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16-11-116. Employees of the Supreme Court — Bar of Arkansas.
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16-11-116. Employees of the Supreme Court — Bar of Arkansas.
(a) Pursuant to Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 28, the Supreme Court is charged with the authority and responsibility to regulate the practice of law. As of July 1, 2013, those persons who are employed by the Supreme Court to carry out these responsibilities and who are paid from the Bar of Arkansas account shall be considered employees of the State of Arkansas administered by the Supreme Court.
(b) For all purposes involving annual leave, sick leave, and career service recognition as a state employee, years of service as an employee of the Supreme Court — Bar of Arkansas shall be recognized as eligible service as a state employee.
(c) Notwithstanding § 19-4-801 or any other law to the contrary, employees shall be paid from cash funds of the Supreme Court derived solely from revenues received from attorney license fees and any other fees, fines, interest income, or other revenues derived from the regulation of the practice of law that may be deposited into the Bar of Arkansas account as determined by the Supreme Court.
(d)(1)(A) On July 1, 2013, the Bar of Arkansas Employees Pension Plan shall be abolished, and its power, duties, plan liabilities and assets shall be transferred to and assumed by the Arkansas Public Employees’ Retirement System, together with all accrued service credit due its members.
(B) All current members and beneficiaries of the Bar of Arkansas Employees Pension Plan shall be members of the Arkansas Public Employees’ Retirement System and covered by that system's eligibility, retirement and beneficiary provisions, except that those employees who were members of the Bar of Arkansas Employees Pension Plan and who were eligible for the lump-sum distribution provisions of that pla
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-11-116
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16-11-116. Employees of the Supreme Court — Bar of Arkansas.
(a) Pursuant to Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 28, the Supreme Court is charged with the authority and responsibility to regulate the practice of law. As of July 1, 2013, those persons who are employed by the Supreme Court to carry out these responsibilities and who are paid from the Bar of Arkansas account shall be considered employees of the State of Arkansas administered by the Supreme Court.
(b) For all purposes involving annual leave, sick leave, and career service recognition as a state employee, years of service as an employee of the Supreme Court — Bar of Arkansas shall be recognized as eligible service as a state employee.
(c) Notwithstanding § 19-4-801 or any other law to the contrary, employees shall be paid from cash funds of the Supreme Court derived solely from revenues received from attorney license fees and any other fees, fines, interest income, or other revenues derived from the regulation of the practice of law that may be deposited into the Bar of Arkansas account as determined by the Supreme Court.
(d)(1)(A) On July 1, 2013, the Bar of Arkansas Employees Pension Plan shall be abolished, and its power, duties, plan liabilities and assets shall be transferred to and assumed by the Arkansas Public Employees’ Retirement System, together with all accrued service credit due its members.
(B) All current members and beneficiaries of the Bar of Arkansas Employees Pension Plan shall be members of the Arkansas Public Employees’ Retirement System and covered by that system's eligibility, retirement and beneficiary provisions, except that those employees who were members of the Bar of Arkansas Employees Pension Plan and who were eligible for the lump-sum distribution provisions of that plan as referenced in Section 9.2(h) of the official plan document shall retain those rights as provided by the Bar of Arkansas Employees Pension Plan.
(2) Employees of the Supreme Court — Bar of Arkansas who are hired after July 1, 2013, shall be enrolled in the Arkansas Public Employees’ Retirement System as a condition of employment as provided for in § 24-4-301.
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19-4-801. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Cash funds” means all moneys, negotiable instruments, certificates of indebtedness, stocks, and bonds held by or owned by any state agency which are not on deposit with or in the trust of the Treasurer of State; and
(2)(A) “State agency” means all boards, commissions, departments, agencies, institutions, offices or officers, state-supported institutions of higher education, and any other office or unit of government of the State of Arkansas created or established pursuant to law or pursuant to any action of the Governor, functioning under appropriation made by the General Assembly or functioning as a representative of the state without appropriation of the General Assembly.
(B) “State agency” shall not include the:
(i) Governor;
(ii) Secretary of State;
(iii) Attorney General;
(iv) Treasurer of State;
(v) Auditor of State;
(vi) Commissioner of State Lands;
(vii) Supreme Court and its justices;
(viii) Circuit courts and circuit judges;
(ix) Prosecuting attorneys;
(x) Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission;
(xi) Arkansas Department of Transportation;
(xii)(a) Office of the Arkansas Lottery.
(b) However, the office shall be considered a state agency for the purposes of § 19-4-810 et seq.;
(xiii) General Assembly; and
(xiv) Respective staffs of the officers and agencies listed in this subdivision (2)(B).
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 19-4-801
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24-4-301. Membership as condition to employment.
(a)(1) Except as set forth in this subsection, all state employees, as defined in § 24-4-101(17) and (45), shall become members of the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System as a condition of employment.
(2)(A)(i)(a) A person who is first elected as a member of the General Assembly on or after July 1, 1999, shall have his or her employment covered as a regular state employee member in lieu of coverage under special provisions relating to General Assembly members or to elected officials.
(b) However, if the member's only service under an Arkansas retirement plan, as provided under § 24-2-401 et seq., is service as a member of the General Assembly, then the member must have ten (10) or more years of actual service to be eligible for benefits.
(ii)(a) A person who was first elected as a member of the General Assembly before July 1, 1999, may elect to have his or her employment covered as a regular state employee member in lieu of coverage under special provisions relating to General Assembly members or to elected officials. The member may make the election at any time.
(b) However, if the member's only service under an Arkansas retirement plan is service as a member of the General Assembly, then the member must have ten (10) or more years of actual service to be eligible for benefits.
(B) Any member of the General Assembly who was serving in that capacity at the commencement of the Eighty-fourth General Assembly and who had elected not to participate in the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System under the provisions of § 24-4-301(a)(2)(A) prior to its amendment by Acts 2003, No. 1403, may elect to participate and receive current credit in the system. The member is eligible to receive prior service cre
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 24-4-301
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 24-4-301. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.