Arkansas Code § 14-40-1208 - Existing Officers, Etc

(a) The term of office of all officers, aldermen, and employees of the smaller municipality and all laws in force in the smaller municipality shall cease upon and after the consolidation.

(b) (1) Any mayor who is forced from office because of a merger of two (2) or more municipalities under this subchapter is presumed to meet the minimum service period under § 24-12-123.

(2) If the mayor who is forced from office has less than ten (10) years of actual service as mayor, then he or she is entitled to a prorated retirement benefit in an amount equal to the percentage of the mayor's actual amount of service divided by the minimum ten (10) years of service required under § 24-12-123.

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