34 Tex. Admin. Code § 101.5 - Applications for Benefits or Asserting Other Claims
(a) General. Any person who asserts any claim
to any right or benefit under the act shall file written application with the
director of the system at the office of the system at Austin.
(b) Form, content, and signature of
applications.
(1) Official forms for
applications for certain benefits. Official forms for use in making application
for service retirement benefits, for disability retirement benefits, and for
refund of accumulated deposits on terminations prior to retirement are
available at and may be obtained without charge from the office of the director
of the system in Austin upon written request; normally, such forms are also
available at, and can be obtained from, the county auditor of a participating
county or from the officer in charge of payrolls for the participating
subdivision by which the member is or was employed. All applications which are
the subject of any official form shall contain the information, statements, and
supporting documents designated in that official form and shall conform
substantially to that official form.
(2) Contents of applications having no
official form. All applications for which no official form is prescribed shall
be typewritten or printed on white paper, 8 1/2 inches wide by 11 inches long,
and shall contain:
(A) the name of the party
asserting the right or claim, his membership number in the system (if any), and
his address;
(B) a concise
statement of the facts relied on as giving rise to the right or claim asserted;
and
(C) a prayer stating the type
of relief, action, or order desired by the applicant.
(3) Applications required to be signed. All
applications for retirement or for retirement benefits must be personally
signed in ink by the member seeking retirement unless there is a guardian of
the person and estate of the member, in which event the application must be
signed by the guardian. The original of all other applications shall be signed
by the applicant or by the applicant's authorized representative. The director
may require satisfactory proof of the authority of a representative to act for
the member.
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