[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: 20CFR320.49]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 320_INITIAL DETERMINATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT 
 
Sec.  320.49  Determination of date of filing.

    (a) General rule. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of 
this section, for purposes of this part, a document or form is filed on 
the day it is received by an office of the Board or by an employee of 
the Board who is authorized to receive it at a place other than one of 
the Board's offices.
    (b) Other dates of filing. The Board will also accept as the date of 
filing the date a document or form is mailed to the Board by the United 
States mail, if using the date the Board receives it would result in the 
loss or lessening of rights. The date shown by a U.S. postmark will be 
used as the date of mailing. If the postmark is unreadable, or there is 
no postmark, the Board will consider other evidence of when the document 
or form was mailed to the Board.
    (c) Use of electronic mail. By agreement between a base-year 
employer and the Board, any document required to be filed with the Board 
or any notice required to be sent to the employer may be transmitted by 
electronic mail.

[67 FR 77158, Dec. 17, 2002]

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