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24-10-609. Death of member in volunteer service.
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24-10-609. Death of member in volunteer service.
(a)(1) If an active member who has accrued five (5) or more years of credited service, including credited service for the year immediately preceding his or her death, or who has attained his or her normal retirement age dies in employer volunteer service before retirement, the applicable benefits provided in this subsection and subsection (c) of this section shall be paid, subject to § 24-10-610.
(2) His or her surviving spouse, who was married to the member at least one (1) year immediately preceding his or her death, shall receive an annuity computed in the same manner in all respects as if the member had:
(A) Retired the date of his or her death with entitlement to an annuity provided for in § 24-10-602;
(B) Elected Option B50 survivor beneficiary annuity provided for in § 24-10-603; and
(C) Nominated the spouse as joint beneficiary.
(b)(1) If an active member dies in employer volunteer service before retirement as a result of a personal injury or disease that the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System finds to have arisen out of and in the course of his or her actual performance of duty as an employee, the applicable benefits provided in this subsection and subsection (c) of this section shall be paid, subject to § 24-10-610.
(2) His or her surviving spouse, who was married to the member at least one (1) year immediately preceding his or her death, shall receive an annuity computed in the same manner in all respects as if the member had:
(A) Retired the date of his or her death with entitlement to an annuity provided for in § 24-10-602;
(B) Elected Option B50 survivor beneficiary annuity provided for in § 24-10-603; and
(C) Nominated the spouse as joint beneficiar
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 24-10-609
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24-10-609. Death of member in volunteer service.
(a)(1) If an active member who has accrued five (5) or more years of credited service, including credited service for the year immediately preceding his or her death, or who has attained his or her normal retirement age dies in employer volunteer service before retirement, the applicable benefits provided in this subsection and subsection (c) of this section shall be paid, subject to § 24-10-610.
(2) His or her surviving spouse, who was married to the member at least one (1) year immediately preceding his or her death, shall receive an annuity computed in the same manner in all respects as if the member had:
(A) Retired the date of his or her death with entitlement to an annuity provided for in § 24-10-602;
(B) Elected Option B50 survivor beneficiary annuity provided for in § 24-10-603; and
(C) Nominated the spouse as joint beneficiary.
(b)(1) If an active member dies in employer volunteer service before retirement as a result of a personal injury or disease that the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System finds to have arisen out of and in the course of his or her actual performance of duty as an employee, the applicable benefits provided in this subsection and subsection (c) of this section shall be paid, subject to § 24-10-610.
(2) His or her surviving spouse, who was married to the member at least one (1) year immediately preceding his or her death, shall receive an annuity computed in the same manner in all respects as if the member had:
(A) Retired the date of his or her death with entitlement to an annuity provided for in § 24-10-602;
(B) Elected Option B50 survivor beneficiary annuity provided for in § 24-10-603; and
(C) Nominated the spouse as joint beneficiary.
(3) For the sole purpose of computing the amount of the annuity on account of any member who does not have twenty-five (25) years of credited volunteer service in force at time of death, credited volunteer service shall be granted for the period from the date of his or her death to the date he or she would have completed twenty-five (25) years of credited volunteer service.
(c)(1)(A) Upon a member's death while in volunteer service and in qualifying circumstances provided in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, his or her dependent children shall each receive an annuity of fifteen dollars ($15.00) monthly.
(B) However, while there are three (3) or more dependent children, each dependent child shall receive an annuity of an equal share of forty dollars ($40.00) monthly.
(2) Upon a child's ceasing to be a dependent child, his or her annuity shall terminate, and there shall be a redetermination of the amounts payable to any remaining dependent children.
(d) Annuities payable under the provisions of this section shall commence the first day of the calendar month next following the date of the member's death or a later date specified for the commencement of annuity payments.
(e) A member hired on or after July 1, 2013, shall accrue ten (10) years of actual service in order to be eligible for benefits under this section.
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24-10-602. Annuity generally.
(a) Upon a member's retirement, he or she shall receive an annuity for life in accordance with the applicable benefit program elected by his or her employer, as follows:
(1)Benefit Program 1.
(A) For each year of paid service resulting from employment:
(i) In a position not also covered by Social Security, two and ninety-four hundredths percent (2.94%) of his or her final average pay; and
(ii) In a position also covered by Social Security, one and ninety-four hundredths percent (1.94%) of his or her final average pay.
(B)(i)(a) In addition, if the member is retiring as provided in § 24-10-604, § 24-10-605, § 24-10-606, or § 24-10-607, and if the member's age at retirement is less than Social Security's minimum age for an immediate unreduced retirement benefit, then the member shall receive a temporary annuity equal to one percent (1%) of his or her final average pay for each year of paid service resulting from employment in a position also covered by Social Security.
(b) The provisions of this section that allow a member who retires as provided in § 24-10-607, whose employment was also covered by Social Security, and who is thereby eligible for a temporary annuity shall be applied retroactively to all persons who retired under those circumstances on or after October 1, 1989.
(ii) The temporary annuity shall terminate at the end of the calendar month in which the earlier of the following events occurs:
(a) The member's death; or
(b) His or her attainment of Social Security's minimum age for an immediate unreduced retirement benefit.
(iii) Any member who has had a temporary annuity terminated because of an award of disability retirement under the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 301 et seq., shall have that temporary annu
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 24-10-602
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 24-10-602. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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24-10-603. Annuity options.
(a) Before the date the first payment of a member's annuity becomes due, but not thereafter, a member may elect in a manner prescribed by the Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System to receive his or her annuity as an Option A60 annuity under this section, or the member may elect to have his or her life annuity reduced, excepting any temporary annuity that may be payable. The member may nominate a beneficiary in accordance with the provisions of one (1) of the following options:
(1)Option A60 — Sixty (60) Months Certain and Life Annuity.
(A)(i) Under Option A60, the retirant shall be paid an annuity for life with the provision that if the retirant's death occurs before sixty (60) monthly payments have been made, the full annuity shall continue to be paid for the remainder of the sixty (60) months to such persons and in such shares as the retirant shall have designated in a manner prescribed by the system and filed with the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System.
(ii) If there is no payee surviving, the lump-sum actuarial equivalent of the remaining monthly payments shall be paid to the estate of the last survivor among the retirant and the designated persons.
(B) The reduced annuity shall be ninety-six percent (96%) of the life annuity if the first payment due date is before July 1, 2001, ninety-seven percent (97%) of the life annuity if the first payment due date is on or after July 1, 2001, or one hundred percent (100%) of the life annuity if the first payment due date is on or after July 1, 2003.
(2)Option A120 — One Hundred Twenty (120) Months Certain and Life Annuity.
(A)(i) Under Option A120, the retirant shall be paid a reduced annuity for life with the provision that if the retir
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 24-10-603
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 24-10-603. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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24-10-610. Limitations on death and disability annuities.
If a death annuity is payable on behalf of a member who dies in employer service before retirement, or for the portion of a disability annuity payable before a disability retirant's attainment of age fifty-five (55), the total amount of the system annuities based on paid service shall not exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the amount of his or her final average pay at the time of death or disability.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 24-10-610
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 24-10-610. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.