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AR Code § 24-6-208 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 6 - State Police Retirement|Subchapter 2 - State Police Retirement System|§ 24-6-208. Members' contributions

 (a)  (1)  (A) The contributions of a contributory member to the State Police Retirement System covered by the contributory provisions shall be nine and one-fourth percent (9.25%) of the member's salary.  (B) However, no member may be required to pay more than nine and one-fourth percent (9.25%) of the salary of the highest permanent rank in the Department of Arkansas State Police.    (2) The officers responsible for making up the payroll shall cause the contributions provided for in this section to be deducted from the salaries of each member on each and every payroll, for each and every payroll period, from the date of his or her entrance into the system to the date his or her membership terminates.  (3) When deducted, each of the amounts shall be paid into the State Police Retirement Fund and shall be credited to each member's individual account in the members' deposit account.  (4) The contributions provided for in this section shall be made notwithstanding that the minimum salary provided by law for any member shall be thereby changed.  (5) Each member shall be deemed to consent and agree to the deductions made and provided for in this section.  (6) Payment of his or her salary less the deductions shall be a full and complete discharge and acquittance of all claims and demands whatsoever for services rendered to the department by the member, except as to benefits provided by this subchapter.    (b) It is expressly guaranteed that all members' contributions shall be held in trust for the exclusive benefit of the individual members and that no part of the funds shall be used for any other purpose.
AR Code § 24-6-209 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 6 - State Police Retirement|Subchapter 2 - State Police Retirement System|§ 24-6-209. Employer's contribution

 (a) The Division of Arkansas State Police, as employer, shall make contributions to the State Police Retirement System of twenty-two percent (22%) of active member payroll.  (b)  (1) At the request of the Executive Secretary of the State Police Retirement System, the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall make annual transfers on each June 30 to the system from the remainder of insurance premium taxes enumerated in § 19-6-301(27) before those taxes are transferred to general revenues enumerated in § 19-6-201(19) the amounts of money necessary to amortize the unfunded liabilities over a period not to exceed thirty (30) years.  (2) These transfers are intended to cover the unfunded accrued actuarial liabilities of the system and shall not be used for the purpose of providing any benefit enhancements for the system.  (3) Members of the system shall not be entitled to any benefit enhancements from these transfers unless funds from sources other than insurance premium taxes are found to provide for the retirement benefit enhancements.  (4) The amount of the transfer shall be determined by computing the dollar amount required based on the actuarially determined employer rate in the most recent annual actuarial valuation and subtracting from that amount the statutory contribution amount specified in subsection (a) of this section and the driver's license reinstatement fees provided by § 27-16-808.  (5) These transfers shall be limited in use solely for the purpose of paying the unfunded accrued actuarial liabilities.  (6) If the transfers under this section exceed eight hundred thousand dollars ($800,000) per fiscal year, the executive secretary shall notify the Joint Interim Committee on Public Retirement and Social Security Programs, which shall then review the use of the funds and the benefit provisions of the system and the actuarial reports on the system to ensure compliance with the intended purpose of the funds.
AR Code § 24-6-211 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 6 - State Police Retirement|Subchapter 2 - State Police Retirement System|§ 24-6-211. Eligibility for benefits — Mandatory retirement

 (a) A member shall be separated from Department of Arkansas State Police employment the first day of the calendar month next following the month in which he or she attains age sixty-five (65).  (b) If, upon his or her separation from department employment, the member has five (5) or more years of actual service, he or she shall receive a pension provided for in § 24-6-214.
AR Code § 24-6-212 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 6 - State Police Retirement|Subchapter 2 - State Police Retirement System|§ 24-6-212. Eligibility for benefits — Voluntary retirement for contributory members

 (a)  (1) Any contributory member who has acquired twenty (20) or more years of credited service or any contributory member who has attained age fifty (50) and has acquired five (5) or more years of actual service may voluntarily retire upon written application filed with the Board of Trustees of the State Police Retirement System.  (2) This application shall set forth at what time, not less than thirty (30) days nor more than ninety (90) days subsequent to the execution and filing thereof, he or she desires to be retired.    (b) Upon his or her retirement, he or she shall receive a pension provided for in § 24-6-214.
AR Code § 24-6-214 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 6 - State Police Retirement|Subchapter 2 - State Police Retirement System|§ 24-6-214. Benefits generally — Contributory member

 (a) Upon his or her retirement as provided in this subchapter, a member shall receive a straight life pension equal to the following sum: Two and nine hundred forty-nine thousandths percent (2.949%) of his or her final average compensation multiplied by the number of years, and any fraction of a year, of his or her credited service not to exceed twenty (20) years, plus the sum of two and three hundred fifty-nine thousandths percent (2.359%) of his or her final average compensation multiplied by the number of years, and any fraction of a year, of his or her credited service in excess of twenty (20) years but not in excess of twenty-five (25) years, plus one and eighteen-hundredths percent (1.18%) of his or her final average compensation multiplied by the number of years, and any fraction of a year, of his or her credited service in excess of twenty-five (25) years but not in excess of thirty (30) years.  (b)  (1) In the event a member who has acquired twenty (20) years or more of credited service retires prior to attainment of age fifty (50), as provided in this subchapter, his or her pension, as provided for in subsection (a) of this section, shall be reduced one-half percent (0.5%) multiplied by the number of completed months in the period from the date he or she requests his or her pension to begin to the date he or she would have attained age fifty (50).  (2) In the event a member with five (5) years or more of credited service in the State Police Retirement System ceases to be employed as a state police officer prior to reaching fifty (50) years of age and does not withdraw his or her accumulated employee contributions to the system, the member shall be entitled to receive a pension upon reaching fifty (50) years of age, computed in the same manner as the pension of other retirants under the system.  (3) Any member may elect to withdraw his or her accumulated contributions to the system at the time of terminating employment as a state police officer and to waive any pension rights the member may have earned in the system.
AR Code § 24-6-215 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 6 - State Police Retirement|Subchapter 2 - State Police Retirement System|§ 24-6-215. Benefits — Death of retirant

 (a) In the event a retirant who is in receipt of a straight life pension dies before he or she has received in straight life pension payments an aggregate amount equal to his or her accumulated contributions standing to his or her credit in the members' deposit account at the time of his or her retirement, then the difference between his or her accumulated contributions and the aggregate amount of straight life pension payments received by him shall be paid to such persons as he or she shall have nominated by written designation duly executed and filed with the Board of Trustees of the State Police Retirement System.  (b) If there is no designated person surviving the retirant, the difference, if any, shall be paid in accordance with the laws of descent and distribution of the State of Arkansas.  (c) The payments may be made directly to a curator, guardian, administrator, or executor authorized to receive such payments, wherever the representative may be, with or without the appointment of a representative in this state.  (d) In no case shall any benefits be paid under this section on account of the death of a retirant if any pensions become payable from funds of the State Police Retirement System on account of his or her death.
AR Code § 24-6-218 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 6 - State Police Retirement|Subchapter 2 - State Police Retirement System|§ 24-6-218. Benefits — Survivors' benefits upon death of officer killed in line of duty while not member of system — Definition

 (a)  (1) In the event any uniformed employee of the Division of Arkansas State Police is killed while in the performance of his or her duties, yet the surviving spouse and surviving children of the uniformed employee of the division are deprived of receiving benefits as prescribed in § 24-6-217 because the uniformed employee was not a member of the system at the time of his or her death, or had not completed any probationary period of service required by rules of the Arkansas State Police Commission, or had not obtained sufficient service for benefits, the surviving spouse may make application to the Board of Trustees of the State Police Retirement System.  (2) Upon establishing proof of the facts set forth in this subsection, the surviving spouse and surviving children shall be eligible for and receive survivors' benefits for himself or herself and the unmarried children of the deceased uniformed employee who was killed in the line of duty, which children are under eighteen (18) years of age or twenty-two (22) years of age while enrolled in an institution of higher education, as provided in § 24-6-217.    (b) Upon the reaching of eighteen (18) years of age by the unmarried children or the failure to enroll in an institution of higher education if the child is under age twenty-two (22), the surviving spouse shall continue to receive benefits as provided by law, but upon his or her remarriage or death, the benefits shall terminate.  (c) It is the specific intent of this section that surviving spouses as described in this section be eligible for survivors' benefits for themselves and any unmarried children under eighteen (18) years of age of the deceased uniformed employee of the division who was killed in the line of duty, or any children under age twenty-two (22) while enrolled in an institution of higher education, irrespective of whether the employee was a member of, or was eligible for benefits under, the State Police Retirement System at the time of his or her death.  (d) Upon certification of these facts by the board, the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall direct the Treasurer of State to transfer from the Division of Arkansas State Police Fund, annually, to the State Police Retirement Fund an amount equal to the funds expended from the State Police Retirement Fund for the payment of survivors' benefits as authorized in this section in order to reimburse the State Police Retirement Fund therefor.  (e)  (1) For purposes of this section, “an institution of higher education” means any public university, college, community college, and any nonpublicly supported not-for-profit college or university.  (2) The board is hereby authorized to establish through rules a means of verification of enrollment in an institution of higher education by a surviving child under this section for purposes of continuation of pension benefits.
AR Code § 24-6-219 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 6 - State Police Retirement|Subchapter 2 - State Police Retirement System|§ 24-6-219. Benefits — Redetermination of benefits

 (a) Each July 1 the State Police Retirement System shall redetermine the amount of each monthly benefit which has been payable by the system for at least twelve (12) full calendar months. The redetermined amount shall be payable for the following twelve (12) calendar months.  (b) The redetermined amount shall be the amount of the benefit payable as of the immediately preceding July 1 increased by three percent (3%).
AR Code § 24-6-220 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 6 - State Police Retirement|Subchapter 2 - State Police Retirement System|§ 24-6-220. Benefits — Increased benefits generally

 (a) Each person receiving retirement benefits from the State Police Retirement System on July 1, 1983, shall, beginning July 1, 1983, receive an increase in monthly benefits of five percent (5%).  (b) Beginning on July 1, 1984, all persons who were receiving benefits under the system on July 1, 1983, shall receive an additional increase in monthly benefits of five percent (5%).
AR Code § 24-6-221 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 6 - State Police Retirement|Subchapter 2 - State Police Retirement System|§ 24-6-221. Benefits — Increased benefits for persons retiring by June 1, 1982, or by July 1, 1982

 (a)  (1) Effective July 1, 1987, the monthly retirement benefit payable to the retirees and beneficiaries of the State Police Retirement System who retired prior to July 1, 1982, shall be increased as follows:  (2) It is the specific intent of this subsection that those retirants or beneficiaries who retired before July 1, 1975, shall receive a maximum increase of eighteen percent (18%).  (3) The increase in benefits provided in subdivision (a)(1) of this section shall be added to the monthly benefit after the annual post-retirement increase based on the consumer price index has been applied, and the increase provided in subdivision (a)(1) of this section shall be added to the base annuity of the member or beneficiary.    (b)  (1) On July 1, 1985, the monthly retirement benefit payable to retirants and beneficiaries of retirants of the system who retired June 1, 1982, or before shall be increased as follows:  (A) Those retirants and beneficiaries who retired June 1, 1982, or before, shall receive one percent (1%) of the benefit amount payable June 1, 1982, for each full year from the date of retirement through June 1, 1983, with a maximum increase payable of ten percent (10%) of the June 1, 1982, retirement benefit.  (B) The following schedule shall be used to determine the percent of increase due:    (2) It is the specific intent of this subsection that those retirants or beneficiaries who retired before June 1, 1973, shall receive a maximum increase of ten percent (10%).  (3) The increase in benefits provided in subdivision (b)(1) of this section shall be added to the monthly benefit after the annual postretirement increase based on the consumer price index has been applied, and the increase provided in subdivision (b)(1) of this section shall be added to the base annuity of the member or beneficiary.      Date of Retirement Percent of Increase 7-1-82 and after 0% 7-1-80 through 6-30-82 6% 7-1-75 through 6-30-80 12% Before 7-1-75 18%   Click to view table.   Date of Retirement Percent of Increase 7-1-82 and after 0% 7-1-81 through 6-1-82 1% 7-1-80 through 6-1-81 2% 7-1-79 through 6-1-80 3% 7-1-78 through 6-1-79 4% 7-1-77 through 6-1-78 5% 7-1-76 through 6-1-77 6% 7-1-75 through 6-1-76 7% 7-1-74 through 6-1-75 8% 7-1-73 through 6-1-74 9% 7-1-72 through 6-1-73 10% Before 7-1-72 10%   Click to view table.
AR Code § 24-6-222 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 6 - State Police Retirement|Subchapter 2 - State Police Retirement System|§ 24-6-222. Refund of contributions

 (a)  (1) In the event a member leaves the employ of the Division of Arkansas State Police prior to the date he or she becomes entitled to retire with a pension payable from funds of the State Police Retirement System, he or she shall be paid, upon his or her written application filed with the Board of Trustees of the State Police Retirement System, the accumulated contributions standing to his or her credit in the members' deposit account if his or her separation from the employ of the division occurs after five (5) years from the date he or she last became a member of the system.  (2) If his or her separation from the employ of the division occurs within a period of five (5) years from and after the date he or she last became a member of the system, he or she shall be paid, upon his or her written application filed with the board, his or her accumulated contributions standing to his or her credit in the members' deposit account less the total interest credited to his or her individual account therein.    (b)  (1) In the event a member who has twenty (20) years or more of credited service leaves the employ of the division for any reason except his or her retirement as provided in this subchapter, or his or her death, he or she may, if he or she so chooses, remain a member for the exclusive purpose only of receiving his or her pension as provided in § 24-6-214.  (2) The pension shall come the first day of the calendar month next following the month in which his or her application therefor is filed with the board or after the attainment of age fifty (50).    (c)  (1) In the event a member dies and does not leave a beneficiary entitled to a pension payable from funds of the system, his or her accumulated contributions standing to his or her credit in the members' deposit account at the time of his or her death shall be paid to such person or persons as he or she shall have nominated by written designation duly executed and filed with the board.  (2) If there is no designated person surviving the member, his or her accumulated contributions shall be paid in accordance with the laws of descent and distribution of the State of Arkansas.  (3) The payments may be made directly to a curator, guardian, administrator, or executor authorized to receive such payments, wherever the representative may be, with or without the appointment of a representative in this state.    (d) Refunds of a member's contributions or accumulated contributions, as the case may be, may be made in equal installments according to such rules as the board may adopt from time to time.
AR Code § 24-6-223 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 6 - State Police Retirement|Subchapter 2 - State Police Retirement System|§ 24-6-223. Interest in fund not transferable or subject to legal process

 (a) No person entitled to any interest or share in any pension, any return of contributions or accumulated contributions, or any other benefit payable or to be made payable from funds of the system shall have the right to anticipate such entitlement or to sell, assign, pledge, mortgage, or otherwise dispose of or encumber such entitlement, nor shall any interest or share in any pension, any return of contributions or accumulated contributions, or any other benefit payable or to be made payable from funds of the system be liable for the debts or liabilities of the person or persons entitled thereto, or be subject to attachment, garnishment, execution, levy, sale, or judicial proceedings, or be transferable by any means, voluntarily or involuntarily, except as expressly provided for in this subchapter.  (b) Should a member be covered by a group insurance or prepayment plan participated in by the Department of Arkansas State Police and should he or she be permitted to, and elect to, continue the coverage as a retirant, nothing contained in this section shall prevent the board, upon the member's written request, from deducting from his or her pension the payments required of him or her to continue coverage under the group insurance or prepayment plan.  (c) The State of Arkansas shall have the right of setoff for any claim arising from embezzlement by, or fraud of, a member, retirant, or beneficiary.
AR Code § 24-6-224 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 6 - State Police Retirement|Subchapter 2 - State Police Retirement System|§ 24-6-224. Increase in benefits

 (a) On July 1, 1991, the monthly retirement benefit payable to retirants and beneficiaries of the State Police Retirement System who retired June 1, 1991, or before, shall be increased by four percent (4%) of the benefit payable on June 1, 1991.  (b) The increase in benefits provided in subsection (a) of this section shall be added to the monthly benefit after the annual postretirement increase based on the consumer price index has been applied, and the increase in subsection (a) of this section shall be added to the base annuity of the retirant or beneficiary.
AR Code § 24-6-225 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions|Chapter 6 - State Police Retirement|Subchapter 2 - State Police Retirement System|§ 24-6-225. Applicability of benefit provisions

 (a)  (1) The noncontributory benefit provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to each person who has never been a member of the State Police Retirement System before January 1, 1978, and who is employed before April 3, 1997, in a position covered by the system and who thereby becomes a member.  (2)  (A)  (i) Each other person who was a member before January 1, 1978, but who was not actively employed in a position covered by the system on January 1, 1978, shall become covered by the noncontributory benefit provisions of this chapter at the time the person first becomes so employed after January 1, 1978, unless he or she elects to become covered by the provisions of the system which require member contributions. The election must be in writing and received by the governing body of the system before the later of January 1, 1986, and six (6) months after he or she first becomes so employed after January 1, 1978.  (ii) If the member so elects benefits requiring member contributions, he or she shall pay the member contributions from the date of the employment, together with regular interest, from the dates the contributions would normally have been received by the system to the dates of actual payment.    (B)  (i) The benefits of each member's becoming covered by the noncontributory benefit provisions of this chapter shall be computed by applying the benefit provisions prescribed by this subchapter for all credited service of the person rendered before and after January 1, 1978.  (ii) Benefit amounts based upon employment before January 1, 1978, shall not be less than benefit amounts computed in accordance with the system benefit provisions at the time of retirement which require member contributions.