Arkansas Code Title 24. Retirement and Pensions § 24-12-118. Burial expenses paid

(a) Whenever an active or retired employee shall die or be killed, the board of trustees of the pension and relief fund for paid nonuniformed employees shall appropriate from the pension and relief fund for paid nonuniformed employees the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) to pay the funeral expenses of the decedent.

(b) However, this action shall not operate to reduce payments then being paid pursuant to § 24-12-112.