Erroneous payment of benefits - Underpayments

1. An "underpayment" means a payment of money by the teachers' fund for retirement that results in a person receiving a lower payment than the person is entitled to under the provisions of the retirement plan of membership. 2. If an underpayment occurs, the amount of the lump sum payment must be paid within sixty days of the discovery of the error. 3. If the underpayment of benefits was not the result of any wrongdoing, negligence, misrepresentation, or omission by the employer or recipient, the underpayment of benefits is to include simple interest at the rate of six percent from the time the underpayment occurred. 4. If the underpayment of benefits was the result, in whole or in part, of the wrongdoing, negligence, misrepresentation, or omission of the employer or recipient, the underpayment of benefits will not include simple interest. 5. If an individual dies prior to receiving the underpayment of benefits, the teachers' fund for retirement shall pay the designated beneficiary on record or, in the absence of a designation of beneficiary, to the estate.