AR SB201

Removes the "under the age of seventy (70)" requirement from Arkansas Code § 24-8-101(a), allowing judges or justices of any age receiving retirement benefits who are elected or appointed to judicial office and forego benefits during service to resume receiving those benefits upon termination of subsequent service.

Repeals Arkansas Code § 24-8-215(c), which previously allowed judges who reached age 70 during their term to complete it without forfeiting retirement benefits, and required mandatory retirement at age 70 or loss of all benefits.

Repeals Arkansas Code § 24-8-224, which provided retroactive retirement benefits to judges age 80 or older who had served at least 16 years but became ineligible due to serving beyond the mandatory retirement age.

Removes the "under the age of seventy (70)" requirement from Arkansas Code § 24-8-218(c)(4)(A) using identical language as Section 1 for the alternative retirement system.

Repeals Arkansas Code § 24-8-710(b), which contained identical age-70 provisions for a separate judicial retirement system.