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Florida Municipal Pension Trust Fund 457(b) Deferred Compensation Plan • if the amount of the Distribution is greater than a uniform amount established by the Plan Sponsor, appropriate assurance ( including a Signature Guarantee) that the Participant ' s or Beneficiary ' s signature is genuine ; and • any other evidence or information that the Plan Sponsor finds is relevant to administer a provision of the Plan in the Participant ' s or Beneficiary ' s and the Distributee ' s circumstances . Absent contrary evidence actually known to the Plan Sponsor, an appropriate death certificate or a court order stating that the Participant is found to be absent and presumed dead shall constitute appropriate evidence of the Participant ' s death . If the Distributee fails to submit proper instructions , the Plan Sponsor may , at its discretion , deny the claim ; or may determine which Plan Investment( s) and investment options are to be charged . 15 . 2 Time for Distribution The Plan Sponsor may require for payment of any Distribution a minimum advance notice , uniformly determined and consistently applied . In addition to the above , no payment can be made before the Distribution Commencement Date . 15 .3 Plan Sponsor to approve Payments shall not begin until the Plan Sponsor has approved : the Distribution, and the claim for payment, and the Payout Option as satisfying the provisions of the Plan . 15 .4 Payout Option The election of a Payout Option by a Participant or a Beneficiary must be made no later than thirty ( 30) days before the commencement of such benefits . Subject to restrictions established by the Plan Sponsor, the Plan shall permit payout options in the form of lump sums , periodic payments of a fixed amount or fixed duration , or life contingent annuities . Absent such election , the Account will be paid in a lump sum . 15 . 5 Payor may rely on apparent entitlement The Participating Employer and the Plan Administrator and the Master Trustee and the Issuer and the Agent [ a "payor"] are not liable for having made a payment under an unclear Beneficiary designation or Participation Agreement to a person not entitled to the payment , or for having taken or omitted any other action in good faith reliance on a person ' s apparent entitlement under the Plan, before the payor actually received written notice of a claimed lack of entitlement under this Plan . Any payor of any Distribution is not liable for having made a payment or having transferred an item of property to a beneficiary designated in a beneficiary designation (or in a similar writing reasonably believed to constitute a beneficiary designation) who is not entitled to the Distribution, or for having taken any other action in good faith reliance on the beneficiary ' s Florida Municipal Pension Trust Fund Florida League of Cities, Inc . Page 41 02,101 /2009