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Ark. Code Ann. § 24-8-311

Eligibility for benefits — Clerks

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 2022 Ark. App. 275 - LINDA BOLDING v. ARKANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM ARKANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM BOARD CANDACE FRANKS, IN HER OFFICIAL AND INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY LARRY WALTHER, IN HIS OFFICIAL AND INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY DAVID HUDSON, IN HIS OFFICIAL AND INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY STEVE FARIS, IN HIS OFFICIAL AND INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY DARYL BASSETT, IN HIS OFFICIAL AND INDIVIDUAL CAPACiTY GARY CARNAHAN, IN HIS OFFICIAL AND INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY JOE HURST, IN HIS OFFICIAL AND INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY ANDREA LEA, IN HER OFFICIAL AND INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY DENNIS MILLIGAN, IN HIS OFFICIAL AND INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND DUNCAN BAIRD, IN HIS OFFICIAL AND INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY (2022)

Most recently applied in 2022 Ark. App. 275 - LINDA BOLDING v. ARKANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM ARKANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM BOARD CANDACE FRANKS, IN HER OFFICIAL AND INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY LARRY WALTHER, IN HIS OFFICIAL AND INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY DAVID HUDSON, IN HIS OFFICIAL AND INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY STEVE FARIS, IN HIS OFFICIAL AND INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY DARYL BASSETT, IN HIS OFFICIAL AND INDIVIDUAL CAPACiTY GARY CARNAHAN, IN HIS OFFICIAL AND INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY JOE HURST, IN HIS OFFICIAL AND INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY ANDREA LEA, IN HER OFFICIAL AND INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY DENNIS MILLIGAN, IN HIS OFFICIAL AND INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND DUNCAN BAIRD, IN HIS OFFICIAL AND INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY (June 2022)

Acts 1973, No. 432, § 4; 1985, No. 1080, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 22-917; Acts 1989, No. 714, § 1; 1991, No. 499, § 1; 2001, No. 1613, § 2.

(1) Any clerk of a municipal court to which this subchapter applies, appointed by the judges of the court, shall be eligible to receive retirement benefits provided by this subchapter who: Attains age sixty (60) and has served in office as clerk for at least ten (10) years; or

(2) Has served in office for at least twenty (20) years irrespective of age.

(3) If the clerk resigns, retires from office, or is succeeded in office by another clerk, the clerk shall 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 the clerk at the time of resignation, retirement, or succession in office.

(4) After the death of the clerk, the surviving spouse of a qualifying court clerk shall be entitled to continue to receive the retirement benefits under this subchapter until the surviving spouse dies or remarries.

(5) Upon the approval of the governing body of the municipality and following a determination of the actuarial soundness of the fund from which the benefits shall be paid, any court clerk of a municipal court who upon reaching age sixty-eight (68) will have served for a minimum of seven (7) years immediately prior to severance from employment may retire with a reduced benefit in an amount equal to seven-tenths (0.7) of the benefits payable under subsection (a) of this section.

(6) The board of trustees by resolution may provide retirement benefits to a clerk who is incapacitated due to illness or disability and has served for a minimum of seven (7) years.

(7) The clerk may retire with a reduced benefit in an amount equal to seven-tenths (0.7) of the benefits payable under subsection (a) of this section.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.