Upon the approval of the governing body of the municipality and of the county quorum court if county funds are used to partially pay the salary of the judge of the municipal court, any judge of a municipal court who has served or who shall serve at least twelve (12) years in office as municipal judge and who has also served four (4) years or more as city attorney in the same city shall, upon attaining age sixty-five (65), receive retirement benefits for and during the remainder of his or her natural life in an amount equal to one-half (½) of the salary payable to him or her at the time of his or her resignation, retirement, or succession in office.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions
Chapter 8 - Retirement Of Judges And Court Employees
Subchapter 3 - Municipal Judges and Clerks Generally
§ 24-8-301. Subchapter cumulative
§ 24-8-304. Benefits — Frequency of payment — Deficiencies
§ 24-8-305. Entitlement to benefits generally
§ 24-8-306. Eligibility for benefits — Regular and disability retirement — Surviving Spouses' rights
§ 24-8-307. Eligibility for benefits — Cities of the first class or cities of the second class
§ 24-8-308. Eligibility for benefits — Twenty years of service
§ 24-8-309. Eligibility for benefits — Sixteen years of service as judge and city attorney
§ 24-8-310. Eligibility for benefits — Judge unlicensed to practice law
§ 24-8-311. Eligibility for benefits — Clerks
§ 24-8-313. Vote to pay benefits to certain clerks and spouses of judges
§ 24-8-314. Municipal judge filling partial term, etc
§ 24-8-315. Multicounty districts — Options
§ 24-8-317. Funding for retirement benefits
§ 24-8-318. Additional funding sources for retirement benefits