[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR216.13]

[Page 194]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 216_ELIGIBILITY FOR AN ANNUITY--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart B_Current Connection With the Railroad Industry
 
Sec. 216.13  Regular current connection test.

    An employee has a current connection with the railroad industry if 
he or she meets one of the following requirements:
    (a) The employee has creditable railroad service in at least 12 of 
the 30 consecutive months immediately preceding the earlier of:
    (1) The month his or her annuity begins; or
    (2) The month he or she dies.
    (b) The employee has creditable railroad service in at least 12 
months in a period of 30 consecutive months and does not work in any 
regular non-railroad employment in the interval between the month the 
30-month period ends and the earlier of:
    (1) The month his or her annuity begins; or
    (2) The month he or she dies.