| (a) General. Any person who asserts any claim to any right
or benefit under the act shall file written application with the director
of the system at the office of the system at Austin.
(b) Form, content, and signature of applications.
(1) Official forms for applications for certain benefits. Official
forms for use in making application for service retirement benefits, for disability
retirement benefits, and for refund of accumulated deposits on terminations
prior to retirement are available at and may be obtained without charge from
the office of the director of the system in Austin upon written request; normally,
such forms are also available at, and can be obtained from, the county auditor
of a participating county or from the officer in charge of payrolls for the
participating subdivision by which the member is or was employed. All applications
which are the subject of any official form shall contain the information,
statements, and supporting documents designated in that official form and
shall conform substantially to that official form.
(2) Contents of applications having no official form.
All applications for which no official form is prescribed shall be typewritten
or printed on white paper, 8 1/2 inches wide by 11 inches long, and shall
contain:
(A) the name of the party asserting the right or claim, his
membership number in the system (if any), and his address;
(B) a concise statement of the facts relied on as giving rise
to the right or claim asserted; and
(C) a prayer stating the type of relief, action, or order desired
by the applicant.
(3) Applications required to be signed. All applications
for retirement or for retirement benefits must be personally signed in ink
by the member seeking retirement unless there is a guardian of the person
and estate of the member, in which event the application must be signed by
the guardian. The original of all other applications shall be signed by the
applicant or by the applicant's authorized representative. The director may
require satisfactory proof of the authority of a representative to act for
the member.
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