchapter accumulate to become sufficient for the payment of benefits, then no further payment shall be made from the general funds of the city unless and until the fund provided by this subchapter should again become deficient and the deficiency is verified by the city treasurer.    (c)  (1) In the case of a county municipal court judge, should the fund established under this subchapter be insufficient to pay retirement benefits due any such judge, then the fund shall be prorated among those entitled by the board as may be deemed just and equitable.  (2) For the purpose of determining how to prorate benefits, the proration shall be considered just and equitable if:  (A) The board pays the full benefit each month to all eligible retired judges until assets in the fund are depleted for the fiscal year; or  (B) The board decreases all payments to all eligible retired judges by an equal proportion for the fiscal year.
AR Code § 24-8-404 (2020)
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|§ 24-8-404. 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 appointed by the judges thereof shall be entitled to the benefits established by this subchapter.
AR Code § 24-8-405 (2020)
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|§ 24-8-405. Eligibility for benefits — Regular and disability retirement — Surviving Spouses' rights

 (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 to which a judge has been elected, he or she shall be eligible to retire at one-half (½) pay as provided in this section.  (2) The retirement salary to be paid to the retiree shall be one-half (½) of the salary being paid at the time of retirement for and during his or her natural life.    (c) Notice of retirement shall be in writing and sent to the chair of the board of trustees who, upon finding that the applicant meets the requirements of this subchapter, shall authorize the secretary of the board to issue vouchers in payment to the applicant in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter for and during the natural life of the applicant.  (d)  (1) Upon the death of a judge receiving, or eligible to receive, retirement benefits under this subchapter, leaving a surviving spouse, there shall be paid to the surviving spouse for the remainder of his or her natural life, or until he or she remarries, a sum equal to one-half (½) of the retirement pay which the deceased judge was receiving, or would have been eligible to receive, at the time of his or her death.  (2) Upon the death of a judge while serving in that capacity, leaving a surviving spouse who has been married to and living with the judge for at least five (5) years immediately preceding his or her death, the surviving spouse, if not remarried prior thereto, shall, upon reaching age fifty (50), be entitled to and shall receive, until his or her death or remarriage, benefits in an amount equal to one-half (½) of the retirement benefits to which the deceased judge would have been entitled had he or she been eligible for retirement on the date of his or her death.
AR Code § 24-8-406 (2020)
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|§ 24-8-406. Eligibility for benefits for any judge of municipal court or county municipal court prior to 1995 — Eligibility for benefits for county municipal judge after 1995

 (a)  (1) Any judge of a municipal court or county municipal court prior to January 1, 1995, to which this subchapter applies who shall attain age fifty (50) and who shall have served at least sixteen (16) years in office as municipal judge, or at least sixteen (16) years combined service as municipal judge and deputy prosecuting attorney, shall be eligible to receive retirement benefits provided by this subchapter.  (2) If the judge resigns, retires from office, or is succeeded in office by another judge, then he or she shall receive retirement pay for and during the remainder of his or her natural life in an amount equal to one-half (½) of the salary payable to him or her at the time of his or her resignation, retirement, or succession in office.  (3) Any county municipal judge who retires under this subchapter effective before January 1, 1995, shall be entitled to continue to participate in and be covered by the county health insurance program.    (b)  (1) On and after January 1, 1995, any judge of a county municipal court to which this subchapter applies who shall attain age sixty-five (65) and who shall have served at least ten (10) years in office as municipal judge, or who shall have served at least twenty (20) years in office as municipal judge, whatever his or her age, shall be eligible to receive retirement benefits provided by this subchapter.  (2) If the judge resigns, retires from office, or is succeeded in office by another judge, then he or she shall receive retirement pay for and during the remainder of his or her natural life in an amount equal to one-half (½) of the salary payable to him or her at the time of his or her resignation, retirement, or succession in office.
AR Code § 24-8-407 (2020)
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|§ 24-8-407. 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 judge, then he or she shall receive retirement pay for and during the remainder of his or her natural life in an amount equal to one-half (½) of the salary payable to him or her at the time of his or her resignation, retirement, or succession in office.
AR Code § 24-8-408 (2020)
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|§ 24-8-408. 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 sixty-five (65) and has served in office for at least eight (8) years; or  (C) Has served in office for at least twenty (20) years, irrespective of age.    (2) If the clerk resigns, retires from office, or is succeeded in office by another clerk, the clerk shall receive retirement pay for and during the remainder of the person’s natural life in an amount equal to one-half (½) of the salary payable to the clerk at the time of resignation, retirement, or succession in office.  (3) The governing body of the municipality or the county may by ordinance provide that after the death of the clerk, the surviving spouse of a qualifying court clerk can continue to receive the retirement benefits under this subchapter until the surviving spouse dies or remarries.    (b)  (1) Any clerk of a municipal court who is covered by the provisions of this subchapter and who has seven (7) or more years of service in any position in the office of the county sheriff shall be entitled to have the service in the office of the county sheriff credited as municipal court clerk service.  (2) The service so converted shall be treated the same as if it were service as clerk of a municipal court in the county for purposes of determining eligibility for retirement under the provisions of this subchapter.
AR Code § 24-8-409 (2020)
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|§ 24-8-409. 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 records to identify the estimated contributions and other income available to actuarially fund the members' benefits when they mature and the extent that the city's member liabilities will exceed the amount of employee and employer contributions and interest thereon.  (b)  (1) The city treasurer shall then calculate with the assistance of the actuary the amount of funds required annually to actuarially fund the additional unfunded liabilities created by § 24-8-408. He or she shall annually certify to the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State the amount required for the year to establish sufficient funds and reserves to meet the actuarial requirements of the additional benefits.  (2) The certificate of the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall reflect the amount of the annual extra payment to be charged against the municipality, based on the unfunded liabilities with respect to its official and employee members.    (c)  (1) The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall cause the amount so certified to be transferred from the Municipal Aid Fund, from general revenues allocated to that fund for turnback to cities, to the municipality for credit to the municipal court clerks' retirement fund.  (2) From the general revenues allocated thereto for turnback to municipalities, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall deduct from the Municipal Aid Fund turnback to be received by the city an amount as computed pursuant to this section required to pay retirement benefits for its elected municipal clerk.  (3) The moneys to be transferred from the Municipal Aid Fund shall not be charged against the total of the Municipal Aid Fund moneys available for distribution to cities, since it is the intent of this section that each city shall pay annually, from its municipal aid general revenues turnback, the amount of money required to meet the unfunded liability deficit in behalf of its city employee members.
AR Code § 24-8-410 (2020)
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|§ 24-8-410. 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 does not have sufficient service to draw the full benefit provided, then a partial benefit not to exceed the full benefit shall be payable when the person has reached the age requirement specified in this subchapter. The partial benefit shall be determined by multiplying the full benefit by the following fraction:   (1) The numerator shall be the number of months of actual service under the provisions of this subchapter; and  (2) The denominator shall be two hundred forty (240) months.
AR Code § 24-8-411 (2020)
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|§ 24-8-411. 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.
AR Code § 24-8-501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 8 - Retirement Of Judges And Court Employees|Subchapter 5 - Municipal Judges and Clerks and Police Judges — Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 24-8-501. Municipal or police judges

 (a)  (1) Any person who has held office as municipal judge or police judge for a period of thirty (30) years or more shall receive during the remainder of his or her life, as a pension, one-half (½) of the salary payable to the municipal judge of the court he or she served upon his or her retirement from office.  (2) The pension shall be payable in the same manner as the salary of the municipal judge is paid.    (b)  (1) Any person who has held the office of municipal judge and, upon retirement, has accumulated not less than twenty (20) years or more of service as municipal judge or police judge shall, upon reaching sixty (60) years of age, receive, as a pension for the remainder of his or her life, an amount which shall be based on the salary payable to the judge of the municipal court on which he or she served prior to his or her retirement from office.  (2) The amount shall be one-half (½) of the salary which was payable to the municipal judge of the court on July 1, 1973, but in no event shall that person receive less than one-half (½) of the annual salary which was paid to him or her at the time of his or her retirement or at the time that he or she was succeeded by another judge.  (3) The pension shall be payable in the same manner as the salary of the municipal judge is paid.  (4) Any municipal judge who is entitled to a pension under any previous act shall be entitled to receive his or her pension benefits under this section.    (c)  (1) Any person who has served four (4) or more years as a member of the General Assembly and has held the office of municipal judge and, upon retirement, has accumulated not less than twelve (12) years of service as municipal judge shall receive, upon reaching sixty (60) years of age, as a pension for the remainder of his or her life, an amount which shall be based on the salary payable to the judge of the municipal court on which he or she served prior to retirement from office.  (2) The amount shall be three-tenths (3/10) of the salary of the present municipal judge, but in no event shall that person receive less than three-tenths (3/10) of the salary which was paid to him or her at the time of his or her retirement or at the time he or she was succeeded by another judge.  (3) The pension shall be paid in the same manner as provided in this section for judges having twenty (20) years or more of service.
AR Code § 24-8-504 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 8 - Retirement Of Judges And Court Employees|Subchapter 5 - Municipal Judges and Clerks and Police Judges — Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 24-8-504. Clerks of city court

 (a) Any clerk of a city court established in any county, appointed by the judges thereof, may be entitled to the benefits prescribed in this section for such clerks.  (b)  (1) Any clerk of a city court to which this section applies, appointed by the judges of the court, who shall attain age sixty (60) and who shall have served in office as clerk for at least ten (10) years, or who shall have served in office for at least twenty (20) years, irrespective of age, may be eligible to receive retirement benefits provided by this section.  (2) If the clerk resigns, retires from office, or is succeeded in office by another clerk, the clerk shall receive retirement benefits for and during the remainder of his or her natural life in an amount equal to one-half (½) of the salary payable to him or her at the time of resignation, retirement, or succession in office.    (c) Upon the approval of the governing body of the city and following a determination of the actuarial soundness of the fund from which the benefits shall be paid, any court clerk of a city court who upon reaching age sixty-eight (68) will have served for a minimum of seven (7) years immediately prior to severance from employment may retire with a reduced benefit in an amount equal to seven-tenths (7/10) of the benefit payable under this section.  (d) The city council or board of directors of each city of the second class may elect by ordinance to establish the retirement system for city court clerks authorized by this section.
AR Code § 24-8-505 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 8 - Retirement Of Judges And Court Employees|Subchapter 5 - Municipal Judges and Clerks and Police Judges — Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 24-8-505. 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 does not have sufficient service to draw the full benefit provided, then a partial benefit not to exceed the full benefit shall be payable when the person has reached the age requirement specified in this subchapter. The partial benefit shall be determined by multiplying the full benefit by the following fraction:   (1) The numerator shall be the number of months of actual service under the provisions of this subchapter; and  (2) The denominator shall be two hundred forty (240) months.
AR Code § 24-8-506 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 8 - Retirement Of Judges And Court Employees|Subchapter 5 - Municipal Judges and Clerks and Police Judges — Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 24-8-506. 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.
AR Code § 24-8-702 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 8 - Retirement Of Judges And Court Employees|Subchapter 7 - Tier Two Actual Judicial Service Benefit Plan|§ 24-8-702. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Board” means the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System;  (2) “Consumer price index” means the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers, as determined by the United States Department of Labor, in effect on January 1, 1999, except that if the consumer price index is subsequently reconstructed in a manner materially changing its character, the board, after receiving the advice of the actuary, shall change the application of the consumer price index so that, as far as practicable, the intent of the use of the consumer price index shall be continued;  (3) “Executive director” means the Executive Director of the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System; and  (4) “System” means the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System.
AR Code § 24-8-703 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 8 - Retirement Of Judges And Court Employees|Subchapter 7 - Tier Two Actual Judicial Service Benefit Plan|§ 24-8-703. Creation of Tier Two Actual Judicial Service Benefit Plan

 A Tier Two Actual Judicial Service Benefit Plan for the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System is established pursuant to this subchapter.