| 15 | | - | SYSTEM; TO AMEND THE SURVIVORS' BENEFIT OPTIONS UNDER 11 |
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| 16 | | - | THE STATE POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM; TO AMEND THE 12 |
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| 17 | | - | PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE TIER TWO DEFERRED 13 |
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| 18 | | - | RETIREMENT OPTION PLAN UNDER THE STATE POLICE 14 |
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| 19 | | - | RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 15 |
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| 22 | | - | Subtitle 18 |
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| 23 | | - | TO AMEND THE SURVIVORS' BENEFIT OPTIONS 19 |
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| 24 | | - | UNDER THE STATE POLICE RETIREMENT 20 |
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| 25 | | - | SYSTEM; AND TO AMEND THE PROVISIONS 21 |
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| 26 | | - | CONCERNING THE TIER TWO DEFERRED 22 |
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| 27 | | - | RETIREMENT OPTION PLAN UNDER THE STATE 23 |
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| 28 | | - | POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM. 24 |
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| 30 | | - | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 26 |
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| 33 | | - | SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 24 -6-504(3), concerning employer 29 |
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| 34 | | - | contributions to the Arkansas State Police Officers' Tier Two Deferred 30 |
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| 35 | | - | Retirement Option Plan, is amended to read as follows: 31 |
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| 36 | | - | (3) Seventy-two percent (72%) One hundred percent (100%) of the 32 |
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| 37 | | - | monthly retirement benefits that would have been payable had the employee 33 |
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| 38 | | - | elected to cease employment and receive a service retirement shall be paid 34 |
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| 39 | | - | into the Arkansas State Police Officers' Tier Two Deferred Retirement Option 35 |
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| 40 | | - | Plan account. 36 As Engrossed: H3/31/25 H4/2/25 HB1336 |
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| 46 | | - | SECTION 2. Arkansas Code § 27 -53-210(b), concerning the partial 2 |
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| 47 | | - | reimbursement to the Division of Arkansas State Police for the cost of making 3 |
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| 48 | | - | copies of motor vehicle accident reports and records of traffic violations, 4 |
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| 49 | | - | is amended to read as follows: 5 |
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| 50 | | - | (b)(1)(A) In Except as provided in subdivision (b)(1)(B) of this 6 |
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| 51 | | - | section, in order to partially reimburse the division for the cost of making 7 |
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| 52 | | - | photostatic or written copies of motor vehicle accident reports and copies of 8 |
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| 53 | | - | records of traffic violations, there shall be charged a fee of ten dollars 9 |
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| 54 | | - | ($10.00) twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each copy of a basic accident 10 |
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| 55 | | - | report and a fee of one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per page for 11 |
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| 56 | | - | each copy of a supplemental report. 12 |
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| 57 | | - | (B) The fee charged for a copy of a basic accident report 13 |
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| 58 | | - | under subdivision (b)(1)(A) of this section shall be ten dollars ($10.00) for 14 |
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| 59 | | - | a person who was involved in the accident for which the basic accident report 15 |
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| 60 | | - | was generated. 16 |
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| 61 | | - | (2) All funds collected under this subsection shall immediately 17 |
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| 62 | | - | be paid over by the division to the Treasurer of State and shall be credited 18 |
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| 63 | | - | by him or her as a special revenue to the Division of Arkansas State Police 19 |
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| 64 | | - | Fund with: 20 |
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| 65 | | - | (A) Ten dollars ($10.00) to be used for operations; and 21 |
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| 66 | | - | (B)(i) Fifteen dollars ($15.00) to be used for the 22 |
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| 67 | | - | benefits under §§ 24 -6-216, 24-6-408, and 24-6-504. 23 |
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| 68 | | - | (ii) The transfers under subdivision (b)(2)(B)(i) of 24 |
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| 69 | | - | this section shall be limited in use solely for the purpose of funding the 25 |
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| 70 | | - | State Police Retirement System. 26 |
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| 73 | | - | SECTION 3. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the 29 |
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| 74 | | - | General Assembly of the State of Arkansas that certain provisions of the 30 |
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| 75 | | - | Arkansas Code concerning the State Police Retirement System are in need of 31 |
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| 76 | | - | revision and updating to maintain the retirement laws in conformance with 32 |
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| 77 | | - | sound public pension policy; that the State Police Retirement System operates 33 |
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| 78 | | - | on a fiscal year of July 1 to June 30; that having a July 1, 2025, effective 34 |
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| 79 | | - | date is necessary to allow the provisions within this act to begin on the 35 |
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| 80 | | - | first day of the fiscal year to provide proper administration of the 36 As Engrossed: H3/31/25 H4/2/25 HB1336 |
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| 85 | | - | procedures herein; that such revisions and updating are of great importance 1 |
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| 86 | | - | for actuarial purposes and to protect the benefits to members of the State 2 |
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| 87 | | - | Police Retirement System; and that this act is necessary in order to maintain 3 |
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| 88 | | - | an orderly system of benefits for the members of the State Police Retirement 4 |
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| 89 | | - | System. Therefore, an emergency is declared to exist and this act being 5 |
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| 90 | | - | necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, and safety shall 6 |
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| 91 | | - | become effective on July 1, 2025 . 7 |
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| 93 | | - | /s/Warren 9 |
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| 96 | | - | APPROVED: 4/16/25 12 |
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| 13 | + | SYSTEM; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 11 |
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