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29 C.F.R. § 2520.104-26

Limited exemption for certain unfunded dues financed welfare plans maintained by employee organizations.
CFR 2001 annual edition (revised as of 2001-07-01) · superseded Jul 1, 2002 · last amended by 42 FR 37184, July 19, 1977
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(a) Scope. Under the authority of section 104(a)(3) of the Act, a welfare benefit plan that meets the requirements of paragraph (b) of this section is exempted from the provisions of the Act that require (i) filing with the Secretary a plan description and annual report and (ii) furnishing a summary annual report to participants and beneficiaries. Such plans may use a simplified method of reporting and disclosure to comply with the requirements (i) to furnish a summary plan description to participants and beneficiaries and (ii) to file a copy of the summary plan description with the Secretary, as follows:
(1) In lieu of filing a plan description and a summary plan description with the Secretary,
(i) Filing is made under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) and regulations thereunder, of the Report Form LM-1 or LM-1A, together with a copy of the employee organization constitution or by-laws in which the plan is described, and
(ii) Filing is made of any document furnished to participants and beneficiaries, in accordance with paragraph (a)(3) of this section.
(2) In lieu of filing an annual report with the Secretary or distributing a summary annual report, a filing is made of Report Form LM-2 or LM-3, pursuant to the LMRDA and regulations thereunder.
(3)
(i) The plan meets the requirements for furnishing a summary plan description of § 2520.104b-2(f), except the requirement of paragraph (f)(1) of that section to have furnished the summary plan description before the date of publication of these regulations. The employee organization constitution or by-laws may be used as the summary plan description, if they meet the requirements of that paragraph.
(ii) Notwithstanding paragraph (a)(3)(i) of this section, if any provisions of such documents indicate that a certain portion of members’ dues or a certain portion of the employee organization's assets will be used only for the payment of benefits, although such portion of dues or assets may legally be used for general employee organization purposes, or are subject to the claims of general creditors of the employee organization, such documents may nevertheless be used as the summary plan description; Provided, That:
(A) The supplement required by § 2520.104b-2(f) contains a clear statement that such portion of dues or assets may legally be used for general employee organization purposes or are subject to the claims of general creditors of the employee organization, and
(B) The employee organization constitution or by-laws are amended as soon as possible following normal procedures (e.g., at the next regularly scheduled employee organization convention, in the case of a constitution or by-laws which provide for amendment in regularly scheduled conventions) to reflect accurately the funded or unfunded status of the plan.
(b) Application. This exemption is available only to welfare benefit plans maintained by an employee organization, as that term is defined in section 3(4) of the Act, paid for out of the employee organization's general assets, which are derived wholly or partly from membership dues, and which cover employee organization members and their beneficiaries.
(c) Limitations. This exemption does not exempt the administrator from any other requirement of part 1 of title I of the Act.
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[42 FR 37184, July 19, 1977]

29 C.F.R. § 2520.104-26 — Limited exemption for certain unfunded dues financed welfare plans maintained by employee organizations. · CFR 2001 annual edition (revised as of 2001-07-01) · https://pensionresource.website/EAMain?content=EAMain.Law&id=cfr29-2520.104-26&asof=1995-05-30 · printed Oct 16, 2026
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ERISA § 104 (29 U.S.C. § 1024) Filing with Secretary and furnishing information to participants and certain employers
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Proposed Rules
  • 81 FR 47534Proposed Jul 21, 2016 — Proposed Revision of Annual Information Return/Reports Comments due Oct 4, 2016
  • 81 FR 47496Proposed Jul 21, 2016 — Annual Reporting and Disclosure Comments due Oct 4, 2016
  • 75 FR 70625Proposed Nov 18, 2010 — Annual Funding Notice for Defined Benefit Plans Comments due Jan 18, 2011
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  • 80 FR 5626 Feb 2, 2015 — Annual Funding Notice for Defined Benefit Plans

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