67 FR 240 pgs. 76940-76960 - Publication of Year 2002 Form M-1
Type: NOTICEVolume: 67Number: 240Pages: 76940 - 76960
FR document: [FR Doc. 02-31427 Filed 12-12-02; 8:45 am]
Agency: Labor Department
Sub Agency: Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
Publication of Year 2002 Form M-1
AGENCY:
Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, Department of Labor.
ACTION:
Notice on the Availability of the Year 2002 Form M-1.
SUMMARY:
This document announces the availability of the Year 2002 Form M-1, Annual Report for Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements and Certain Entities Claiming Exception. A copy of this new form is attached.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amy J. Turner, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, Department of Labor, at (202) 693-8335.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Form M-1 is required to be filed under section 101(g) and section 734 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), and 29 CFR 2520.101-2.
II. The Year 2001 Form M-1
This document announces the availability of the Year 2002 Form M-1, Annual Report for Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements (MEWAs) and Certain Entities Claiming Exception (ECEs). A copy of the new form is attached. This year's Form M-1 is substantively identical to the Year 2001 Form M-1. In addition, the filing deadlines for the Year 2002 Form M-1 parallel those for last year's form. Specifically, the Year 2002 Form M-1 is generally due March 1, 2003, with an extension until May 1, 2003 available. These Year 2002 deadlines were also previously published; they are included in the Department of Labor's regulations implementing the Form M-1 filing requirement and they were set forth in last year's Form M-1.
PWBA is committed to working together with administrators to help them comply with this filing requirement. Additional copies of the Form M-1 are available on the Internet at: http://www.dol.gov/pwba. In addition, after printing, copies will be available by calling the PWBA toll-free publication hotline at 1-866-275-7922. Questions on completing the form are being directed to the PWBA help desk at (202) 693-8360.
Statutory Authority
Sec. 29 U.S.C. 1024, 1027, 1059, 1132(c)(5), 1135, 1181-1183, 1185, 1185a, 1185b, 1191, 1191a, 1191b, 1191c; Sec. 101, Pub. L. 104-191, 101 Stat. 1936 (29 U.S.C. 1181); Secretary of Labor's Order No. 1-87, 52 FR 13139, April 21, 1987.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 9th day of December, 2002.
Ann L. Combs,
Assistant Secretary, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration.
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