[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 240 (Friday, December 13, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76940-76960]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration



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Publication of Year 2002 Form M-1; Notice

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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.

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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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