Arkansas Code Title 24. Retirement and Pensions § 24-11-826. Additional benefits for certain firefighters hired prior to January 1, 1983

(a)(1) Beginning July 1, 1987, in addition to the monthly pension benefits as set forth in §§ 24-11-801 -- 24-11-807, 24-11-809, 24-11-812 -- 24-11-815, 24-11-818, and 24-11-820, for those firefighters hired prior to January 1, 1983, and who continue to work beyond their twenty-fifth year, the member of a firemen's relief and pension fund shall receive at age sixty (60) and thereafter a benefit on the amount equal to one and one-fourth percent (1.25%) of final salary attached to the rank which he or she held in the department preceding the date of retirement multiplied by the number of years of service in excess of twenty-five (25) years, up to a maximum total benefit of seventy-five percent (75%) of final salary, provided that the maximum seventy-five percent (75%) of final salary no longer applies to benefits payable on April 30, 1991, and thereafter to persons retiring henceforth and to those persons who retired on or after July 1, 1987.

(2) However, in no case shall the benefit payment exceed one hundred percent (100%) of final salary.

(c)(1) For the purposes of this section, “salary” means recurring pays that are received for a regularly scheduled workweek and does not include, except as otherwise provided in this subsection, payments for unused accrued sick leave or annual leave or the cash value of any nonrecurring or unusual remuneration.