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A. Trust Payments. The Board of Trustees hereby delegates to the Administrator the <br />responsibility for making payments from the Trust Fund. In accordance with rules and <br />regulations established by the Board of Trustees, the Administrator shall make payments from <br />the Trust Fund for Other Post - Employment Benefits, as directed by the Local Finance Board of <br />each Participating Employer. Such rules and regulations shall include procedures for <br />certification by the Local Finance Board that payments from the Trust Fund are for the purpose <br />of. (i) paying Other Post - Employment Benefits to or on behalf of Employees or Beneficiaries, <br />(ii) paying premiums to an insurer for Other Post - Employment Benefits, (iii) an irrevocable <br />transfer of assets to a trust, or equivalent arrangement, for providing Other Post - Employment <br />Benefits to Employees and Beneficiaries, which trust assets are legally protected from creditors <br />of the Participating Employer, or (iv) for any purpose permitted under Governmental Accounting <br />Standards Board (GASB) Statement No. 45, Accounting and Financial Reporting by Employers <br />for Postemployment Benefits Other Than Pensions or applicable Virginia law. Payments shall be <br />made in such manner, in such amounts and for such purposes, including the payment of Other <br />Post - Employment Benefits under participating Plans, as may be directed by the Local Finance <br />Board. Payments from the Trust Fund shall be made by electronic transfer or check (or the <br />check of an agent) for deposit to the order of the payee. Payments or other distributions <br />hereunder may be mailed to the payee at the address last furnished to the Administrator. The <br />Trustees shall not incur any liability on account of any payment or other distribution made by the <br />Trust Fund in accordance with this Section. Such payment shall be in full satisfaction of claims <br />hereunder against the Trustee, Administrator or Participating Employer. <br />B. Allocation of Expenses. The Trustees shall pay all expenses of the Trust Fund <br />from the assets in the Trust Fund. All expenses of the Trust Fund, which are allocable to a <br />particular investment option or account, may be allocated and charged to such investment option <br />or account as determined by the Trustees. All expenses of the Trust Fund which are not <br />allocable to a particular investment option or account shall be charged to each such investment <br />option or account in the manner established by the Trustees. <br />Section 205. INVESTMENT OPTIONS, <br />The Trustees shall initially establish one (1) investment option within the Trust Fund <br />pursuant to the Investment Policy, for communication to, and acceptance by, Local Finance <br />Boards. Following development of the initial "investment option" pursuant to the Investment <br />Policy, the Board of Trustees may develop up to two (2) additional investment options, reflecting <br />different risk/retum objectives and corresponding asset mixes, for selection by Local Finance <br />Boards, as alternatives to the initial investment option. The determination to add alternative <br />investment options to the Investment Policy, and the development of each such investment <br />option, are within the sole and absolute discretion of the Board of Trustees. The Trustees shall <br />transfer to any deemed investment option developed hereunder such portion of the assets of the <br />Trust Fund as appropriate. The Trustees shall manage, acquire or dispose of the assets in an <br />investment option in accordance with the directions given by each Local Finance Board. All <br />income received with respect to, and all proceeds received from, the disposition of property held <br />in an investment option shall be credited to, and reinvested in, such investment option. If <br />multiple investment options are developed, the Board of Trustees shall establish one (1) default <br />investment option in the absence of valid Local Finance Board investment direction. <br />As amended December 7, 2012 1 <br />