(a) Unless otherwise provided by the law, rules, or policy applicable to the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System, any application, form, or other document that is required to be submitted to the system by a specified deadline shall be accepted as timely submitted if the application, form, or other document is emailed, faxed, or has a postmark that is on or before the submission deadline.
(b) If a deadline to submit an application, form, or other document to the system falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or Arkansas state holiday, the deadline shall be extended to the next business day immediately following the Saturday, Sunday, or Arkansas state holiday.