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The Election Period is the time during which Participants in the Plan may select the types of benefits and the allocation of funds to each benefit for the next Period of Coverage, all in the manner that is permitted by this Plan.
If an Employee does not file a Benefit election form at the time of the Employee’s initial eligibility, the Employee may begin participating as of the first day of any following Plan Year, provided the Employee is eligible to participate at that time and the Employee files a Benefit election form with the Administrator in accordance with this Plan during the relevant Election Period.
Any Participant who subsequently unintentionally fails to timely return a new Benefit election form during the designated Election Period for a Plan Year shall be deemed to have elected to continue any Benefit coverage in effect for the preceding Plan Year and to pay the Premium associated with the Benefit coverage.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Employee who becomes eligible to participate in the Plan on a date that is not within the Election Period will be permitted to make the selections and allocations during the thirty (30) calendar day period immediately preceding the date the Employee’s participation under the Plan is to begin.
The amount of the Employer’s contributions under this Plan for a Plan Year will be determined during the Election Period, based on the annual Benefit election forms completed by Participants under this Plan.