Health Fund
Trust Agreement
Table of Contents
RESTATED
WRITERS' GUILD-INDUSTRY HEALTH FUND
TRUST AGREEMENT
RESTATED AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST
WRITERS' GUILD-INDUSTRY HEALTH FUND
Introduction
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ARTICLE I - DEFINITIONS
Section 1 - WGA
Section 2 - Producers
Section 3 - Network Companies
Section 4 - Alliance
Section 5 - Writers
Section 6 - Retirees
Section 7 - Health Fund
Section 8 - Trust Agreement
Section 9 - Principal Trustees
Section 10 - Alternate Trustees
Section 11 - Corporate Co-Trustee
Section 12 - Health Benefit Plan
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ARTICLE II - TRUSTEES
Section 1 - WGA and Producer Principal Trustees
Section 2 - Alternate Trustees
Section 3 - Acceptance of Trusteeship
Section 4 - Term of Trustees
Section 5 - Substitution of Trustees
Section 6 - Resignations
Section 7 - Successor Trustee
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ARTICLE III - CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FUND
Section 1 - Rate of Contributions and
Treatment of Unpaid Monies
Section 2 - Effective Date of Contributions
Section 3 - Mode of Payments
Section 4 - Default in Payment
Section 5 - Request for Information
Section 6 - No Reversion
Section 7 - Advancement of Premium
Section 8 - Recovery of Costs in Cases of
Ineligible Participation
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ARTICLE IV - CREATION OF HEALTH FUND
Section 1 - Name
Section 2 - General Purpose
Section 3 - Assets of the Health Fund
Section 4 - Benefits
Section 5 - Health Benefit Plan
Section 6 - Amendment
Section 7 - Expenditures
Section 8 - Compliance with Applicable Laws
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ARTICLE V - POWERS, DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF TRUSTEES
Section 1 - Construction of Agreement
Section 2 - General Powers
Section 3 - Other Collective Bargaining Agreements
Section 4 - Participation of New Producers;
Participation Agreements
Section 5 - Insurance
Section 6 - Books of Account
Section 7 - Execution of Documents
Section 8 - Deposits and Withdrawals
Section 9 - Surety Bonds
Section 10 - Conformity to Laws
Section 11 - HIPAA Privacy Provisions (Amendment III)
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ARTICLE VI - MEETINGS AND DECISIONS OF THE TRUSTEES
Section 1 - Officers
Section 2 - Meetings of Trustees
Section 3 - Action by Trustees Without a Meeting
Section 4 - Quorum
Section 5 - Majority Vote of Trustees
Section 6 - Deadlock of the Trustees
Section 7 - Minutes of Meetings
Section 8 - Committees
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ARTICLE VII - CLAIMS AND RIGHTS
Section 1 - Individual Interest
Section 2 - Disposition of Interest
Section 3 - Presumptions
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ARTICLE VIII - AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
Section 1 - Termination by the Trustees
Section 2 - Termination by the Parties
Section 3 - Procedure on Termination
Section 4 - Notification of Termination
Section 5 - Amendment
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ARTICLE IX - EXECUTION
Section 1 - Counterparts
Section 2 - Situs
Section 3 - Separability
PLAN AMENDMENTS
Amendment IAmendment II
Amendment III
Amendment IV
Amendment V
Amendment VI
Amendment VII
Amendment VIII
Amendment IX