[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]