1. (a) Where a party files a written answer contesting any pending application, the director shall set a time and place for hearing, and by letter shall give notice to the applicant and to the contestant.
2. (b) If different persons make claim to any benefit which the system concedes, or if a party challenges the competency or right of a member to dispose of such a benefit in accordance with the latest written designation executed by the member and filed with the system, the director may decline any decision on the issues between the opposing claimants, and file an appropriate action in a court of competent jurisdiction making opposing claimants parties and may tender payment through the court to the party adjudged entitled to it.

Source Note:The provisions of this §121.15 adopted to be effective July 23, 1976, 1 TexReg 1894.