1. (a) The Arkansas District Judge Retirement System is a reciprocal system under Arkansas Code §§ 24-2-401 – 24-2-404.
2. (b) There is no reciprocal service with the local municipal judge retirement systems before January 1, 2005.

3. (c) In establishing eligibility for a benefit from the Arkansas District Judge Retirement System, the credited service:

   1. (1) Under all reciprocal systems shall be totaled; and
   2. (2) Shall be used in determining eligibility for an Arkansas District Judge Retirement System benefit.
4. (d) In determining the amount of a benefit from the Arkansas District Judge Retirement System, only the credited service under the Arkansas District Judge Retirement System and the benefit formula of the Arkansas District Judge Retirement System shall be used.
5. (e) Whenever the Arkansas District Judge Retirement System provides a benefit amount that is not dependent on length of credited service, the benefit amount shall be reduced to the proportion that Arkansas District Judge Retirement System credited service bears to total reciprocal system-credited service.

Codification Notes: This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules provided as follows: "618 – 2009 (5) – Reciprocal System"