§ 14-42-413 - Transfer of fire fighter to public safety division. - Arkansas Statutes

14-42-413. Transfer of fire fighter to public safety division.

(a) (1) Any fire fighter may transfer to the public safety division and, if he chooses, participate in the policemen's pension and relief fund.

(2) As a condition precedent to this participation, the fire fighter shall withdraw from the firemen's relief and pension fund the amount of his contributions and deposit them in the policemen's pension and relief fund, and thereupon receive years of service credit in the policemen's fund for the years served as a fire fighter, if the years served as a fire fighter were served in the city covered by this section and 14-42-410 -- 14-42-412.

(b) Upon this written application for retirement, the board of trustees of the policemen's fund shall place him on the pension roll at one-half (1/2) actual compensation based upon his highest compensation during his time of service as a public safety officer, after having completed not less than twenty (20) years combined service as a public safety officer and fire fighter.

(c) In computing total years of service for retirement, the board of trustees of the policemen's fund shall give credit for the time which the public safety officer shall have devoted to full-time duty as a public safety officer and also as a fire fighter. However, no public safety officer shall be eligible to receive years of service credit served as a fire fighter until he has completed a minimum of fifteen (15) years' service as a public safety officer.