Arkansas Code Title 24. Retirement and Pensions § 24-10-609. Voluntary active member death

(a)(1) If an active member who has accrued five (5) or more years of credited service, including credited service for the year immediately preceding his or her death, or who has attained his or her normal retirement age dies in employer volunteer service before retirement, the applicable benefits provided in this subsection and subsection (c) of this section shall be paid, subject to § 24-10-610.

(2) His or her surviving spouse, who was married to the member at least one (1) year immediately preceding his or her death, shall receive an annuity computed in the same manner in all respects as if the member had:

(b)(1) If an active member dies in employer volunteer service before retirement as a result of a personal injury or disease that the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System finds to have arisen out of and in the course of his or her actual performance of duty as an employee, the applicable benefits provided in this subsection and subsection (c) of this section shall be paid, subject to § 24-10-610.

(2) His or her surviving spouse, who was married to the member at least one (1) year immediately preceding his or her death, shall receive an annuity computed in the same manner in all respects as if the member had:

(3) For the sole purpose of computing the amount of the annuity on account of any member who does not have twenty-five (25) years of credited volunteer service in force at time of death, credited volunteer service shall be granted for the period from the date of his or her death to the date he or she would have completed twenty-five (25) years of credited volunteer service.

(2) Upon a child's ceasing to be a dependent child, his or her annuity shall terminate, and there shall be a redetermination of the amounts payable to any remaining dependent children.