Sec.45-29j-1. Filing and approval of election. Revocation

(a) A member desiring to elect an optional form of retirement allowance shall file with the retirement commission, before the commencement of his retirement allowance, a written election on a form to be provided by the retirement commission.

(b) An election shall be approved immediately if the member passes a health examination satisfactory to the retirement commission. Such health examination shall be made, without expense to the state, on a form to be provided by the retirement commission, by a physician legally licensed to practice medicine in the State of Connecticut.

(c) In other cases, the option application shall automatically be deemed to have been approved by the retirement commission three years after the filing thereof.

(d) An election may be revoked, or the fraction which the spouse is to receive may be reduced, at any time at least three years before the first date on which the spouse would have been entitled to a retirement allowance if the member had died on such date, as set forth in subsection (b) of section 45-29j-2. In the event of the divorce of the member and his spouse, an election may be revoked at any time before such first date. Otherwise an election may not be revoked or the fraction reduced except upon the consent of the commission, which will consider whether the proposed revocation or change would be detrimental to the state or to the retirement fund, and may require evidence as to the health of the member or his spouse, or both, and may require the consent of the spouse, before making its decision.

(e) The member may, if he so elects, provide that the optional form shall not take effect if he is retired on account of disability.

(Effective July 22, 1969)