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24-8-227. Definition.
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24-8-227. Definition.
Unless the context requires otherwise, any listing of judges or justices in § 24-8-201 et seq. and § 24-8-701 et seq. shall include all judges and justices in the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 24-8-227
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24-8-227. Definition.
Unless the context requires otherwise, any listing of judges or justices in § 24-8-201 et seq. and § 24-8-701 et seq. shall include all judges and justices in the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System.
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24-8-201. Public policy.
It is declared to be the state's public policy that chancery and circuit court judges and justices of the Supreme Court may retire or be retired when that course appears to be in the best interest of the official concerned and for the public welfare. Factors suggesting the desirability of retirement are physical disability, advanced age, or other infirmities calculated to materially impair usefulness. In addition, it is the public policy of the state to provide sufficient retirement and survivors' benefits for the chancery and circuit court judges and justices of the Supreme Court of the state to attract and retain highly capable members of the legal profession for service in the state judiciary.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 24-8-201
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24-8-701. Legislative history, findings, and intent.
(a) It is found and determined by the General Assembly that the creation of the Tier Two Actual Judicial Service Benefit Plan is part of a history of judicial retirement legislation that has sought to develop a more equitable retirement system for judges and thereby remove the need for judges to be involved in the political process through lobbying for retirement benefits and privileges.
(b)(1) At one time member contributions were not sufficient to fund the system and therefore it was necessary for the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and other members of the judicial system to ask the General Assembly for funds to pay benefits for retired judges and justices. In 1983 the need for members of the judiciary to be involved in the political process was reduced by the establishment of an actuarial funding method and by transfer of the administration of the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System to the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System.
(2) Initially the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System allowed a judge with fifteen (15) years of elective service to retire upon reaching age sixty-five (65). However, this system was awkward and some judges with many years of service did not qualify for benefits because the system did not provide for graduated benefits. Because of this “all or nothing” plan, the law has been amended a number of times to help judges qualify for benefits through use of credited service.
(3) The use of credited service substantially changed the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System. The system was changed to allow an active member with ten (10) years of credited service to retire upon reaching age sixty-five (65) and to allow other members with twenty (20) years of credited service to retire r
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 24-8-701
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 24-8-701. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.