(a)

1. (1) The Arkansas Fire and Police Pension Review Board was established by Acts 1983, No. 381.

2. (2) Its legal charge is to enforce:

   1. (A) Arkansas laws which govern funding of local police and fire pension funds (local plans) which were established by Acts 1937, No. 250, and Acts 1921, No. 491, respectively; and
   2. (B) The proper legal level of benefit payments from these local plans.
3. (3) The law also charges the board with approving the decisions of staff, who certify the proper action to be taken on benefit increase requests for local plans.

(b)

1. (1) The board has nine (9) voting members.
2. (2) Employers have three (3) representatives, each employee group has two (2) representatives, the public has one (1) representative, and the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration sits ex officio.
3. (3) The board members are appointed by the Governor and hold terms which are set by law.

4. (4) The board:

   1. (A) Must meet once a year; and
   2. (B) May call other regular and special meetings at its discretion.

(c)

1. (1) In or after July of each odd-numbered year, the voting members of the board shall elect from among their number a chair of the board and a vice chair to move up to chair of the board.
2. (2) The vice chair will serve in the absence of the chair and/or in the event the member holding the position of chair leaves the board prior to the expiration of his or her term.
3. (3) However, the period a member may serve as vice chair will not apply towards the stated term limitation in the event that member is elected to the position of chair.
4. (4) Beginning with the July 2007 election cycle, a member will be limited to one (1) term as chair.
5. (5) The rotation of the chair position shall begin with the Arkansas Municipal League representatives, followed by the police representatives, followed by the public representative, and then the firefighter representatives.
6. (6) In the event a representative group does not wish to serve as chair, then the rotation shall move to the next representative group.

(f)

1. (1) The press is notified of each board meeting, which is open to the public.
2. (2) The public may review the records of the board at its offices located at 620 W. 3rd Street, Suite 200, Little Rock, Arkansas, 72201-2223.
3. (3) Office hours are Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

(g)

1. (1) Public records may be copied in the office, but charges not to exceed fifty cents (50¢) per page may be charged to defray the cost of copying large volumes of pages.
2. (2) Any interested party will be afforded access to the public files, but such persons are asked to contact the executive director first at (501) 682-1745 so that a mutually convenient time may be arranged and office operations will not be disrupted.