Browse Arkansas Code titles and sections
24-1-304. Notice to retirement system.
Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
24-1-304. Notice to retirement system.
(a) A prosecuting attorney shall send written notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the executive director or executive secretary of the applicable retirement system when a beneficiary:
(1) Is charged with an offense described under § 24-1-302; or
(2)(A) Will not be charged with an offense described under § 24-1-302.
(B) If the prosecuting attorney receives a request under § 24-1-303 from a retirement system and a decision on whether the beneficiary will be or will not be charged with an offense described under § 24-1-302 has not been made, the prosecuting attorney shall notify the retirement system that a decision is pending.
(b) The clerk of the court in which the proceeding against the beneficiary is being conducted shall send written notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the executive director or executive secretary of the applicable retirement system when:
(1) A beneficiary is convicted of an offense described under § 24-1-302;
(2) A beneficiary appeals his or her conviction for an offense described under § 24-1-302; and
(3) The appellate court issues a final ruling upholding or reversing the conviction of the beneficiary for an offense described under § 24-1-302.
(c) A written notice required under this section shall include any information that the applicable retirement system determines necessary for the retirement system to identify the account of the member or retirant and implement this subchapter.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 24-1-304
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. A text match is a research starting point; applicability is not established.
Issuing source page ↗
Authority boundary: historical statutory source snapshot not current law.
Open the recorded source website ↗
Record provenance
Stable record: arkansas_code:legal_authorities:24-1-304
Source file: gov.ar.code.title.24.odt
Pages: Not recorded – Not recorded
Passage SHA-256: 8254c76d6469d8ccc082c50a5d8873cde4370bf16678fab6d25c8e2981daf379
Source location: content.xml paragraph 316
Stored source content
24-1-304. Notice to retirement system.
(a) A prosecuting attorney shall send written notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the executive director or executive secretary of the applicable retirement system when a beneficiary:
(1) Is charged with an offense described under § 24-1-302; or
(2)(A) Will not be charged with an offense described under § 24-1-302.
(B) If the prosecuting attorney receives a request under § 24-1-303 from a retirement system and a decision on whether the beneficiary will be or will not be charged with an offense described under § 24-1-302 has not been made, the prosecuting attorney shall notify the retirement system that a decision is pending.
(b) The clerk of the court in which the proceeding against the beneficiary is being conducted shall send written notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the executive director or executive secretary of the applicable retirement system when:
(1) A beneficiary is convicted of an offense described under § 24-1-302;
(2) A beneficiary appeals his or her conviction for an offense described under § 24-1-302; and
(3) The appellate court issues a final ruling upholding or reversing the conviction of the beneficiary for an offense described under § 24-1-302.
(c) A written notice required under this section shall include any information that the applicable retirement system determines necessary for the retirement system to identify the account of the member or retirant and implement this subchapter.
Cross-references
Connections may be documented source relationships, shared citations or nearby passages. Each explains its basis; a connection alone does not establish applicability to your situation.
Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
24-1-302. Forfeiture of benefits.
(a)(1) A beneficiary forfeits his or her right to benefit payments under a retirement system if he or she:
(A) Is convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction of the unlawful killing of the member or retirant;
(B) Pleads guilty or nolo contendere to the unlawful killing of the member or retirant;
(C) Is found liable by a court of competent jurisdiction for the unlawful killing of the member or retirant by a preponderance of the evidence in a civil action;
(D) Is acquitted by a court of competent jurisdiction for the unlawful killing of the member or retirant by reason of insanity, mental defect or disease, or any other mental incapacity; or
(E) Is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to lack the capacity to understand or effectively assist in defending a criminal proceeding against him or her for the unlawful killing of the member or retirant.
(2) If a retirement system finds that a beneficiary has forfeited his or her right to benefit payments from the retirement system under subdivision (a)(1) of this section, the retirement system shall treat the beneficiary as if he or she is deceased and shall not make benefit payments to the beneficiary.
(b)(1) If a beneficiary appeals his or her conviction for an offense described under subdivision (a)(1) of this section, benefit payments shall not be paid to the beneficiary unless the appeal results in a reversal of the conviction.
(2)(A) If the conviction of a beneficiary for an offense described under subdivision (a)(1) of this section is reversed, the retirement system may make benefit payments to the beneficiary.
(B) If the conviction of a beneficiary for an offense described under subdivision (a)(1) of this section is affirmed, the retirement system shall not mak
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 24-1-302
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 24-1-302. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
24-1-303. Suspension of benefit payments.
(a) A retirement system may suspend benefit payments to a beneficiary if the retirement system:
(1) Receives the written notice required under § 24-1-304 from a prosecuting attorney; or
(2) Has reasonable cause to believe that the beneficiary will be charged with the unlawful killing of the member or retirant.
(b) If benefit payments are suspended under this section, the suspension shall continue until:
(1) A final adjudication of the criminal or civil proceeding; or
(2)(A) The retirement system receives written confirmation from the prosecuting attorney that the beneficiary will not be charged with the unlawful killing of the member or retirant.
(B) The retirement system shall request written confirmation from the prosecuting attorney stating that the beneficiary will not be charged with the unlawful killing of the member or retirant.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 24-1-303
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 24-1-303. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.