[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR1600.12]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
         CHAPTER VI--FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT INVESTMENT BOARD
 
PART 1600_EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTION ELECTIONS AND CONTRIBUTION ALLOCATIONS--Table 
 
                           Subpart B_Elections
 
Sec.  1600.12  Contribution elections.

    (a) An employee may make a contribution election at any time.
    (b) A participant must submit a contribution election to his or her 
employing agency. To make an election, employees may use either the 
paper election form provided by the TSP, or, if available from their 
employing agency, electronic media. If an electronic medium is used, all 
relevant elements contained on the paper form must be included in the 
electronic medium.
    (c) A contribution election must:
    (1) Be completed in accordance with the instructions on the form, if 
a paper form is used;
    (2) Be made in accordance with the employing agency's instructions, 
if the submission is made electronically; and
    (3) Not exceed the maximum contribution limitations described in 
Sec.  1600.22.
    (d) A contribution election will become effective no later than the 
first full pay period after it is received by the employing agency.

[70 FR 32207, June 1, 2005]