§ 24-7-209 - Suspension of benefit payments upon request. - Arkansas Statutes

24-7-209. Suspension of benefit payments upon request.

(a) Subject to the minimum distribution provisions of 24-7-730, a person entitled to receive an annuity may submit a request to the system in writing, for personal reasons and without disclosure thereof, to suspend the payment of all the benefit otherwise payable to him or her by the system.

(b) Upon receipt of the request, the system shall authorize the suspension, and the person shall be deemed to have forfeited all rights to the benefit so suspended but shall have the right to have the full benefit otherwise payable reinstated as to future monthly payment upon written notice to the system to revoke the prior request for suspension under this section.