When any municipal official or municipal employee age fifty-five (55) or over who has completed twenty (20) years of service to the municipality and who is vested in the retirement system retires, the official or employee may continue to participate in the municipality's healthcare plan, receiving the same medical benefits and paying the same premium as active employees as long as the retired official or employee pays both employer and employee contributions to the healthcare plan.
Ark. Code Ann. § 24-12-129
Municipal officials and employees
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees v. City of Benton (2008)
Most recently applied in American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees v. City of Benton (January 2008)
Acts 1995, No. 664, § 1; 1997, No. 1098, § 1.
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