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Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 24 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-12-204) › Chapter 7 - RETIREMENT OF EMPLOYEES OF SCHOOLS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (§§ 24-7-101 — 24-7-1607) › Subchapter 13 - TEACHER DEFERRED RETIREMENT OPTION PLAN (§§ 24-7-1301 — 24-7-1316) › Section 24-7-1313 - Limitation on benefit enhancement - Acts 1997, No. 953

(a)
A benefit enhancement provided for by §
24-7-1306
shall not be implemented if it would cause the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System's unfunded actuarial accrued liabilities to exceed an eighteen-year amortization.
(b)
A benefit enhancement provided for by §
24-7-1306
shall not be implemented by the system until the unfunded actuarial accrued liability is reduced to a level less than an eighteen-year amortization.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 427,§ 21, eff. 7/1/2019.
Acts 1997, No. 953.Acts 1997, No. 953, § 2.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 24 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-12-204) › Chapter 7 - RETIREMENT OF EMPLOYEES OF SCHOOLS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (§§ 24-7-101 — 24-7-1607) › Subchapter 13 - TEACHER DEFERRED RETIREMENT OPTION PLAN (§§ 24-7-1301 — 24-7-1316) › Section 24-7-1314 - [Repealed]

Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 2892, eff. 7/24/2019.
Repealed by Act 2019, No. 296,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2019.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 750,§ 2, eff. 3/30/2017.
Acts 1999, No. 1590, § 1; 2005, No. 188, § 4.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 24 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-12-204) › Chapter 7 - RETIREMENT OF EMPLOYEES OF SCHOOLS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (§§ 24-7-101 — 24-7-1607) › Subchapter 13 - TEACHER DEFERRED RETIREMENT OPTION PLAN (§§ 24-7-1301 — 24-7-1316) › Section 24-7-1315 - Duty of board of trustees

The Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System shall present to the Joint Committee on Public Retirement and Social Security Programs information concerning the statutory authority and actuarial appropriateness of proposed board actions to establish or revise a multiplier, any benefit, or a provision of a deferred retirement option plan.
Acts 1999, No. 1590, § 2.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 24 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-12-204) › Chapter 7 - RETIREMENT OF EMPLOYEES OF SCHOOLS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (§§ 24-7-101 — 24-7-1607) › Subchapter 13 - TEACHER DEFERRED RETIREMENT OPTION PLAN (§§ 24-7-1301 — 24-7-1316) › Section 24-7-1316 - Funding objectives of Teacher Deferred Retirement Option Plan - Cost neutrality

As part of its obligation to ensure that the Teacher Deferred Retirement Option Plan is cost neutral to the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System, the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System is authorized to make further adjustments to the plan to make it cost neutral to the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System.
Acts 2007, No. 298, § 7.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 24 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-12-204) › Chapter 7 - RETIREMENT OF EMPLOYEES OF SCHOOLS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (§§ 24-7-101 — 24-7-1607) › Subchapter 15 - RETIREES' AD HOC INCREASE ACT (§§ 24-7-1501 — 24-7-1504) › Section 24-7-1501 - Title

This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Retirees' Ad Hoc Increase Act".
Subchapter heading and section amended by Act 2023, No. 107,§ 60, eff. 7/1/2023.
Acts 2009, No. 1315, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 24 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-12-204) › Chapter 7 - RETIREMENT OF EMPLOYEES OF SCHOOLS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (§§ 24-7-101 — 24-7-1607) › Subchapter 15 - RETIREES' AD HOC INCREASE ACT (§§ 24-7-1501 — 24-7-1504) › Section 24-7-1502 - Benefit generally

(a)
(1)
The annual benefit payable to eligible retirees, survivors, and beneficiaries of retirees of the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System shall be subject to a one-time ad hoc increase based on the retiree's years of credited service that is grouped within descending decades as calculated by subtracting the total years of credited service from the date of retirement.
(2)
A break in credited service is not considered under this subchapter.
(3)
Teacher Deferred Retirement Option Plan participants shall have the total years of credited service subtracted from the date of entry into the plan.
(b)
(1)
One-half (½) of the annual dollar increase per year of credited service shall be calculated and provided to all retirees, survivors, and beneficiaries of retirees that are eligible to receive this increase.
(2)
One-half (½) of the annual dollar increase per year of credited service shall be calculated then prorated based on the amount of contributory service credit to total service on the retiree's:
(A)
Retirement date; or
(B)
Plan entry date.
(3)
The amounts under this subsection shall be calculated and provided to all retirees, survivors, and beneficiaries of retirees.
(c)
The ad hoc benefit is payable to the retirees, survivors, and beneficiaries of retirees of the system beginning on a July 1 that is at least twelve (12) full months after the effective date of a monthly benefit.
(d)
The ad hoc benefit for a retiree, survivor, and beneficiary of a retiree shall not increase the retiree's current benefit by more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the annuity benefit payable as of the prior June 30.
Amended by Act 2023, No. 107,§ 60, eff. 7/1/2023.
Acts 2009, No. 1315, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 24 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-12-204) › Chapter 7 - RETIREMENT OF EMPLOYEES OF SCHOOLS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (§§ 24-7-101 — 24-7-1607) › Subchapter 15 - RETIREES' AD HOC INCREASE ACT (§§ 24-7-1501 — 24-7-1504) › Section 24-7-1503 - Ad hoc benefit formula

The schedule of decade dollar amounts per year of credited service is:
Formula Decades in Which Credited Service Was Accrued Service
Annual $ Increase Per Year of Credited Service
2000 - and later
$5
1990-1999
$10
1980-1989
$20
1970-1979
$30
1960-1969
$40
1950-1959
$50
1940-1949
$60
1930-1939
$70
1920-1929
$80
1910-1919
$90
Amended by Act 2023, No. 107,§ 60, eff. 7/1/2023.
Acts 2009, No. 1315, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 24 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-12-204) › Chapter 7 - RETIREMENT OF EMPLOYEES OF SCHOOLS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (§§ 24-7-101 — 24-7-1607) › Subchapter 15 - RETIREES' AD HOC INCREASE ACT (§§ 24-7-1501 — 24-7-1504) › Section 24-7-1504 - Promulgation of rules - Duty of board

(a)
The Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System shall promulgate rules for the ad hoc benefit under this subchapter.
(b)
An ad hoc benefit under this subchapter shall not be implemented if the ad hoc benefit would cause the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System's unfunded actuarial accrued liabilities to exceed an eighteen-year amortization.
(c)
The board shall only authorize an ad hoc benefit that is actuarially appropriate for the system.
(d)
Before an increase of retirement benefit through an ad hoc benefit is authorized, the board shall file relevant information with the Joint Interim Committee on Public Retirement and Social Security Programs regarding the actuarial appropriateness of the increase.
(e)
The board may reduce the decade increase formula under §
24-7-1503
proportionately on a one-to-one (1:1) formula basis for each decade when the reduction is actuarially feasible to implement.
(f)
The ad hoc benefit increase is a one-time adjustment and shall also be used to increase the base amount of a retiree's benefits when calculating any future additional benefit increases.
Amended by Act 2023, No. 107,§ 60, eff. 7/1/2023.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 427,§ 22, eff. 7/1/2019.
Acts 2009, No. 1315, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 24 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-12-204) › Chapter 7 - RETIREMENT OF EMPLOYEES OF SCHOOLS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (§§ 24-7-101 — 24-7-1607) › Subchapter 16 - ARKANSAS TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM - OPTIONAL PARTICIPATION BY EMPLOYEES OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION (§§ 24-7-1601 — 24-7-1607) › Section 24-7-1602 - Definitions

As used in this subchapter:
(1)
"Benefits-eligible" means a class of employees, determined at the discretion of a post-secondary or higher education employer, eligible to participate in the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System, an alternate retirement plan, or the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System;
(2)
"Nonmandatory employer" means any public employer that was authorized to enroll new employees into the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System or alternate retirement plan before July 1, 2011;
(3)
"PSHE employer" means a post-secondary or higher education employer:
(A)
With employees that may be hired without becoming mandatory members of the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System; and
(B)
That offers the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System as a retirement plan on or after July 1, 2011; and
(4)
"PSHE plan" means the plan establishing the right of a new employee of a PSHE employer to participate in the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System on or after July 1, 2011.
Amended by Act 2021, No. 427,§ 5, eff. 3/23/2021.
Acts 2011, No. 513, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 24 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-12-204) › Chapter 7 - RETIREMENT OF EMPLOYEES OF SCHOOLS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (§§ 24-7-101 — 24-7-1607) › Subchapter 16 - ARKANSAS TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM - OPTIONAL PARTICIPATION BY EMPLOYEES OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION (§§ 24-7-1601 — 24-7-1607) › Section 24-7-1603 - Provisions of subchapter controlling

(a)
(1)
This subchapter controls any inconsistent provision of any other law regarding the enrollment and coverage of an employee of a PSHE employer in either the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System retirement plan or an alternate retirement plan that is offered by a PSHE employer.
(2)
This subchapter is enacted to supersede and specifically control any inconsistent provisions under §
24-7-801
et seq., §
24-7-901
et seq., and §
24-7-1001
et seq.
(b)
The Arkansas Teacher Retirement System retirement plan is administered under the provisions of the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System Act.
Amended by Act 2021, No. 427,§ 6, eff. 3/23/2021.
Acts 2011, No. 513, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 24 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-12-204) › Chapter 7 - RETIREMENT OF EMPLOYEES OF SCHOOLS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (§§ 24-7-101 — 24-7-1607) › Subchapter 16 - ARKANSAS TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM - OPTIONAL PARTICIPATION BY EMPLOYEES OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION (§§ 24-7-1601 — 24-7-1607) › Section 24-7-1604 - Coverage for employees enrolled in Arkansas Teacher Retirement System before July 1, 2011

(a)
Beginning July 1, 2011, all current employees of a nonmandatory employer that are current members of the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System may continue membership and continue to accrue service credit in the system without any change in participation in the system if:
(1)
The employee is:
(A)
Part-time and the employee continues to provide services in each fiscal year at approximately the same level of service; or
(B)
Full-time and the employee continues to provide services in each fiscal year;
(2)
The nonmandatory employer chooses to continue reporting service to the system for the employee;
(3)
The nonmandatory employer determines that the employee will contribute at least part-time services in subsequent months of the fiscal year if services are not rendered throughout the fiscal year;
(4)
The nonmandatory employer remits contributions to the system on behalf of the employee during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011, and each fiscal year thereafter; and
(5)
The employee's service with the nonmandatory employer is not terminated.
(b)
The nonmandatory employer shall remit employer contributions under §
24-7-401
et seq. for an employee under this section and shall be subject to the rights and obligations of an employer under the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System Act for the employees of the nonmandatory employer participating in the system.
(c)
The employee under this section shall remit employee contributions under §
24-7-406
et seq. and shall be subject to the rights and obligations of an employee under the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System Act.
(d)
The nonmandatory employer shall provide information in a format requested by the system to allow the system to monitor and track all employees who participate in the system.
Amended by Act 2021, No. 279,§ 36, eff. 7/1/2021.
Acts 2011, No. 513, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 24 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-12-204) › Chapter 7 - RETIREMENT OF EMPLOYEES OF SCHOOLS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (§§ 24-7-101 — 24-7-1607) › Subchapter 16 - ARKANSAS TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM - OPTIONAL PARTICIPATION BY EMPLOYEES OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION (§§ 24-7-1601 — 24-7-1607) › Section 24-7-1606 - Concurrent participation and certain salary credit prohibited

(a)
A benefits-eligible employee shall not participate in an alternate retirement plan and continue to accrue service credit with the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System.
(b)
If a benefits-eligible employee is first employed by a nonmandatory employer or PSHE employer after July 1, 2011, and is concurrently employed by another retirement system employer, all separate days of service shall count for service credit, but only the highest salary of the concurrent retirement system employer shall count to determine final average salary.
Acts 2011, No. 513, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 24 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-12-204) › Chapter 7 - RETIREMENT OF EMPLOYEES OF SCHOOLS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (§§ 24-7-101 — 24-7-1607) › Subchapter 16 - ARKANSAS TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM - OPTIONAL PARTICIPATION BY EMPLOYEES OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION (§§ 24-7-1601 — 24-7-1607) › Section 24-7-1607 - Duties and responsibilities of board

The Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System may promulgate rules necessary to carry out this subchapter.
Acts 2011, No. 513, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 24 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-12-204) › Chapter 8 - RETIREMENT OF JUDGES AND COURT EMPLOYEES (§§ 24-8-101 — 24-8-904) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§ 24-8-101) › Section 24-8-101 - Previously retired justice

(a)
Any judge or justice under seventy (70) years of age who is receiving retirement benefits under §
24-8-201
et seq. or §
24-8-701
et seq., who is elected or appointed to any judicial office in this state, and who foregoes receipt of retirement benefits while serving in the judicial office shall be entitled to resume receiving his or her previous retirement benefits upon termination of the subsequent service.
(b)
If at the time of the initial retirement the judge or justice was entitled to the benefits of the escalator clause provided in §
24-8-218(c)(1)
or postretirement benefits provided in §
24-8-223
or §
24-8-717
, the judge or justice and the judge's or justice's survivors shall again be entitled to the benefits upon the termination of any such subsequent judicial service.
Acts 2001, No. 626, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 24 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-12-204) › Chapter 8 - RETIREMENT OF JUDGES AND COURT EMPLOYEES (§§ 24-8-101 — 24-8-904) › Subchapter 2 - ARKANSAS JUDICIAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM (§§ 24-8-201 — 24-8-229) › Section 24-8-201 - Public policy

It is declared to be the state's public policy that chancery and circuit court judges and justices of the Supreme Court may retire or be retired when that course appears to be in the best interest of the official concerned and for the public welfare. Factors suggesting the desirability of retirement are physical disability, advanced age, or other infirmities calculated to materially impair usefulness. In addition, it is the public policy of the state to provide sufficient retirement and survivors' benefits for the chancery and circuit court judges and justices of the Supreme Court of the state to attract and retain highly capable members of the legal profession for service in the state judiciary.
Acts 1953, No. 365, § 1; 1965, No. 139, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 22-901.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 24 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-12-204) › Chapter 8 - RETIREMENT OF JUDGES AND COURT EMPLOYEES (§§ 24-8-101 — 24-8-904) › Subchapter 2 - ARKANSAS JUDICIAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM (§§ 24-8-201 — 24-8-229) › Section 24-8-202 - Applicability

The provisions of this act shall not be retroactive but shall extend benefits from the time of its passage. It shall also apply to judges now living who retired prior to the passage of this act and to the survivors of those judges.
Acts 1965, No. 139, § 7; A.S.A. 1947, § 22-912.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 24 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-12-204) › Chapter 8 - RETIREMENT OF JUDGES AND COURT EMPLOYEES (§§ 24-8-101 — 24-8-904) › Subchapter 2 - ARKANSAS JUDICIAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM (§§ 24-8-201 — 24-8-229) › Section 24-8-203 - Board of trustees

(a)
The administration and control of the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System shall be vested in a board known as the "Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System".
(b)
(1)
The members of the board shall consist of five (5) persons appointed by the Arkansas Judicial Council.
(2)
The members shall serve at the pleasure of the council.
(3)
One (1) of the members shall be elected by the board to serve as chair.
(c)
The duties of the board shall be:
(1)
To make all rules necessary and proper for carrying out the provisions of this section;
(2)
To provide administrative direction and control of the executive director and staff as may from time to time be required;
(3)
To appoint an actuary, or firm of actuaries, to be a technical advisor to the board on matters regarding the operation of the system on an actuarial basis. The actuary shall perform such duties as are required by him or her under this subdivision (c)(3) and as are from time to time required by the board;
(4)
To appoint professional investment counsel to be the board's investment advisor or money manager;
(5)
To serve without pay but may receive expense reimbursement in accordance with §
25-16-901
et seq.; and
(6)
To do any and all things necessary for the proper execution of this section.
(d)
The board shall meet at least quarterly and at other times as necessary at the call of the chair.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 2893, eff. 7/24/2019.
Acts 1953, No. 365, § 3; 1981, No. 604, § 1; 1985, No. 235, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 22-903; Acts 1995, No. 1282, § 1; 1997, No. 240, § 1; 1997, No. 250, § 232.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 24 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-12-204) › Chapter 8 - RETIREMENT OF JUDGES AND COURT EMPLOYEES (§§ 24-8-101 — 24-8-904) › Subchapter 2 - ARKANSAS JUDICIAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM (§§ 24-8-201 — 24-8-229) › Section 24-8-204 - Administration

(a)
(1)
The Executive Director of the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System and the administrative staff of the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System shall be the executive director and administrative staff of the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System.
(2)
All administrative records of the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System shall be maintained within the administrative offices of the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System.
(b)
(1)
The Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System shall continue to exercise the powers, functions, and duties previously exercised.
(2)
Nothing in this section shall be construed to diminish or otherwise alter the powers, functions, and duties of the board.
(c)
All costs of administering the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System shall be paid from the Judges Retirement Fund, but no payment for such expenses shall be made unless authorized by the board.
Acts 1983, No. 922, §§ 4, 6, 11; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 22-958, 22-959, 22-963.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 24 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-12-204) › Chapter 8 - RETIREMENT OF JUDGES AND COURT EMPLOYEES (§§ 24-8-101 — 24-8-904) › Subchapter 2 - ARKANSAS JUDICIAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM (§§ 24-8-201 — 24-8-229) › Section 24-8-205 - Trust fund

(a)
In addition to the Judges Retirement Fund in the State Treasury, a bank trust fund or funds may be established and maintained in a federally insured depository institution designated by the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System.
(b)
The board shall be the trustee of the funds, subject to the other provisions of this section, and may employ professional investment counsel in either an advisory capacity only or as a money manager with authority to execute transactions.
(c)
The funds of the system shall be invested and reinvested in accordance with the following procedure:
(1)
From time to time, the board shall formulate the policy to be followed in future investment activity;
(2)
If the board employs investment counsel with authority to execute transactions, the counsel or money manager shall have full power to hold, purchase, sell, assign, transfer, or dispose of any of the moneys or investments of the system pursuant to the provisions of this section and in accordance with the current investment policy filed with the board;
(3)
At least semiannually, the investment counsel shall file with the board a written report setting forth, for the period since its last report, all investments purchased and sold, all receipts and disbursements, and any other transactions concerning system moneys;
(4)
At each regular meeting, the board shall examine each written report received from the investment counsel since the last regular meeting;
(5)
Anything in this section to the contrary notwithstanding, from time to time the board may direct a specific investment activity and shall be fully responsible for the direction; and
(6)
Anything in this section to the contrary notwithstanding, investment activity shall be subject to the terms, conditions, limitations, and restrictions imposed by law upon state public employee retirement plans in the making and disposing of their investments.
(d)
A decision on whether to invest, not invest, or withdraw from investment the funds of the system shall not be based on a consideration that the location of the investment, fund, company, or any other type of investment vehicle is in the State of Israel.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 769,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1983, No. 922, § 7; 1985, No. 1008, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 22-960.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 24 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-12-204) › Chapter 8 - RETIREMENT OF JUDGES AND COURT EMPLOYEES (§§ 24-8-101 — 24-8-904) › Subchapter 2 - ARKANSAS JUDICIAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM (§§ 24-8-201 — 24-8-229) › Section 24-8-206 - Annual actuarial valuation

An actuarial valuation shall be made annually to determine how well the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System is meeting the financial objectives applicable to all state-supported retirement systems.
Acts 1983, No. 922, § 9; A.S.A. 1947, § 22-962.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 24 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-12-204) › Chapter 8 - RETIREMENT OF JUDGES AND COURT EMPLOYEES (§§ 24-8-101 — 24-8-904) › Subchapter 2 - ARKANSAS JUDICIAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM (§§ 24-8-201 — 24-8-229) › Section 24-8-207 - Membership generally - Prior service credit

(a)
All chancery judges, circuit judges, judges of the Court of Appeals and justices of the Supreme Court, whether elected or appointed to office, shall participate in the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System.
(b)
Any active member who did not become a member at the time of his or her initial election or appointment may acquire prior service credit by paying into the system all contributions, together with interest, that would have been paid if he or she had been a member of the system from the time he or she took office until he or she became enrolled.
Acts 1953, No. 365, § 5; 1985, No. 232, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 22-905.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 24 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-12-204) › Chapter 8 - RETIREMENT OF JUDGES AND COURT EMPLOYEES (§§ 24-8-101 — 24-8-904) › Subchapter 2 - ARKANSAS JUDICIAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM (§§ 24-8-201 — 24-8-229) › Section 24-8-209 - Contributions - Members - Refund

(a)
(1)
The contribution of each member of the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System shall be six percent (6%) of each member's annual salary.
(2)
A judge or justice who forfeits his or her rights to retirement benefits under §
24-8-215(c)
is not required to continue to pay contributions to the system.
(b)
(1)
In the event a judge or justice ceases to be a member prior to qualifying for retirement benefits, he or she shall be entitled to a refund of all contributions paid by him or her into the system.
(2)
(A)
In the event a judge or justice forfeits his or her rights to retirement benefits under §
24-8-215(c)
, the judge or justice is entitled to receive the principal of the balance of his or her contributions to the system.
(B)
A judge or justice who forfeited his or her rights to retirement benefits under §
24-8-215(c)
is not entitled to any interest accumulated from his or her contributions to the system.
(c)
(1)
For purposes of deferring federal and state income tax and pursuant to the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code,
26 U.S.C. § 414(h)(2)
, as adopted by §
26-51-414
, the state shall pick up the members' contributions to the judicial retirement fund as required by this section and payable on or after January 1, 1997.
(2)
Member contributions picked up by the state shall be paid from the same source of funds used for the payment of salary to a member. A deduction shall be made from each member's salary, equal to the amount of the member's contribution picked up by the employer. For all other purposes, member contributions picked up by the state shall be considered member contributions.
(3)
The provisions of subdivisions (c)(1) and (2) of this section providing for the state to pay the member's contributions for tax deferral under the Internal Revenue Code, §
26-51-414(h)
, shall be effective from and retroactive to January 1, 1997.
Amended by Act 2023, No. 134,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2023.
Acts 1983, No. 616, § 5; 1985, No. 233, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 22-908.1; Acts 1997, No. 236, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 24 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-12-204) › Chapter 8 - RETIREMENT OF JUDGES AND COURT EMPLOYEES (§§ 24-8-101 — 24-8-904) › Subchapter 2 - ARKANSAS JUDICIAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM (§§ 24-8-201 — 24-8-229) › Section 24-8-210 - Contributions - State

(a)
The state, as employer, shall make contributions to the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System of twelve percent (12%) of the active member payroll.
(b)
The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State is authorized and directed to make annual transfers on each July 1 to the Judges Retirement Fund from the Constitutional Officers Fund and the State Central Services Fund in an amount 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 further, reduced by the amount of the court cost revenue transferred to the Judges Retirement Fund from the State Administration of Justice Fund in accordance with §
16-10-310
.
Acts 1983, No. 922, § 8; A.S.A. 1947, § 22-961; Acts 2001, No. 763, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 24 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-12-204) › Chapter 8 - RETIREMENT OF JUDGES AND COURT EMPLOYEES (§§ 24-8-101 — 24-8-904) › Subchapter 2 - ARKANSAS JUDICIAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM (§§ 24-8-201 — 24-8-229) › Section 24-8-211 - Contributions - Cessation upon retirement

(a)
When a judge is certified as eligible for retirement, no further contribution shall be required of the judge.
(b)
Upon the written notice of election by the member of the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System, a judge with at least twenty (20) years of judicial service may continue or recommence payment of the six-percent (6%) contribution into the system to accrue the maximum retirement benefit provided under §
24-8-218
.
Acts 1953, No. 365, § 9; A.S.A. 1947, § 22-909; Acts 2009, No. 744, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 24 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-12-204) › Chapter 8 - RETIREMENT OF JUDGES AND COURT EMPLOYEES (§§ 24-8-101 — 24-8-904) › Subchapter 2 - ARKANSAS JUDICIAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM (§§ 24-8-201 — 24-8-229) › Section 24-8-212 - Credited service - Transfer of service as municipal judge

Any person who shall have served as a municipal judge in any municipal court in this state and who holds credited service therefor in any retirement system or retirement fund is authorized to transfer his or her credited services in the retirement system or fund to the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System by:
(1)
Notifying, in writing, the administrative body of each retirement plan of his or her intention to transfer his or her tenure;
(2)
Authorizing the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System or appropriate administrative body of his or her retirement system to transfer to the system any sums of money paid for his or her retirement to the retirement fund or system by the municipal judge and, at the option of the city council or board of directors, to transfer to the system the court costs collected during his or her tenure as municipal judge; and
(3)
(A)
Paying into the system an amount of money he or she would have paid into the system for an equal amount of tenure as a judge of the court to which he or she has been elected, less the amount of money from his or her present retirement system as authorized in this section.
(B)
Upon transferring the credited service from his or her present retirement fund or system, the person shall be given credited service in the system for an equal number of years of credited service for which he or she has qualified under any other plan or system to which he or she has belonged by reason of his or her service as municipal judge.
Acts 1975, No. 333, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 22-904.2; Acts 1987, No. 897, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 24 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-12-204) › Chapter 8 - RETIREMENT OF JUDGES AND COURT EMPLOYEES (§§ 24-8-101 — 24-8-904) › Subchapter 2 - ARKANSAS JUDICIAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM (§§ 24-8-201 — 24-8-229) › Section 24-8-213 - Credited service - Transfer of fourteen years' service as prosecuting attorney

Any person who shall have served not less than fourteen (14) years as an elected prosecuting attorney in this state and who holds credited service therefor in the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System, as established by §
24-4-103
, upon being elected as a circuit judge, chancery judge, or justice of the Supreme Court, is authorized to transfer his or her credited service in the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System to the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System by:
(1)
Notifying, in writing, the administrative body of each of the retirement plans of his or her intention to so transfer his or her tenure;
(2)
Authorizing the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System to transfer to the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System any sums of money paid for his or her retirement to the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System by the elected prosecuting attorney; and
(3)
(A)
Paying into the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System an amount of money he or she would have paid into the system for an equal amount of tenure as a judge of the court to which he or she has been elected, less the amount of money transferred from the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System as authorized in this section.
(B)
Upon transferring the credited service from the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System, the person shall be given credited service in the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System for an equal number of years of credited service for which he or she has qualified under the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System as an elected prosecuting attorney.
Acts 1971, No. 358, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 22-904.1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 24 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-12-204) › Chapter 8 - RETIREMENT OF JUDGES AND COURT EMPLOYEES (§§ 24-8-101 — 24-8-904) › Subchapter 2 - ARKANSAS JUDICIAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM (§§ 24-8-201 — 24-8-229) › Section 24-8-214 - Credited service - Transfer of four years' service as prosecuting attorney

Any person who shall have served not less than two (2) years as an elected prosecuting attorney in this state and who holds credited service therefor in the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System, as established by §
24-4-103
, anytime after being elected as a circuit judge, chancery judge, circuit-chancery judge, or justice of the Supreme Court, is authorized to transfer his or her credited service in the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System to the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System by:
(1)
Notifying, in writing, the administrative body of each of the retirement plans of his or her intention to so transfer his or her tenure;
(2)
Authorizing the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System to transfer to the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System any sums of money paid for his or her retirement to the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System by the elected prosecuting attorney; and
(3)
(A)
Paying into the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System an amount of money he or she would have paid into the system for an equal amount of tenure as a judge of the court to which he or she has been elected, less the amount of money transferred from the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System as authorized in this section.
(B)
Upon transferring the credited service from the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System, the person shall be given credited service in the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System for an equal number of years of credited service for which he or she has qualified under the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System as an elected prosecuting attorney.
Acts 1973, No. 192, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 22-913; Acts 1997, No. 926, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 24 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-12-204) › Chapter 8 - RETIREMENT OF JUDGES AND COURT EMPLOYEES (§§ 24-8-101 — 24-8-904) › Subchapter 2 - ARKANSAS JUDICIAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM (§§ 24-8-201 — 24-8-229) › Section 24-8-215 - Eligibility for benefits - Retirement generally

(a)
Any active member with a minimum of ten (10) years of credited service may voluntarily retire upon reaching sixty-five (65) years of age or thereafter upon filing a written application with the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System.
(b)
Any other member who has a minimum of twenty (20) years of credited service may retire regardless of age, and any judge or justice who has served at least fourteen (14) years shall be eligible for benefits upon reaching sixty-five (65) years of age.
(c)
(1)
A judge or justice who is not seventy (70) years of age on the date on which he or she is elected to a term of office may complete the term without forfeiting his or her rights to retirement benefits under this section.
(2)
(A)
Any judge or justice who is not eligible to retire at seventy (70) years of age may continue to serve as judge until the completion of the term of office in which he or she receives sufficient credited service to retire without losing his or her retirement benefits.
(B)
The judge or justice shall lose all retirement benefits if he or she serves beyond the end of the term needed to get sufficient credited service to retire.
(3)
(A)
Otherwise, judges or justices must retire by their seventieth birthday or lose their retirement benefits.
(B)
However, any active judge or justice who was serving prior to July 1, 1965, may continue to serve until any age and shall, upon retirement, be eligible to receive retirement benefits.
(d)
In all cases of age and service retirement for judges or justices elected after July 1, 1983, the member must have a minimum of eight (8) years of actual service as a justice of the Supreme Court or a judge of the circuit or chancery courts or of the Court of Appeals.
(e)
The provisions of this section shall be accumulative to all present laws pertaining to the retirement of judges of the circuit and chancery courts and of justices of the Supreme Court and shall in no way repeal, amend, or modify such laws except as otherwise specifically provided in this section.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 753,§ 1, eff. 7/24/2019.
Acts 1953, No. 365, § 2; 1963, No. 223, § 1; 1965, No. 139, § 2; 1967, No. 249, § 1; 1969, No. 370, §§ 1, 2; 1973, No. 407, § 1; 1983, No. 231, § 1; 1985, No. 289, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 22-902, 22-902n; Acts 1987, No. 256, § 1; 1991, No. 792, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 24 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-12-204) › Chapter 8 - RETIREMENT OF JUDGES AND COURT EMPLOYEES (§§ 24-8-101 — 24-8-904) › Subchapter 2 - ARKANSAS JUDICIAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM (§§ 24-8-201 — 24-8-229) › Section 24-8-216 - Eligibility for benefits - Early retirement

(a)
Any judge of a circuit or chancery court who has fourteen (14) years or more of credited service in the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System, established by Acts 1953, No. 365, may elect to retire and receive retirement benefits under the provisions of Acts 1953, No. 365, at any time after reaching sixty-two (62) years of age and before reaching sixty-five (65) years of age.
(b)
The retirement benefits of any circuit or chancery judge electing to retire before sixty-five (65) years of age shall be reduced six percent (6%) for each full year and proportionately for any part of a year that the judge retires before reaching sixty-five (65) years of age.
Acts 1979, No. 648, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 22-902.3.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 24 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-12-204) › Chapter 8 - RETIREMENT OF JUDGES AND COURT EMPLOYEES (§§ 24-8-101 — 24-8-904) › Subchapter 2 - ARKANSAS JUDICIAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM (§§ 24-8-201 — 24-8-229) › Section 24-8-217 - Eligibility for benefits - Disability retirement

(a)
Any member of the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System who has served a minimum of three (3) consecutive years shall receive retirement benefits if any incapacitating disability as determined by the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System shall occur during any term for which the judge has been elected.
(b)
The three-year service requirement shall only apply to judges elected after July 1, 1983.
(c)
(1)
A judgment of disability should not be granted by the board until it is reasonably assured of a judge's permanent physical or mental incapacity to perform the duties of his or her judicial office.
(2)
The board should act only upon proper certification of incapacity by two (2) or more physicians.
Acts 1953, No. 365, § 2; 1963, No. 223, § 1; 1965, No. 139, § 2; 1967, No. 249, § 1; 1969, No. 370, § 1; 1973, No. 407, § 1; 1983, No. 231, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 22-902.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 24 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-12-204) › Chapter 8 - RETIREMENT OF JUDGES AND COURT EMPLOYEES (§§ 24-8-101 — 24-8-904) › Subchapter 2 - ARKANSAS JUDICIAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM (§§ 24-8-201 — 24-8-229) › Section 24-8-220 - Restrictions on benefits

(a)
Acts 1953, No. 365, as amended by this act, is to be in all of its sections complementary, except that no person may take benefits under two (2) or more sections of this act at the same time.
(b)
Retirement and survivors' benefits shall be measured by the salary payable for the position last held by the retired or deceased judge at the time of payment of any particular benefit, so that, should salaries of the judicial positions covered by this act be altered, the amount of benefits payable under this act shall be proportionately altered.
Acts 1965, No. 139, § 6; A.S.A. 1947, § 22-911.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 24 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-12-204) › Chapter 8 - RETIREMENT OF JUDGES AND COURT EMPLOYEES (§§ 24-8-101 — 24-8-904) › Subchapter 2 - ARKANSAS JUDICIAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM (§§ 24-8-201 — 24-8-229) › Section 24-8-222 - Credited service - Transfer of service as juvenile judge

(a)
Any member of the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System who has credit in the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System for service as a juvenile judge is authorized to transfer that credit to the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System by:
(1)
Notifying in writing the administrative body of each of the retirement systems of the intention to transfer his or her tenure;
(2)
Authorizing the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System to transfer to the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System all contributions paid by and on behalf of the former juvenile judge, together with six percent (6%) interest compounded from the date of payment; and
(3)
Paying into the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System the total contributions which would have been paid, based on the member's current salary, for an equal amount of tenure as a member of this system, less the amount of money transferred from the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System.
(b)
Upon transferring his or her credited service, the member shall be credited in the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System with the same amount of time with which he or she had been previously credited in the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System for service as a juvenile judge.
Acts 1987, No. 198, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 24 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-12-204) › Chapter 8 - RETIREMENT OF JUDGES AND COURT EMPLOYEES (§§ 24-8-101 — 24-8-904) › Subchapter 2 - ARKANSAS JUDICIAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM (§§ 24-8-201 — 24-8-229) › Section 24-8-223 - Redetermination of benefits

(a)
Each July 1 the Arkansas Judicial 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 benefit payable as of the immediately preceding July 1 increased by three percent (3%).
(c)
This method of redetermination of the amount of the retirement benefits shall be applicable to any judge first elected after July 1, 1983.
Acts 1995, No. 887, §§ 1-3; 1997, No. 129, § 1; 1999, No. 388, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 24 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-12-204) › Chapter 8 - RETIREMENT OF JUDGES AND COURT EMPLOYEES (§§ 24-8-101 — 24-8-904) › Subchapter 2 - ARKANSAS JUDICIAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM (§§ 24-8-201 — 24-8-229) › Section 24-8-224 - Benefits when serving past mandatory retirement age

(a)
Notwithstanding §
24-8-215
regarding mandatory retirement under the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System for any judge or justice upon reaching seventy (70) years of age or any other law to the contrary, any judge or justice covered under the system who served continuously for at least sixteen (16) years, who is at least eighty (80) years of age, who is not serving on April 19, 1995, and who is ineligible for retirement due to having served beyond the mandatory retirement age shall be entitled to receive retirement benefits under the system.
(b)
Retirement benefits under this section shall be retroactive to January 1, 1995, or, for judges or justices retiring after 1995, to January 1 of the year of retirement.
Acts 1995, No. 1355, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 24 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-12-204) › Chapter 8 - RETIREMENT OF JUDGES AND COURT EMPLOYEES (§§ 24-8-101 — 24-8-904) › Subchapter 2 - ARKANSAS JUDICIAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM (§§ 24-8-201 — 24-8-229) › Section 24-8-225 - Limitation on benefit enhancement - Acts 1997, No. 926

(a)
No benefit enhancement provided for by §
24-8-214
shall be implemented if it would cause the publicly supported retirement system's unfunded actuarial accrued liabilities to exceed a thirty-year amortization.
(b)
No benefit enhancement provided for by §
24-8-214
shall be implemented by any publicly supported system which has unfunded actuarial accrued liabilities being amortized over a period exceeding thirty (30) years until the unfunded actuarial accrued liability is reduced to a level less than the standards prescribed by §
24-1-101
et seq.
Acts 1997, No. 926.Acts 1997, No. 926, § 2.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 24 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-12-204) › Chapter 8 - RETIREMENT OF JUDGES AND COURT EMPLOYEES (§§ 24-8-101 — 24-8-904) › Subchapter 2 - ARKANSAS JUDICIAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM (§§ 24-8-201 — 24-8-229) › Section 24-8-226 - Minimum benefits

The following minimum benefits shall apply to any plan based only on actual service under the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System:
(1)
The annual minimum disability benefit shall be equal to twenty-five and six-tenths percent (25.6%) of the annual salary of the judge or justice; and
(2)
The annual minimum survivors' benefit shall be an amount equal to seventeen and one hundred fifty-two thousandths percent (17.152%) of the annual salary of the judge or justice.
Acts 1999, No. 1067, § 1; 2001, No. 763, § 3.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 24 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-12-204) › Chapter 8 - RETIREMENT OF JUDGES AND COURT EMPLOYEES (§§ 24-8-101 — 24-8-904) › Subchapter 2 - ARKANSAS JUDICIAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM (§§ 24-8-201 — 24-8-229) › Section 24-8-227 - Definition

Unless the context requires otherwise, any listing of judges or justices in this subchapter and §
24-8-701
et seq. shall include all judges and justices in the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System.
Acts 1999, No. 1067, § 3.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 24 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-12-204) › Chapter 8 - RETIREMENT OF JUDGES AND COURT EMPLOYEES (§§ 24-8-101 — 24-8-904) › Subchapter 2 - ARKANSAS JUDICIAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM (§§ 24-8-201 — 24-8-229) › Section 24-8-228 - Proposals to establish or revise benefits

(a)
The Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System shall present to the Joint Committee on Public Retirement and Social Security Programs information concerning the statutory authority and actuarial appropriateness of proposed board actions to establish or revise a multiplier or any benefit.
(b)
An individual who received a refund of contributions from the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System after January 1, 1998, may repay the contributions to the system no later than six (6) months after July 1, 1999.
Acts 1999, No. 1325, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 24 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-12-204) › Chapter 8 - RETIREMENT OF JUDGES AND COURT EMPLOYEES (§§ 24-8-101 — 24-8-904) › Subchapter 2 - ARKANSAS JUDICIAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM (§§ 24-8-201 — 24-8-229) › Section 24-8-229 - Effective date of survivor benefits

The effective date of monthly benefits payable to a survivor of a deceased member or a survivor of a deceased retiree under §§
24-8-218
and
24-8-219
is the first day of the calendar month next following the month in which the member or retiree died, regardless of when the survivor submits an application for the payment of the benefits.
Added by Act 2023, No. 262,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2023.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 24 - RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-12-204) › Chapter 8 - RETIREMENT OF JUDGES AND COURT EMPLOYEES (§§ 24-8-101 — 24-8-904) › Subchapter 3 - MUNICIPAL JUDGES AND CLERKS GENERALLY (§§ 24-8-301 — 24-8-321) › Section 24-8-301 - Subchapter cumulative

This subchapter shall not repeal existing laws of this state relating to the retirement of municipal court judges and municipal court clerks but shall be cumulative thereto, specifically to §§
24-8-401
and
24-8-403
-
24-8-408
, and acts amendatory thereof. It shall in no manner affect the rights or status of persons receiving or eligible to receive retirement benefits under the provisions of §§
24-8-401
and
24-8-403
-
24-8-408
.
Acts 1973, No. 432, § 9; 1981, No. 62, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 22-922.