Designation of Beneficiary; Order of Precedence

(a)The employing department or agency shall notify each employee of his right to designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries to receive money due COL092507 CH. 7 DECEASED EMPLOYEE’S ACCOUNTS and of the disposition of money due if a beneficiary is not designated. An employee may change or revoke a designation at any time under such regulations as the Director of Administration may prescribe.

(b)In order to facilitate the settlement of the accounts of deceased employees, money due an employee at time of death shall be paid to the person or persons surviving at the time of death, in the following order of precedence and payment bars recovery by another person of amounts so paid: FIRST, to the beneficiary or beneficiaries designated by the employee in writing received by the employing department or agency before his death. SECOND, if there is no designated beneficiary, to the widow or widower of the employee. THIRD, if none of the above, to the child or children of the employee and descendants of deceased children by representation. FOURTH, if none of the above, to the duly appointed legal representative of the estate of the employee.