3-13A-23.6. Required minimum distributions--Waiver of 2020.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of chapter 3-13A, the participant or beneficiary who would have been required to receive required minimum distributions (RMD) for 2020 (or paid in 2021 for the 2020 calendar year for a participant with a required beginning date of April 2, 2021) but for the enactment of Internal Revenue Code § 401(a)(9)(I) (2020 RMDs), and who would have satisfied that requirement by receiving distributions that are either (1) equal to the 2020 RMDs or (2) one or more payments in a series of substantially equal distributions (that include the 2020 RMDs) made at least annually and expected to last for the life (or life expectancy) of the participant, the joint lives (or joint life expectancy) of the participant and the participant's designated beneficiary, or for a period of at least ten years (extended 2020 RMDs) shall receive those distributions for 2020 unless the participant or beneficiary chooses not to receive the distributions. For purposes of the direct rollover provisions of the plan, 2020 RMDs and extended 2020 RMDs also shall be treated as eligible rollover distributions in 2020.
Source: SL 2021, ch 28, § 19.