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14-40-1208. Existing officers, etc.
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14-40-1208. Existing officers, etc.
(a) The term of office of all officers, council members, and employees of the smaller municipality and all laws in force in the smaller municipality shall cease upon and after the consolidation.
(b)(1) Any mayor who is forced from office because of a merger of two (2) or more municipalities under this subchapter is presumed to meet the minimum service period under § 24-12-123.
(2) If the mayor who is forced from office has less than ten (10) years of actual service as mayor, then he or she is entitled to a prorated retirement benefit in an amount equal to the percentage of the mayor's actual amount of service divided by the minimum ten (10) years of service required under § 24-12-123.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-40-1208
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14-40-1208. Existing officers, etc.
(a) The term of office of all officers, council members, and employees of the smaller municipality and all laws in force in the smaller municipality shall cease upon and after the consolidation.
(b)(1) Any mayor who is forced from office because of a merger of two (2) or more municipalities under this subchapter is presumed to meet the minimum service period under § 24-12-123.
(2) If the mayor who is forced from office has less than ten (10) years of actual service as mayor, then he or she is entitled to a prorated retirement benefit in an amount equal to the percentage of the mayor's actual amount of service divided by the minimum ten (10) years of service required under § 24-12-123.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
24-12-123. Mayors of cities of the first class.
(a)(1)(A) In all cities of the first class in this state, any person who shall serve as mayor of the city for a period of not less than ten (10) years, upon reaching age sixty (60), or any person who shall serve as mayor of the city for a period of not less than twenty (20) years, without regard to age, shall be entitled to retire at an annual retirement benefit during the remainder of the person's natural life, payable at the rate of one-half (½) of the person's mayoral salary at the completion of his or her last term as mayor.
(B) The governing body of the city may provide by ordinance that any person who has served as mayor for a period of not less than ten (10) years may retire upon reaching age fifty-five (55) with the benefits provided under this section.
(2) The retirement payments shall be paid monthly and shall be paid from the city general fund.
(3) However, a mayor who has served as an elected official or employee of that city prior to or after the person's service as mayor shall count his or her service as an elected official or employee of that city towards the mayor's retirement as follows:
(A)(i) At the rate of one (1) year of a mayor's retirement for each two (2) years served as an elected official or an employee of that city up to a maximum of an additional two (2) years' credit towards a mayor's retirement benefit;
(ii) If authorized by a city ordinance, at the rate of one (1) year of a mayor's retirement benefit for each two (2) years served as an elected official or an employee of that city up to a maximum of three (3) additional years' credit towards a mayor's retirement benefit if the person has not fewer than twenty (20) years of mayor's credit and is at least fifty-two (52) years of age;
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 24-12-123
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