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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Good morning. We just want to notify agencies that PERS has had some recent difficulties with not receiving timely beneficiary forms and changes to beneficiary forms for employees.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Although agencies may accept a completed form for their employee it still remains
<b>the employee’s responsibility </b>to make sure a change of beneficiary designation is received by PERS<b>. A change of beneficiary designation is not considered effective until the form is stamped as received by PERS.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">So this is a reminder of what is needed for all members:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tier 1 and Tier 2 Members:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">IAP: Pre-Retirement Designation of Beneficiary Packet;
<b><u>AND</u></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Pre-Retirement Designation of Beneficiary Packet<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">OPSRP Members:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">IAP: Pre-Retirement Designation of Beneficiary Packet.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">These forms can be found on the PERS website at the link below:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/pers/EMP/Pages/section/er_forms/forms.aspx#Paper_Reporting___Member_and_Beneficiary">http://www.oregon.gov/pers/EMP/Pages/section/er_forms/forms.aspx#Paper_Reporting___Member_and_Beneficiary</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Once the form(s) have been completed please fax them to 503-598-0561 or mail them to the following address:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">PERS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">PO Box 23700
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tigard, OR 97281-3700<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please do not send either of these two forms to our address or fax number. These forms contain confidential information so please handle them accordingly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please be sure to send/reply all responses to our central mailbox at central.persservicesteam@<u>oregon.gov</u>
<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Centralized PERS Services Team<span style="color:#FFD966"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">DAS Enterprise Goods and Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Financial Business Systems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">FAX: (503) 378-4596<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/EGS/FBS/CPERS/Pages/index.aspx">http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/EGS/FBS/CPERS/Pages/index.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE: All information in this e-mail, including attachments, is approved solely for delivery to and authorized use by intended recipients. Use, dissemination,
distribution, or reproduction of this message and/or any of its attachments by unintended recipients is not authorized and may be unlawful. If you are not an intended recipient of this message or an authorized assistant to an intended recipient, please notify
the sender by replying to this message and then delete it from your system.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">SL2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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