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24-10-617. Survivor health benefits.
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24-10-617. Survivor health benefits.
(a) When a municipal employee who is vested in a municipal retirement system under the Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System, § 24-10-101 et seq., or under a local policemen's pension and relief fund, § 24-11-401 et seq., or under a firemen's relief and pension fund, § 24-11-801 et seq., is killed or dies in the course of his or her employment and is survived by a spouse, or has surviving dependents actively drawing a benefit from those municipal retirement systems, then the surviving spouse or surviving dependents may continue to participate in the municipality's healthcare plan as long as the surviving spouse or surviving dependents pay both employer and employee contributions to the healthcare plan.
(b) However, a surviving spouse or surviving dependent may qualify to continue on the healthcare plan only so long as they remain an eligible beneficiary under the retirement system.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 24-10-617
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24-10-617. Survivor health benefits.
(a) When a municipal employee who is vested in a municipal retirement system under the Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System, § 24-10-101 et seq., or under a local policemen's pension and relief fund, § 24-11-401 et seq., or under a firemen's relief and pension fund, § 24-11-801 et seq., is killed or dies in the course of his or her employment and is survived by a spouse, or has surviving dependents actively drawing a benefit from those municipal retirement systems, then the surviving spouse or surviving dependents may continue to participate in the municipality's healthcare plan as long as the surviving spouse or surviving dependents pay both employer and employee contributions to the healthcare plan.
(b) However, a surviving spouse or surviving dependent may qualify to continue on the healthcare plan only so long as they remain an eligible beneficiary under the retirement system.
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24-10-101. Purpose.
The purpose of this chapter, which creates and establishes the Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System, is to establish a benefit program for future police officers and firefighters in Arkansas and to establish a statewide retirement system which will have the advantages of pooled administration while preserving local rights and local contribution rates.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 24-10-101
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24-11-401. Applicability.
This subchapter shall not apply to any city that had a policemen's pension and relief fund on June 10, 1937.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 24-11-401
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24-11-801. Board of trustees — Members.
(a) The board of trustees of every firemen's relief and pension fund established in a city, incorporated town, or duly qualified fire protection district under this subchapter shall be composed of the following:
(1) The chief executive, who shall serve as chair of the board;
(2) The city or district clerk or recorder, who shall serve as secretary of the board;
(3) The fire chief or, if the fire chief is not a member of the fund, the highest ranking member of the fire department who is a member and who is willing to serve, or, if there is no active member of the fire department, a retired member of the fire department; and
(4)(A) Four (4) active or retired members of the pension fund.
(B) As used in this section, “member” includes an active or retired member of the fund but does not include a beneficiary of the fund.
(b) The board thus created shall provide for the disbursement of the firemen's relief and pension fund and shall designate its beneficiaries as directed in this act.
(c) The active and retired members shall elect the member trustees by secret written ballot in May of each year by a method to be determined by the board.
(d) All member trustees shall serve two-year terms without compensation.
(e) The board may make all rules needful for its guidance to implement the provisions regarding board composition.
(f) The chief executive in the cities, incorporated towns, or fire protection districts shall be the chair, the city or town clerk or recorder or clerk of the fire protection district shall be ex officio secretary, and the city, town, or fire protection district treasurer shall be ex officio treasurer of the board of trustees during his or her respective term of office as the official of the city,
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 24-11-801
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 24-11-801. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.