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If multiple investment options are developed, from time to time, the Board of Trustees <br />may eliminate an investment option, and the proceeds thereof shall be reinvested in the default <br />investment option unless another investment option is selected in accordance with directions <br />given by the Local Finance Board. <br />Notwithstanding anything hereinabove to the contrary, the Board of Trustees, in its sole <br />discretion, may establish a separate, short -term investment option or fund, to facilitate <br />contributions, disbursements or other short-term liquidity needs of the Trust or of particular <br />Participating Employers. Separate investment funds within the Trust Fund and varying <br />percentages of investment in any such separate investment fund by the Participating Employers, <br />to the extent so determined by the Board of Trustees, are expressly permitted. <br />PART 3 — PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS <br />Section 300. APPLICATION. <br />The provisions of Part 3 set forth the rights of Participating Employers. <br />Section 301. PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS. <br />A. Approval. The Board of Trustees or its designee shall receive applications from <br />Employers for membership in the Trust Fund and shall approve or disapprove such applications <br />for membership in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Trust Joinder Agreement, <br />bylaws and the rules and regulations established by the Board of Trustees for admission of new <br />Participating Employers. Before approving the participation of any Employer that has <br />established a Plan, the Board of Trustees or its designee shall determine and affirm that such <br />Employer is permitted to establish a trust pursuant to Article 8, Chapter 15, Subtitle 11 of Title <br />15.2 of the Virginia Code ( §§ 15.2 -1544 et seq.). The Board of Trustees shall have total <br />discretion in determining whether to accept a new member. The Board of Trustees may delegate <br />the authority for membership approval to the Administrator. <br />B. Execution of Trust Joinder Agreement by Local Finance Board. Each Employer <br />will make its election to become a Participating Employer by directing its Local Finance Board <br />to execute a Trust Joinder Agreement in such form and content as prescribed by the Board of <br />Trustees. By the Local Finance Board's execution of the Trust Joinder Agreement, the <br />Participating Employer agrees to be bound by all the terms and provisions of this Agreement, the <br />Trust Joinder Agreement, the bylaws and any other rules and regulations adopted by the Trustees <br />under this Agreement. The Local Finance Board of each Participating Employer, serving as such <br />Employer's Trustee, in accordance with Virginia Code § 15.2 -1547, shall represent such <br />Participating Employer's interest in all meetings, votes, and any other actions to be taken by a <br />Participating Employer hereunder. A Local Finance Board may designate one or more, but less <br />than all, of its members to serve as the authorized representative of such Local Finance Board for <br />purposes of this Agreement. <br />As amended December � 2012 19 <br />