Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.
Act 344 of the Regular Session
1 State of Arkansas As Engrossed: H2/24/21
2 93rd General Assembly A Bill
3 Regular Session, 2021 HOUSE BILL 1205
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5 By: Representative Tosh
6 By: Senator D. Wallace
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8 For An Act To Be Entitled
9 AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE REEMPLOYMENT
10 OF CERTAIN RETIRED MEMBERS OF THE ARKANSAS LOCAL
11 POLICE AND FIRE RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND FOR OTHER
12 PURPOSES.
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15 Subtitle
16 TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE
17 REEMPLOYMENT OF CERTAIN RETIRED MEMBERS
18 OF THE ARKANSAS LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE
19 RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
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22 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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24 SECTION 1. Arkansas Code 24-10-504(e)(1), concerning forfeiture and
25 restoration under the Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System, is
26 amended to read as follows:
27 (e)(1) Regardless of whether a retirant was a participant in the Local
28 Police and Fire Deferred Retirement Option Plan or retired under 24-10-606,
29 a retirant may return to employment after he or she retires if the retirant:
30 (A) Was a retirant for at least one hundred eighty (180)
31 ninety (90) days;
32 (B) In a manner prescribed by the system, waives his or
33 her right to any benefit accrual, including without limitation a benefit
34 provided under 24-10-607; and
35 (C) Either:
36 (i) Returns to a covered employer other than the
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1 covered employer or covered employers from which he or she retired; or
2 (ii)(a) Returns to employment in an entry level
3 position with the covered employer from which he or she retired.
4 (b) Subdivision (e)(1)(C)(ii)(a) of this
5 section does not apply to a retirant who returns to employment in a position
6 appointed by a mayor, city manager, or city administrator.
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8 SECTION 2. Arkansas Code 24-10-504(e), concerning forfeiture and
9 restoration under the Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System, is
10 amended to add an additional subdivision to read as follows:
11 (7) A retirant who retired before the January 1, 2020, effective
12 date of Acts 2019, No. 988, may return to employment as provided by this
13 subsection.
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