Arkansas Code
Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions
Chapter 4 - Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System

§ 24-4-110. Failure to terminate — Commencement of annuity payments — Election to retire - A retirant shall not begin receiving annuity payments until all...

§ 24-4-111. Failure to meet termination requirements — Member's retirement election - The failure to meet termination requirements does not revoke a...

Subchapter 2 - Funds and Management of Assets

§ 24-4-201. Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System Fund — Creation — System accounts - (a) (1) There is established on the books of the...

§ 24-4-202. Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System Fund — Contributions - (a) (1) On or after July 1, 2017, the state...

§ 24-4-205. State as trustee - The promulgation of this chapter shall constitute an offer by...

§ 24-4-206. Funding — Additional liabilities — Local Government Division - (a) (1) Whenever the General Assembly shall enact any laws...

§ 24-4-207. Bonds — Payments on vouchers and warrants — Adjustment of erroneous payments - (a) (1) The Executive Director of the Arkansas Public Employees'...

§ 24-4-208. Reduction of annuities when funds inadequate - (a) (1) If, at the end of any fiscal year,...

§ 24-4-209. Interest - (a) At the end of each fiscal year, the Board...

§ 24-4-210. Transfer of funds to cover retired county constitutional officers - (a) (1) On July 1, 1979, the actuary for the...

§ 24-4-211. Disposition of funds returned to hospitals withdrawing from system - Any hospital excluding its employees from the Arkansas Public Employees'...

§ 24-4-212. No waiver of sovereign immunity - Nothing in this chapter shall be taken or interpreted as...

§ 24-4-213. Socially responsible investments - A decision on whether to invest, not invest, or withdraw...

Subchapter 3 - Membership

§ 24-4-301. Membership as condition to employment - (a) (1) Except as set forth in this subsection, all...

§ 24-4-302. County employees included — Exceptions - All counties in this state shall be subject to the...

§ 24-4-303. Membership — Election by municipalities — Leased water and sewer utilities - (a) (1) (A) Any municipality may elect to become a...

§ 24-4-304. Credited service — Cessation of employment — Reemployment - (a) (1) (A) When a member is no longer employed...

Subchapter 4 - Employer and Employee Contributions

§ 24-4-401. Contributions of members - (a) (1) The members' deposit account shall be the account...

§ 24-4-402. Contributions of state and local government division employers — Accounts of retirement system - (a) (1) The employers' accumulation account shall be the account...

Subchapter 5 - Credited Service and Eligibility for Benefits

§ 24-4-501. Prior service credit generally — Straight life annuity - (a) (1) Any member of the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement...

§ 24-4-507. Eligibility for benefits — Credited service - (a) (1) The Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Public...

§ 24-4-508. Eligibility for benefits — Retirement generally - (a) Any member may voluntarily retire upon his or her...

§ 24-4-510. Eligibility for benefits — Deferred and early annuities - (a) (1) (A) Any member or former member with sufficient...

§ 24-4-511. Eligibility for benefits — Disability retirement — Definitions - (a) (1) (A) (i) Except for members of the General...

§ 24-4-512. Eligibility for benefits — Prior service credit for county members - Any member of the County Division of the Arkansas Public...

§ 24-4-514. Credit for educational leave - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Educational leave” means...

§ 24-4-516. Credit for lost credited service due to work-related injury - (a) Any member of the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System...

§ 24-4-517. State service under a federal grant — Definition - (a) As used in this section, “state service under a...

§ 24-4-518. Credit for service as sheriff - A sheriff or former sheriff who became a member of...

§ 24-4-519. Current service credit — Nonuniformed employees - (a) (1) (A) A person who on December 31, 1998,...

§ 24-4-520. Termination required for retirement - (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section,...

§ 24-4-521. Credited service generally — Definition - (a) The Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Public Employees'...

§ 24-4-522. Applicability of benefit provisions - (a) The benefit provisions of this chapter shall be applicable...

Subchapter 6 - Benefits

§ 24-4-601. Straight life annuity generally - (a) (1) Beginning July 1, 2001, any member who retires...

§ 24-4-602. Payment of annuity balance upon death of retirant or member - (a) In the event a retirant who is in receipt...

§ 24-4-603. Refund of contributions - (a) In the event a former member has left the...

§ 24-4-605. Proration of public employer share of annuity reserve - In the event a member retires with credited service arising...

§ 24-4-606. Annuity options - (a) Before the date the first payment of a member's...

§ 24-4-607. Redetermination of benefits - (a) Each July 1 the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System...

§ 24-4-608. Payment of benefits upon death of member before retirement — Exception - (a) Effective July 1, 2001, if an active member or...

§ 24-4-609. Effective date of benefits - All monthly benefits payable to survivors of deceased members or...

§ 24-4-610. Increased benefits for persons retiring by June 1, 1985 - (a) On July 1, 1987, the monthly retirement benefit payable...

§ 24-4-611. Minimum monthly benefit - All persons who are now vested or who hereafter vest...

§ 24-4-612. Increase in benefits - (a) On July 1, 1991, the monthly retirement benefit payable...

§ 24-4-613. Benefits for contributory members - (a) All contributory members of the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement...

§ 24-4-614. Increase in monthly benefit amount — 1993 - (a) On July 1, 1993, the monthly retirement benefit payable...

§ 24-4-615. Maximum benefit limitation - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, benefits paid...

§ 24-4-616. Increase in monthly benefit amount — 1995 - On July 1, 1995, the monthly benefit payable to retirants...

§ 24-4-617. Increase in monthly benefit amount — 1997 - On July 1, 1997, the monthly retirement benefit payable to...

§ 24-4-618. Increased benefits for persons retired before July 1, 1999 - On July 1, 1999, and thereafter, the monthly benefit payable...

§ 24-4-619. Increased benefits for persons retired before June 1, 1999 - In addition to the monthly retirement benefit increase provided in...

§ 24-4-620. Partial annuity withdrawal provision - (a) Any member who does not terminate employment and retire...

§ 24-4-621. Increase in benefits - (a) On July 1, 2001, the monthly retirement benefit payable...

§ 24-4-622. Monthly benefit increase - (a) On July 1, 2007, the monthly retirement benefit payable...

Subchapter 7 - Provisions Applicable to Particular Employees

§ 24-4-723. Members joining at same time as employer — Current service credit - (a) (1) Any member of the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement...

§ 24-4-724. Members joining after employer — Current service credit - (a) (1) (A) Any member of the Arkansas Public Employees'...

§ 24-4-727. War Memorial Stadium Commission employees - (a) The Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Public Employees'...

§ 24-4-729. Conservation district employees - (a) The Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Public Employees'...

§ 24-4-732. Certain employees of state agencies — Early retirement incentives - (a) In addition to the provisions of § 24-4-601 et...

§ 24-4-733. Certain county employees — Early retirement incentives - (a) In addition to the provisions of § 24-4-601 et...

§ 24-4-737. Certain city attorneys — Credited service - (a) When the term of office of an elected city...

§ 24-4-739. Municipal employees - (a) (1) Any municipal employee or municipal official, including a...

§ 24-4-740. Transfer of Director of the Administrative Office of Courts to Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System - (a) Effective July 1, 1993, the Director of the Administrative...

§ 24-4-742. Credit for service with various local units of government - (a) Any full-time employee of a public facilities board, rural...

§ 24-4-743. Intergovernmental Juvenile Detention Council employees - (a) (1) Any full-time employee of the Intergovernmental Juvenile Detention...

§ 24-4-744. Elected county official - For the purpose of determining benefits under the Arkansas Public...

§ 24-4-745. General Assembly employees - (a) An employee of the General Assembly who has at...

§ 24-4-746. Authority to promulgate rules - The Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement...

§ 24-4-747. Erroneous membership of certain employees - (a) A person who was erroneously included in the Arkansas...

§ 24-4-748. Dual full-time employment - (a) A person who was included in the Arkansas Public...

§ 24-4-749. Purchase of out-of-state governmental service - (a) A member who has performed service other than military...

§ 24-4-750. Arkansas District Judge Retirement System abolished — Powers, duties, and plan liabilities transferred to Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System - (a) The Arkansas District Judge Retirement System, established by §...

§ 24-4-751. Additional funding for retirement benefits - (a) The government entity that had previously established a local...

§ 24-4-752. State Police Trust Fund - (a) All assets of the State Police Retirement System are...

Subchapter 8 - Deferred Retirement Option Plan

§ 24-4-801. Participation - (a) In lieu of terminating employment and accepting a retirement...

§ 24-4-802. Eligibility — Effect of election - (a) When a member of the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement...

§ 24-4-803. Amount of benefit — Amount of contribution — Interest - (a) (1) The member's deferred benefit shall be the monthly...

§ 24-4-804. Cessation of participation — Definition - (a) The member's participation in the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement...

§ 24-4-805. Death or disability - (a) In the event that an Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement...

§ 24-4-806. Limitation on benefit enhancement - (a) No benefit enhancement provided for by this subchapter shall...

Subchapter 9 - Arkansas Retirement Plan

§ 24-4-901. Credited service — Reciprocity - (a) (1) Upon the retirement of a member whose credited...

Subchapter 10 - Retirement Benefits

§ 24-4-1001. Determination of benefits for wildlife officers — Responsibility for additional costs - (a) For purposes of determining benefits under this chapter, all...

§ 24-4-1002. Benefit provisions — Subjection of annuity rights to process of law - (a) The right of a person to an annuity, to...

§ 24-4-1003. Benefit provisions — Inspection of records - All records kept by an Arkansas public retirement system, whether...

§ 24-4-1004. Determination of benefits for civilian firefighters of State Military Department or Department of the Military — Responsibility for additional costs - (a) For purposes of determining benefits under this chapter, all...

Subchapter 11 - Contributions of Members to their Deposit Accounts

§ 24-4-1101. Membership - (a) A public employee, as defined in § 24-4-101(17), first...

§ 24-4-1102. Member contributions - (a) (1) The contributions of a member shall be five...

§ 24-4-1103. Benefits generally - (a) (1) Upon retirement under this subchapter, a member shall...

§ 24-4-1104. Annuity options - Before the date the first payment of a member's annuity...

§ 24-4-1105. Deferred and early annuities - (a) Any member or former member with sufficient years of...

§ 24-4-1106. Benefits — Death of retirant - (a) In the event a retirant receiving a straight life...

§ 24-4-1107. Redetermination of benefits - (a) Each July 1 the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System...

§ 24-4-1108. Benefit provisions — Death in service - (a) (1) If an active member or former member with...

§ 24-4-1109. Maximum benefit limitation - (a) Benefits paid under this chapter shall not exceed the...

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Arkansas Code Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions Chapter 4 - Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System

Arkansas Code
Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions
Chapter 4 - Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System