[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR260.2]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 260_REQUESTS FOR RECONSIDERATION AND APPEALS WITHIN THE BOARD
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Sec. 260.2  Initial decisions on the amount of service and compensation 
credited to an employee.

    Within 30 days after receipt of a timely request by an employee for 
amendment with respect to the number of service months and amount of 
compensation credited to the employee by the Board under the Railroad 
Retirement Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, the Board 
shall appoint a qualified employee to make a determination with respect 
to such matter. The employee appointed by the Board shall promptly 
render a decision. Written notice of such decision shall be communicated 
to the employee within 30 days after such decision is made. Such 
decision shall include notification of the employee's right to 
reconsideration of the initial decision as provided in Sec. 260.3. For 
purposes of this section, a timely request to amend an employee's record 
of service months and compensation maintained under the Railroad 
Retirement Act shall be filed within four years after the date on which 
the report of service months and compensation was required to be made to 
the Board by the employee's employer. See Sec. 211.16 of this chapter.

[67 FR 77153, Dec. 17, 2002]