[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: 20CFR218.1]



[Page 234-235]

 

                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS

 

                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

 

PART 218_ANNUITY BEGINNING AND ENDING DATES--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec.  218.1  Introduction.









                            Subpart A_General



Sec.

218.1 Introduction.

218.2 Definitions.

218.3 When an employee disappears.



                    Subpart B_When an Annuity Begins



218.5 General rules.

218.6 How to choose an annuity beginning date.

218.7 When chosen annuity beginning date is more than three months after 

          filing date.

218.8 When an individual may change the annuity beginning date.

218.9 When an employee annuity begins.

218.10 When a supplemental annuity begins.

218.11 When a spouse annuity begins.

218.12 When a divorced spouse annuity begins.

218.13 When a widow(er) annuity begins.



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218.14 When a child annuity begins.

218.15 When a parent annuity begins.

218.16 When a surviving divorced spouse annuity begins.

218.17 When a remarried widow(er) annuity begins.



 Subpart C_How Work and Special Payments Affect an Employee, Spouse, or 

                 Divorced Spouse Annuity Beginning Date



218.25 Introduction.

218.26 Work started after annuity beginning date.

218.27 Vacation pay.

218.28 Sick pay.

218.29 Pay for time lost.

218.30 Separation, displacement or dismissal allowance.



                     Subpart D_When an Annuity Ends



218.35 When an employee age annuity ends.

218.36 When an employee disability annuity ends.

218.37 When a supplemental annuity ends.

218.38 When a spouse annuity ends.

218.39 When a divorced spouse annuity ends.

218.40 When a widow(er) annuity ends.

218.41 When a child annuity ends.

218.42 When a parent annuity ends.

218.43 When a surviving divorced spouse annuity ends.

218.44 When a remarried widow(er) annuity ends.



    Authority: 45 U.S.C. 231f(b)(5).



    Source: 54 FR 30725, July 24, 1989, unless otherwise noted.







    This part tells when a person's entitlement to a monthly railroad 

retirement annuity begins and ends. Ordinarily, an annuity begins on the 

earliest date permitted under the Railroad Retirement Act (Act). This 

part also tells when and how a person may select a later beginning date. 

Included is an explanation of how work and certain types of special 

payments affect the beginning date of an employee or spouse annuity.