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24-11-413. Moneys added to fund — Contributions.
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24-11-413. Moneys added to fund — Contributions.
(a) There shall be added to the policemen's pension and relief fund the following moneys:
(1) All forfeitures and fines imposed upon any member of the police department by way of discipline;
(2) All money given or donated to the fund;
(3) All money deducted from the salary of any member of the police department on account of absence or loss of time;
(4) All rewards paid for any purpose;
(5) Ten percent (10%) of all fines and forfeitures, not including court costs, collected by the county or city official, agency, or department designated pursuant to § 16-13-709 as primarily responsible for the collection of fines assessed in the district courts of this state for violation of ordinances or state law that pursuant to law would be deposited into the city general fund and are not designated by law as payable to the county or state agencies or entities; and
(6)(A) Six percent (6%) of the monthly salary of each member of the department, to be deducted each month by the city and immediately paid to the board of trustees of the policemen's pension and relief fund.
(B) However, the monthly deduction shall be four percent (4%) for police officers contributing to Social Security unless increased, but not to exceed six percent (6%), by the majority vote of the contributing members of a police department covered by Social Security.
(b) All cities and towns in which a policemen’s pension and relief fund is established shall contribute to the fund an amount not less than six percent (6%) of the police officers’ salary.
(c) The contributions by cities and towns shall not exceed the amount contributed by the police officers, except where authorized by appropriation of the city’s or town’s governing body.
(d) A police
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 24-11-413
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24-11-413. Moneys added to fund — Contributions.
(a) There shall be added to the policemen's pension and relief fund the following moneys:
(1) All forfeitures and fines imposed upon any member of the police department by way of discipline;
(2) All money given or donated to the fund;
(3) All money deducted from the salary of any member of the police department on account of absence or loss of time;
(4) All rewards paid for any purpose;
(5) Ten percent (10%) of all fines and forfeitures, not including court costs, collected by the county or city official, agency, or department designated pursuant to § 16-13-709 as primarily responsible for the collection of fines assessed in the district courts of this state for violation of ordinances or state law that pursuant to law would be deposited into the city general fund and are not designated by law as payable to the county or state agencies or entities; and
(6)(A) Six percent (6%) of the monthly salary of each member of the department, to be deducted each month by the city and immediately paid to the board of trustees of the policemen's pension and relief fund.
(B) However, the monthly deduction shall be four percent (4%) for police officers contributing to Social Security unless increased, but not to exceed six percent (6%), by the majority vote of the contributing members of a police department covered by Social Security.
(b) All cities and towns in which a policemen’s pension and relief fund is established shall contribute to the fund an amount not less than six percent (6%) of the police officers’ salary.
(c) The contributions by cities and towns shall not exceed the amount contributed by the police officers, except where authorized by appropriation of the city’s or town’s governing body.
(d) A policemen's pension and relief fund that has assigned administrative responsibility for the fund to the Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System under § 24-11-406 continues to be eligible to collect and deposit the amounts under subsection (a) of this section as contributions.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
16-13-709. Responsibility for collection.
(a)(1)(A)(i) The quorum court of each county of the state shall designate a county official, agency, or department which shall be primarily responsible for the collection of fines assessed in the circuit courts of this state.
(ii) All fines collected each month in circuit court by the designated county official, agency, or department shall be disbursed by the fifth working day of the following month to the State Administration of Justice Fund, the county administration of justice fund, and the appropriate county fund, state entity, or state agency as provided by law.
(iii) The sheriff shall remain responsible for collecting bail or money deposited in lieu of bail on behalf of defendants discharged from incarceration pursuant to law in circuit court.
(B)(i) The quorum court may delegate the responsibility for the collection of delinquent fines assessed in circuit court to a private contractor.
(ii) The contractor may receive, under a written contract, a commission on delinquent fines collected for circuit court.
(C)(i) The commission agreed to be received by the private contractor shall be a portion of the total fine owed by a defendant.
(ii) The court shall credit the defendant with the gross amount remitted to the private contractor.
(iii) The private contractor shall remit the gross amounts collected to the county official, agency, or department designated under subdivision (a)(1)(A) of this section on at least a monthly basis.
(iv) Payment of the commission shall be through the county claims process.
(v) The county treasurer shall make a pro rata disbursement of the remaining fines to the State Administration of Justice Fund, the county administration of justice fund, and the appropriate county fund, state
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-13-709
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 16-13-709. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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24-11-406. Administration of small funds by Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System.
(a)(1) In those local police pension and relief funds that cover fewer than five (5) members, a local board of trustees may no longer exist, and the fund shall be designated as inactive by the employer.
(2) As used in this section, “member” includes an active member or a retired member of the fund described in subdivision (a)(1) of this section but does not include beneficiaries.
(b) Administrative responsibility for the fund shall be assigned to the Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System, as allowed by §§ 24-10-301 and 24-10-302 and as provided in the following procedure:
(1)(A) The actuary under contract to the system shall compute the retirement reserve for vested and active members and for eligible beneficiaries of the inactive fund. After receiving the report of the actuary, the employer shall transfer the computed reserve to the system to be held in an account designated as the retirement reserve for the inactive fund and from which the system shall pay eligible beneficiaries.
(B) The retirement reserve and any additional employer contributions shall include such amounts as are necessary to provide administrative expenses for the system, but such expenses shall not exceed a total of one-half of one percent (0.5%) of active member payroll, if any, plus one percent (1%) of annual reserve assets;
(2) Any excess assets of the fund remaining after the retirement reserve is created shall be transferred to an account designated by the employer, to be used solely for the purpose of making payments to the system for employee coverage administered under the system and for no other purpose;
(3) If a former member of the local pension fund returns to service i
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 24-11-406
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 24-11-406. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.