Opinion No.

The Honorable Gene Roebuck State Senator 2414 E. Matthews Jonesboro, Arkansas 72401

Dear Senator Roebuck:

This official Attorney General opinion is rendered in response to a set of questions you have presented concerning local police pension systems.

Some of your questions relate to a situation in which three retired members of a local police pension board have not stood for election in more than two years. The minutes of the meetings of the board indicate that in May, 1988, the board voted to allow the mayor to appoint the retired members of the board. The minutes also reflect the fact that in…