[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR216.17]

[Page 215-216]
 
                      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.  216.17  What amount of regular non-railroad employment will break a 

current connection.

    The amount of regular non-railroad employment needed to break a 
current connection depends on when the applicable 30-month period ends 
(see Sec.  216.13 of this part), as follows:
    (a) If the 30-month period ends in the calendar year before or in 
the same calendar year as the annuity begins or the

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month the employee dies, the current connection is broken if the 
employee:
    (1) Works in each month in the interval after the end of the 30-
month period and before the earlier of the month the annuity begins or 
the employee dies; or
    (2) Works and earns at least $200 in wages in any 3 months within 
the interval described in paragraph (a)(1) of this section.
    (b) If the 30-month period ends more than a year before the calendar 
year in which the annuity begins or the employee dies, the current 
connection is broken if the employee:
    (1) Works in any 2 consecutive years wholly or partially within the 
interval after the end of the 30-month period and before the month the 
annuity begins or the employee dies, whichever is earlier; and
    (2) Earns at least $1,000 in wages in any year wholly or partially 
within the interval described in paragraph (b)(1) of this section (but 
not counting earnings during the 30-month period and after the annuity 
beginning date), even if that year is not one of the 2 consecutive years 
described in paragraph (b)(1) of this section.