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24-4-805. Death or disability.
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24-4-805. Death or disability.
(a) In the event that an Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System Deferred Retirement Option Plan participant dies, the benefits payable from the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System shall be determined as though the participant had separated from service and been found eligible for monthly benefits by the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System on the day prior to the death, with death following immediately thereafter.
(b) In the event that a plan participant applies for benefits from the system pursuant to § 24-4-511 related to disability retirement, the application shall be treated as an application for voluntary retirement pursuant to § 24-4-601 and no benefits other than those that would be payable without regard to the disability shall become payable.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 24-4-805
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24-4-805. Death or disability.
(a) In the event that an Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System Deferred Retirement Option Plan participant dies, the benefits payable from the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System shall be determined as though the participant had separated from service and been found eligible for monthly benefits by the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System on the day prior to the death, with death following immediately thereafter.
(b) In the event that a plan participant applies for benefits from the system pursuant to § 24-4-511 related to disability retirement, the application shall be treated as an application for voluntary retirement pursuant to § 24-4-601 and no benefits other than those that would be payable without regard to the disability shall become payable.
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24-4-511. Eligibility for benefits — Disability retirement — Definitions.
(a)(1)(A)(i) Except for members of the General Assembly who need at least ten (10) years of actual service, any active member with five (5) or more years of actual service, including actual service for at least eighteen (18) of the twenty-four (24) calendar months immediately preceding his or her disability, who becomes totally and permanently physically or mentally incapacitated for any suitable job or position as an employee as a result of a personal injury or disease may be retired by the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System upon written application filed with the board by or on behalf of the member.
(ii)(a) As used in subdivision (a)(1)(A)(i) of this section, “disease” includes without limitation cancer that a firefighter or volunteer firefighter is diagnosed with while he or she is in the line of duty.
(b) A finding that a firefighter or volunteer firefighter was diagnosed with cancer while he or she was in the line of duty may be rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence.
(iii) As used in subdivision (a)(1)(A)(ii) of this section, “cancer” means:
(a) Leukemia, lymphoma, mesothelioma, or multiple myeloma;
(b) Cancer of the brain, urinary tract, liver, skin, breast, cervix, thyroid, prostate, testicle, colon, or digestive tract; or
(c) A cancer that has been found by research and statistics to show higher instances of occurrence in firefighters than in the general population, if the firefighter was exposed to a known carcinogen, as determined by the Department of Health with consideration to the findings of the International Agency for Research on Cancer, while in the official line of duty.
(B) This may occur only if after a medical examinatio
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 24-4-511
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 24-4-511. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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24-4-601. Straight life annuity generally.
(a)(1) Beginning July 1, 2001, any member who retires as provided in § 24-4-508 or §§ 24-4-510 — 24-4-512 shall receive a straight life annuity for each year of contributory service credit equal to two and seven-hundredths percent (2.07%) of the member's final average compensation multiplied by the number of years and fraction of a year of credited service rendered on or after July 1, 2001, with the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System.
(2) Beginning July 1, 2001, any member who retires as provided in § 24-4-508 or §§ 24-4-510 — 24-4-512 shall receive a straight life annuity for each year of contributory service credit equal to two and eleven-hundredths percent (2.11%) of the member's average compensation multiplied by the number of years and fraction of a year of credited service rendered before July 1, 2001, with the system.
(b)(1) For each year of noncontributory credited service in the system rendered prior to July 1, 2007, resulting from employment in a position covered at any time by Social Security or another federal retirement plan supported wholly or in part by employer contributions, a member shall receive one and seventy-five-hundredths percent (1.75%) of the member's final average compensation plus, for each year of noncontributory credited service in the system rendered prior to July 1, 2007, resulting from employment in a position never so covered, a member shall receive two and eleven-hundredths percent (2.11%) of the member's final average compensation.
(2) For each year of credited service in the system rendered after June 30, 2007, resulting from employment in a position covered at any time by Social Security or another federal retirement plan supported wholly or in part by employer contributio
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 24-4-601
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 24-4-601. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.