Arkansas Code
Subchapter 3 - Forfeiture of Public Retirement System Benefits
§ 24-1-304. Notice to retirement system

(a) A prosecuting attorney shall send written notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the executive director or executive secretary of the applicable retirement system when a beneficiary:
(1) Is charged with an offense described under § 24-1-302; or
(2)
(A) Will not be charged with an offense described under § 24-1-302.
(B) If the prosecuting attorney receives a request under § 24-1-303 from a retirement system and a decision on whether the beneficiary will be or will not be charged with an offense described under § 24-1-302 has not been made, the prosecuting attorney shall notify the retirement system that a decision is pending.


(b) The clerk of the court in which the proceeding against the beneficiary is being conducted shall send written notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the executive director or executive secretary of the applicable retirement system when:
(1) A beneficiary is convicted of an offense described under § 24-1-302;
(2) A beneficiary appeals his or her conviction for an offense described under § 24-1-302; and
(3) The appellate court issues a final ruling upholding or reversing the conviction of the beneficiary for an offense described under § 24-1-302.

(c) A written notice required under this section shall include any information that the applicable retirement system determines necessary for the retirement system to identify the account of the member or retirant and implement this subchapter.