Unless otherwise requested by the recipient, any pension payment made under (1) the retirement system administered by the Connecticut State Employees Retirement Commission pursuant to this chapter, or (2) an alternate retirement program authorized by said commission shall be made by electronic direct deposit to the recipient's account in a bank, Connecticut credit union or federal credit union that has agreed to accept such payment.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-156g
( P.A. 11-48, S. 35.)