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24-11-807. Minimum payments generally — Proration upon insufficiency of fund — Supplemental pensions.
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24-11-807. Minimum payments generally — Proration upon insufficiency of fund — Supplemental pensions.
(a) For volunteer firefighters, in no case shall the payment to any retired member be less than one hundred dollars ($100) per month, and the payment shall be made in accordance with the justice and equity of each case as determined by the board of trustees of the firemen's relief and pension fund.
(b) Should the fund provided for in this subchapter be insufficient to make full payment of the amount of pensions to all persons entitled thereto, then the fund shall be prorated among those entitled by the proper authorities as may be deemed just and equitable.
(c) The payment provided for in this section shall not be made until after the payment in full of all claims or demands against the fund arising or accruing under the provisions of § 24-11-819(c).
(d) For the purpose of determining how to prorate benefits, the proration shall be considered just and equitable if:
(1) The board pays the full minimum benefit each month to all eligible beneficiaries until assets in the fund are depleted for the fiscal year, at which time all payments shall cease until revenues are received for the next fiscal year; or
(2) The board decreases all payments to all eligible beneficiaries by an equal proportion for the fiscal year and does not allow the assets in the fund to become fully depleted.
(e) In cities having a population of twenty thousand (20,000) or more, if the board of the firemen's relief and pension fund shall determine that the balances in the fund together with estimated income thereto will provide an amount sufficient to pay additional minimum pensions to volunteer firefighters entitled to the pensions. Then, by adoption of a resolution by majority vote of the
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 24-11-807
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24-11-807. Minimum payments generally — Proration upon insufficiency of fund — Supplemental pensions.
(a) For volunteer firefighters, in no case shall the payment to any retired member be less than one hundred dollars ($100) per month, and the payment shall be made in accordance with the justice and equity of each case as determined by the board of trustees of the firemen's relief and pension fund.
(b) Should the fund provided for in this subchapter be insufficient to make full payment of the amount of pensions to all persons entitled thereto, then the fund shall be prorated among those entitled by the proper authorities as may be deemed just and equitable.
(c) The payment provided for in this section shall not be made until after the payment in full of all claims or demands against the fund arising or accruing under the provisions of § 24-11-819(c).
(d) For the purpose of determining how to prorate benefits, the proration shall be considered just and equitable if:
(1) The board pays the full minimum benefit each month to all eligible beneficiaries until assets in the fund are depleted for the fiscal year, at which time all payments shall cease until revenues are received for the next fiscal year; or
(2) The board decreases all payments to all eligible beneficiaries by an equal proportion for the fiscal year and does not allow the assets in the fund to become fully depleted.
(e) In cities having a population of twenty thousand (20,000) or more, if the board of the firemen's relief and pension fund shall determine that the balances in the fund together with estimated income thereto will provide an amount sufficient to pay additional minimum pensions to volunteer firefighters entitled to the pensions. Then, by adoption of a resolution by majority vote of the full membership of the board, the board may provide for the payment of supplemental, additional minimum pensions in an amount not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per month per retired volunteer firefighter, or such lesser amount as the board shall determine can be paid from fund balances and estimated income without jeopardizing or reducing other benefits payable from the fund.
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24-11-819. Benefits — Disability retirement.
(a)(1) Any firefighter who becomes totally and permanently physically or mentally incapacitated for any suitable duty as an employee as a result of personal injury or disease may be retired by the board, upon written application filed by or on behalf of the member, if, after medical examination of the member made by or under the direction of a physician designated by the board, the physician reports in writing that the member is physically or mentally totally incapacitated for the further performance of any suitable duty, that the incapacity will probably be permanent, and that the firefighter should be retired.
(2) The benefit amount shall be as follows:
(A) If the disabling injury or disease occurred while not actually performing work in gainful employment for the fire department, the monthly benefit shall be equal to the benefit paid to normal service retirants; or
(B)(i) For a full-paid firefighter who is injured in the line of duty, the monthly disability benefit shall either be equal to sixty-five percent (65%) of the salary attached to the rank held by the member in the fire department or shall be equal to the benefit paid to normal service retirants, whichever is greater.
(ii)(a) For purposes of this section, “injured in the line of duty” means a disabling injury or disease that occurs while conducting official fire department operations or while in training to become a firefighter.
(b) The board shall determine whether the disability occurred in the line of duty and may require any medical evidence, official reports, expert testimony, or other information to be supplied by the applicant in addition to the required physician's examination and report.
(iii)(a) The additional benefits provided in this sect
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 24-11-819
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