§ 24-6-210 - Credited service.
24-6-210. Credited service.
(a) (1) Any member who shall become separated from the employ of the Department of Arkansas State Police by reason of service in the armed forces of the United States shall have the service, not to exceed a total of five (5) years, credited to him or her as department service, but only if he or she returns to the employ of the department within one hundred eighty (180) days from and after termination of the armed service required of him or her and if he or she returns to the members' deposit account the amount of his or her accumulated contributions withdrawn by him or her, together with regular interest from the date of withdrawal to the date of repayment.
(2) In any case of doubt as to the period to be so credited any member, the Board of Trustees of the State Police Retirement System shall have the final power to determine the period.
(3) During the period of armed service and until his or her return to the employ of the department, his or her contributions to the members' deposit account shall be suspended, and his or her balance in the account shall be accumulated at regular interest.
(4) The federal service so credited a member shall be excluded in computing his or her final average compensation.
(b) (1) The board shall determine by appropriate rules and regulations the amount of service to be credited any member.
(2) In no case shall less than fifteen (15) days of service rendered in any calendar month be credited as a month of service, nor shall less than ten (10) months of service rendered in any calendar year be credited as a year of service, nor shall more than one (1) year of service be credited any member for all service rendered by him or her in any calendar year.
(c) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, should any member leave the employ of the department for any reason except his or her retirement as provided in this subchapter or his or her death, he or she shall thereupon cease to be a member, and his or her credited service at that time shall be forfeited by him or her.
(2) In the event he or she again becomes employed in the department as a state police officer, he or she shall again become a member of the system.
(3) (A) In the event his or her reemployment occurs within a period of five (5) years from and after the date he or she last left the employ of the department, his or her credited service last forfeited by him or her shall be restored to his or her credit, but only if he or she returns to the members' deposit account the amounts he or she may have withdrawn therefrom, together with regular interest from the date of withdrawal to the date of repayment.
(B) Repayment shall be made according to such rules and regulations as the board shall adopt from time to time.
(4) Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, should a person return to the employment of the department after the expiration of a period of five (5) years from and after the date of his or her employment with the department last terminated, he or she shall not have his or her credited service last forfeited by him or her restored to his or her credit.
(5) Upon a member's retirement or death, he or she shall cease to be a member.