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urn: urn:us-la:rs:11:474
citation: "R.S. 11:474"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 11 › Subtitle II › Chapter 1 › Part IV › Subpart C"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1972, number: 135, section: 1, effective_date: 1972-07-26, role: enactment }
  - { year: 1978, number: 67, section: 4, effective_date: null, role: amendment }
  - { year: 1987, number: 282, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: amendment }
  - { year: 1997, number: 1109, section: 1, effective_date: 1997-07-14, role: amendment }
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# Proof of entitlement to benefits

Each survivor benefit recipient shall be required to establish proof annually or at such other times as the board of trustees may deem necessary that they are still legally entitled to the survivor benefits provided in this Subpart. The board of trustees shall have the right to suspend or cancel any survivor benefit wherein the recipient fails to provide proper certification of eligibility.