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hereby establish a trust for the purpose of accumulating and investing assets to fund Other Post - <br />Employment Benefits for Participating Employers; and <br />WHEREAS, the parties intend that the Trust Fund hereby established, when taken <br />together with the plans providing Other Post - Employment Benefits, shall constitute a tax- exempt <br />governmental trust under Section 115 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto mutually agree as follows: <br />PART I- GENERAL PROVISIONS <br />Section 100. APPLICATION. <br />The provisions of Part 1 are general administrative provisions applicable to each Part of <br />this Agreement and provisions applicable to the Board of Trustees. <br />Section 101. DEFINITIONS. <br />The following definitions shall apply to this Agreement, unless the context of the term <br />indicates otherwise, and shall govern the interpretation of this Agreement: <br />A. Administrator. The term "Administrator" means the Virginia Local Government <br />Finance Corporation (d/b /a "VMLNACo Finance Program ") or any successor designated by the <br />Board of Trustees, with the consent of the Virginia Association of Counties and Virginia <br />Municipal League, to administer the Trust Fund. <br />B. Beneficiary. The term "Beneficiary" means a person designated by an Employee, <br />in accordance with the terms of a Plan, to be entitled to benefits under such Plan, and where the <br />context requires, includes a dependent of the Employee. <br />C. Code. The term "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, <br />and, as relevant in context, the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended. <br />D. Custodian. The tern "Custodian" means the banks, mutual funds, insurance <br />companies or other qualified entities selected by the Board of Trustees, under a separate written <br />document with each, to hold the assets of the Trust Fund. <br />E. Effective Date. The term "Effective Date" means the date coinciding with the last <br />to occur of each of the following events: (i) passage of an ordinance by each of the Counties of <br />Fairfax and Henrico approving such Counties as Participating Employers in the Trust Fund; <br />(ii) execution by the Local Finance Boards of the Counties of Fairfax and Henrico of the Trust <br />Joinder Agreement; (iii) execution of this Agreement by all members of the initial Board of <br />Trustees and the Administrator; and (iv) any contribution of cash to the Trust by a Participating <br />Employer. <br />As amended December 7, 2012 1) <br />