Section 6-40-3 - Request for information by a spouse or former spouse regarding member, former member with vested benefit status, or retirant(a) The request for information form provided by the system shall be used by a spouse or former spouse of a member, former members with vested benefits, or retirant, to make a written request for information relevant to a spouse's or former spouse's interest in the member's, former member's with vested benefits, or retirant's benefits. The system may reject as noncompliant with the requirements for a request for information, any request for information that is not in a form provided by the system. The system shall make available on the system's website the required forms of request for information, approved by the system's board of trustees at a meeting of the board duly noticed as provided by section 92-7, HRS.(b) Upon receipt of the completed request for information form and a copy of the complaint for divorce or divorce decree, certified by the clerk of the court in which the complaint or decree was filed, the system will provide to the spouse or former spouse information relevant to the spouse's or former spouse's interest in the member's, former member's with vested benefits, or retirant's benefits, as of the date of the receipt of the form.(c) The system is not required to notify the member, former member with vested status, or retirant of the system's receipt of a request for information under this section; provided that the system may confirm whether the system has received a request for information if a member, former member with vested status, or retirant asks the system whether the system has received any requests for information under this section. [Eff 7/1/2020] (Auth: §§ 88-28 and 88-93.5) (Imp: § 88-93.5)