| (a) All applications, beneficiary designations, administrative
elections, petitions, complaints, replies, and other pleadings seeking
to institute any claim, complaint, or other proceeding under the Act,
or relating to any such proceeding then pending (other than one that
has become a "contested case" under Chapter 2001 of the Texas Government
Code), or seeking to exercise a right or perform an administrative
action under the Act, shall be filed with the director, at the offices
of the system in Austin. Such instruments shall be deemed filed only
when actually received, accompanied by the filing fee, if any, required
by statute or by rules of the board. For purposes of clarity and without
limiting the foregoing, if a participant (as that term is defined
in §855.114 of the Act) who completes and executes a beneficiary
designation, or application for benefits, dies before the system receives
such documentation, such application or designation will not be accepted
or considered valid.
(b) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, an instrument
may be filed electronically in accordance with §855.115(e) of
the Act and any instructions provided by the system.
(c) If a proceeding becomes a "contested case," documents
shall thereafter be filed in accordance with §§121.12-121.25
of this title.
(d) Any notice, application, designation, election,
petition, complaint, reply or other pleading delivered to the system
in accordance with subsections (a) or (b) of this section is deemed
delivered to the board.
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