(a) All municipal court clerks and district court clerks who are members of a municipal judge's retirement fund on December 31, 2004, shall become members of the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System on January 1, 2005.
(b) If the local government employing the district court clerk on December 31, 2004, is not a participating employer under the system, then the local government shall become a participating employer under the system for the district court clerk beginning on January 1, 2005.