The purpose of this chapter, which creates and establishes the Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System, is to establish a benefit program for future police officers and firefighters in Arkansas and to establish a statewide retirement system which will have the advantages of pooled administration while preserving local rights and local contribution rates.
Ark. Code Ann. § 24-10-101
Purpose
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Gonzales v. City of DeWitt (2004)
Most recently applied in 2024 Ark. App. 221 - Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System v. Michael Payne (April 2024)
Acts 1981, No. 364, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 12-3801.
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