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AR Code § 24-12-116 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 12 - Local Officers And Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 24-12-116. Benefits — Permanent total disability retirement

 (a) If any paid nonuniformed employee, while in the performance of his or her duty, shall become physically or mentally totally and permanently disabled by reason of his or her service from performing his or her departmental duties and this fact shall be certified to by the physician on the board of trustees of the pension and relief fund for paid nonuniformed employees, it shall be mandatory on the board to retire the disabled employee from service upon one-half (½) pay, which shall be one-half (½) of the monthly compensation received by the employee at the time of his or her retirement.  (b) No such employee shall be retired on a pension of less than six hundred dollars ($600) a year regardless of whether this minimum amount, when broken down into equal monthly installments, should equal one-half (½) of the employee's monthly compensation.  (c)  (1) If any employee is retired because of any permanent total disability, it shall be the duty of the employee to have an examination made of himself or herself by the physician on the board at least one (1) time every six (6) months.  (2) An employee receiving the examination shall pay to the physician a fee of five dollars ($5.00) for the examination so made.    (d) If an employee recovers from his or her disability, it shall be the duty of the board to stop payment of his or her pension and place the employee back in service. The time of his or her retirement shall be considered as continuous service in his or her position.
AR Code § 24-12-117 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 12 - Local Officers And Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 24-12-117. Benefits — Death of employee

 (a)  (1) If while in the performance of his or her duty any employee shall be killed or die as a result of injuries received in performing that duty, or shall die of a disease contracted by reason of that occupation, or shall die of natural causes while in service, and shall leave a spouse or children under the age of sixteen (16) surviving, the board of trustees of the pension and relief fund for paid nonuniformed employees shall direct a payment of fifty dollars ($50.00) monthly from the pension and relief fund for paid nonuniformed employees to the spouse, while unmarried, or to the guardian of the minor children until the youngest of the children shall attain the age of sixteen (16).  (2) Should the employee leave no spouse or minor children under sixteen (16) years of age, but a parent solely dependent upon the employee's support, the board shall pay the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00) monthly as long as the dependent parent remains unmarried.  (3) If any employee already retired and pensioned under this act shall die while so retired and pensioned, leaving a spouse, minor children under the age of sixteen (16), or dependent parent surviving, then each of them shall also be entitled to a pension under this act.    (b)  (1) When entitled to a pension as provided by this act, a spouse, children, or a dependent parent shall make application to the board, through the secretary of the board, on a form to be provided by the board.  (2) Accompanying the application shall be proof of the marriage of the deceased spouse to the claimant.  (3) Proof of birth of children shall be established by birth certificate, baptismal certificate, or other proof recognized by the Division of Vital Records of the Department of Health.  (4) All applications and proof shall be retained in the custody of the board, and due notice of that action shall be registered by the secretary in his or her office.    (c) Every paid nonuniformed employee shall file with the secretary the names of those persons to whom death benefits are to be paid and shall set forth the relationship of the beneficiaries to the employee.
AR Code § 24-12-118 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 12 - Local Officers And Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 24-12-118. Funeral expenses

 (a) Whenever an active or retired employee shall die or be killed, the board of trustees of the pension and relief fund for paid nonuniformed employees shall appropriate from the pension and relief fund for paid nonuniformed employees the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) to pay the funeral expenses of the decedent.  (b) However, this action shall not operate to reduce payments then being paid pursuant to § 24-12-112.
AR Code § 24-12-120 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 12 - Local Officers And Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 24-12-120. City attorneys in cities of the first class and cities of the second class

 (a) Upon approval by the governing body, a city of the first class or city of the second class may provide for retirement benefits established by this section for a city attorney elected or appointed to office.  (b) In all cities of the first class and cities of the second class in this state, any person who shall serve as city attorney of the city for a period of not less than ten (10) years, upon reaching age sixty (60), or any person who shall serve as a city attorney for a period of not less than twenty (20) years, without regard to age, shall be entitled to retire at an annual retirement benefit during the remainder of his or her natural life, payable at the rate of one-half (½) of the salary payable to the city attorney at the time of his or her retirement.  (c) All payments of retirement benefits under this section shall be payable monthly and shall be paid from the general funds of the city.
AR Code § 24-12-121 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 12 - Local Officers And Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 24-12-121. City clerk — Clerk-treasurer

 (a)  (1) A city clerk or clerk-treasurer in a city of the first class may retire from office for the remainder of his or her life at the retirement pay provided in this section if the person has served as city clerk, clerk-treasurer, or city treasurer for:  (A) Not less than ten (10) years, upon reaching sixty (60) years of age; or  (B) Twenty (20) years, without regard to age.    (2) On January 1 of each year, if a retiree under this section has been retired for at least twelve (12) full months, up to a three percent (3%) cost-of-living increase will be added.  (3) Subdivision (a)(2) of this section applies only if approved by the governing body of the city.    (b)  (1) Any city clerk, city treasurer, or any person serving as city clerk or clerk-treasurer who shall retire or be succeeded by another city clerk or clerk-treasurer within the provisions of this section shall be paid monthly a sum equal to one-half (½) of the monthly salary received by him or her during the last preceding year of his or her service.  (2) The retirement pay shall be paid by the city from its general fund account.    (c)  (1) Any city clerk or clerk-treasurer in a city of the first class who has served in another capacity with the same city, and that capacity of service also provides for a retirement plan, may apply all years served in that previous capacity toward the accrual of the vesting period provided for in subsection (a) of this section, if approved by the city council.  (2) Benefits shall be paid proportionally from the various funds applicable to the respective capacities of service. This shall be based on the length of service in each capacity for the city.    (d)  (1) Upon the death of any city clerk or clerk-treasurer who retired under the provisions of subsection (a) of this section or any other state statute or any city clerk or clerk-treasurer who dies in office after becoming eligible to retire under subsection (a) of this section or any other state statute, the legally recognized spouse of the city clerk or clerk-treasurer married to the city clerk or clerk-treasurer ten (10) years or longer may receive, at the option of the governing body of the city, one-half (½) of the retirement benefit the retired city clerk or clerk-treasurer was receiving or one-half (½) of the retirement benefit the city clerk or clerk-treasurer who died in office was entitled to receive.  (2) Upon remarriage of the spouse, the benefits shall cease.
AR Code § 24-12-122 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 12 - Local Officers And Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 24-12-122. Deputy city clerks

 (a) Any deputy city clerk in a city of the first class who shall have served twenty (20) years as deputy city clerk, who shall have attained the age of sixty-five (65), and who shall retire from office or be succeeded by another deputy city clerk may receive for the remainder of his or her life the retirement pay provided for in this section.  (b)  (1) Any deputy city clerk who shall retire or be succeeded by another deputy city clerk within the provisions of this section may be paid monthly a sum equal to one-half (½) of the monthly salary received by him or her during the last preceding year of his or her service.  (2) The retirement pay shall be paid by the city from its general fund account when appropriated for that purpose by the governing body of the city.
AR Code § 24-12-124 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 12 - Local Officers And Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 24-12-124. Mayors of cities of the second class

 (a)  (1) A person who has served as mayor of a city of the second class for at least twenty (20) years may retire at any age, and a person who has served as a mayor of a city of the second class for at least sixteen (16) years may retire upon reaching sixty-five (65) years of age.  (2) On January 1 of each year, if a retiree under this section has been retired for at least twelve (12) full months, up to a three percent (3%) cost-of-living increase will be added.  (3) Subdivision (a)(2) of this section applies only if approved by the governing body of the city.    (b) The governing body of a city of the second class may prescribe the retirement benefits of a person who has served as mayor of the city of the second class and meets the requirements of subsection (a) of this section.  (c) Any mayor who retired before March 18, 1985, and received benefits under prior acts of the General Assembly shall be entitled to continue receiving benefits under the prior acts.
AR Code § 24-12-125 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 12 - Local Officers And Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 24-12-125. Treasurers of cities of the first class

 (a) Upon approval of the governing body of any city of the first class, any person who has served as city treasurer of the city for a period of fifteen (15) years and who shall retire from office or be succeeded by another city treasurer shall, upon reaching sixty (60) years of age, receive for the remainder of his or her life the retirement pay provided for in this section.  (b)  (1) Any city treasurer who shall retire or be succeeded by another city treasurer within the provisions of this section shall be paid monthly a sum equal to one-half (½) of the monthly salary received by him or her during the last preceding year of his or her service.  (2) Upon approval by the governing body of the city, the retirement pay shall be paid by the city from its general fund account.
AR Code § 24-12-126 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 12 - Local Officers And Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 24-12-126. Participation in Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System by certain city or utility managers

 (a) The city or utility manager of any municipality in this state having a city manager form of government and a population of fewer than fifty thousand (50,000) inhabitants, according to the most recent federal decennial census, at his or her option may be included in or excluded from membership in the Municipal Division of the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System.  (b) If any such city or utility manager shall elect not to be covered by the Municipal Division, a statement in writing to that effect shall be filed with the city manager board of the city, and a copy thereof shall be furnished to the Director of the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System.
AR Code § 24-12-127 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 12 - Local Officers And Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 24-12-127. Recorder-treasurers and city treasurers of the second class

 (a)  (1) Any recorder-treasurers and city treasurers in a city of the second class who shall have served as recorder-treasurer and city treasurer for a period of not less than ten (10) years, upon reaching the age of sixty (60), or who shall serve twenty (20) years without regard to age, may, upon a vote of approval by the governing body of the city, retire from office for the remainder of his or her life at the retirement pay provided for in this section.  (2) On January 1 of each year, if a retiree under this section has been retired for at least twelve (12) full months, up to a three percent (3%) cost-of-living increase will be added.  (3) Subdivision (a)(2) of this section applies only if approved by the governing body of the city.    (b)  (1) Any recorder-treasurer or city treasurer or any person serving as recorder-treasurer or city treasurer who shall retire or be succeeded by another recorder-treasurer or city treasurer within the provisions of this section shall be paid monthly a sum equal to one-half (½) of the monthly salary received by him or her during the last preceding year of his or her service.  (2) The retirement pay shall be paid by the city from its general fund account.    (c)  (1) Upon the death of any recorder-treasurer or treasurer who retired under the provisions of subsection (a) of this section or any other state statute or any recorder-treasurer or treasurer who dies in office after becoming eligible to retire under subsection (a) of this section or any other state statute, the legally recognized spouse of the recorder-treasurer or treasurer married to the recorder-treasurer or treasurer for ten (10) years or longer may receive, at the option of the governing body of the city, one-half (½) of the retirement benefit the retired recorder-treasurer or treasurer was receiving or one-half (½) of the retirement benefit the recorder-treasurer or treasurer who died in office was entitled to receive.  (2) Upon remarriage of the spouse, the benefits shall cease.
AR Code § 24-12-128 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 12 - Local Officers And Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 24-12-128. County officials and employees

 When any county official or county employee retires and either is age fifty-five (55) or older and vested in the County Division of the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System or has thirty (30) or more years of actual service or thirty-five (35) years of credited service in the County Division regardless of age, the official or employee may continue to participate in the county healthcare plan as long as the official or employee pays both employer and employee contributions to the healthcare plan.
AR Code § 24-12-129 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 12 - Local Officers And Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 24-12-129. Municipal officials and employees

 When any municipal official or municipal employee age fifty-five (55) or over who has completed twenty (20) years of service to the municipality and who is vested in the retirement system retires, the official or employee may continue to participate in the municipality's healthcare plan, receiving the same medical benefits and paying the same premium as active employees as long as the retired official or employee pays both employer and employee contributions to the healthcare plan.
AR Code § 24-12-130 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 12 - Local Officers And Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 24-12-130. Limitation on benefits provided by Acts 1997, No. 1098

 Nothing contained in § 24-12-129 should be interpreted to prevent a municipality from providing benefits contained in § 24-12-129 to retirees who are less than age fifty-five (55) or who have completed fewer than twenty (20) years of municipal service. Further, any person who qualified and participated in a municipal health care plan under § 24-12-129 shall continue to be eligible to participate in the health care plan after August 1, 1997.
AR Code § 24-12-131 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 12 - Local Officers And Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 24-12-131. Monthly benefit increase

 Any former mayor of a municipality having a population of not fewer than twenty-one thousand eight hundred (21,800) nor more than twenty-two thousand eight hundred (22,800) according to the 1990 Federal Decennial Census who is receiving a monthly retirement annuity of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) from a municipality shall receive an increase to three hundred dollars ($300) per month effective July 1, 1999. Thereafter, the municipality shall redetermine the amount of the monthly benefit each January 1. The redetermined amount shall be payable for the following twelve (12) calendar months. The redetermined amount shall be the amount of the benefit payable as of the immediately preceding December 1 increased by three percent (3%).
AR Code § 24-12-132 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 12 - Local Officers And Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 24-12-132. Health benefits for retired municipal employees and officials

 (a) A retired employee or official may participate in the healthcare plan of the municipality from which he or she retired if he or she:  (1) Is receiving a retirement benefit from the Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System, Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System, or a local pension fund;  (2) Pays both the employer and the employee contribution to the healthcare plan;  (3) Is not covered at any time during retirement by another healthcare plan; and  (4) Notifies his or her employer within thirty (30) days after the official date of retirement of his or her intent to participate in the healthcare plan of the municipality.    (b) A retired employee or official who participates in a municipality's healthcare plan under subsection (a) of this section may include his or her dependents in the retiree's healthcare plan if the retired employee or official pays both the employer and employee contribution to the healthcare plan for his or her dependents.  (c) Each municipality may choose to pay any portion of the employer and employee contributions to the municipality's healthcare plan so long as each retired official and each retired employee of the municipality from which he or she retired is treated equally with regard to the dollar amounts that are paid by the municipality toward healthcare coverage of each retiree.  (d) The retired municipal official or retired municipal employee shall pay the amount of the healthcare premium that is not paid by the employer.  (e) Each municipality shall by policy or ordinance establish the criteria for eligibility as a retiree under this section.
AR Code § 24-12-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 12 - Local Officers And Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Subchapter 2 - Investment Advisor to Invest Plan Assets|§ 24-12-201. Definitions — Power to invest

 (a) For purposes of this subchapter, “city” means a city of the first class, a city of the second class, and an unincorporated town.  (b) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, a board of trustees of a city nonuniformed employees' pension plan with assets in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) shall have full power to:  (1) Invest and reinvest the moneys of the plan; and  (2) Hold, purchase, sell, assign, transfer, or dispose of any of the investments so made and the proceeds of the investments and moneys.    (c) The investments and reinvestments shall only be made in accordance with the prudent investor rule set forth in §§ 24-2-610 — 24-2-619.
AR Code § 24-12-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 12 - Local Officers And Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Subchapter 2 - Investment Advisor to Invest Plan Assets|§ 24-12-202. Authority to employ investment advisor — Investment policy

 (a) A board of trustees of a city nonuniformed employees' pension plan with assets in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) may employ an investment advisor as its agent to make investment recommendations and to invest the assets pursuant to a written board investment policy, provided that the governing body of the city declares such services professional services under § 19-11-806 [repealed], and subject to the terms, conditions, limitations, and restrictions imposed by law upon investments of state retirement systems as set forth in §§ 24-2-610 — 24-2-619.  (b) The investment policy shall not limit the investments to interest-bearing bonds.
AR Code § 24-12-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 12 - Local Officers And Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Subchapter 2 - Investment Advisor to Invest Plan Assets|§ 24-12-203. Immunity — Jurisdiction

 (a) Trustees who comply with the requirements of § 24-2-618(a) are not liable to the beneficiaries or to the trust for the decisions or actions of the agent to whom the function was delegated.  (b) By accepting the delegation of a trust function from the trustees of a trust that is subject to the law of this state, an agent submits to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state.
AR Code § 24-12-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 12 - Local Officers And Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Subchapter 2 - Investment Advisor to Invest Plan Assets|§ 24-12-204. Construction of subchapter

 This act is cumulative to §§ 24-12-101 — 24-12-118 and shall not repeal those sections.