Title 29 — Labor
Chapter 18 — Employee Retirement Income Security Program
§ 1323. Plan fiduciaries
Statutory text
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a fiduciary of a plan to which section 1321 of this title applies is not in violation of the fiduciary’s duties as a result of any act or of any withholding of action required by this subchapter.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
Pub. L. 93–406 title IV § 4023 · 88 Stat. 829
Enacted · 29 U.S.C. § 1323
(Pub. L. 93–406, title IV, § 4023, as added Pub. L. 96–364, title IV, § 402(a)(5), Sept. 26, 1980, 94 Stat. 1298.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 93–406, title IV, § 4023, as added Pub. L. 96–364, title IV, § 402(a)(5), Sept. 26, 1980, 94 Stat. 1298.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 4023. contingent liability coverage (a) The corporation shall insure any employer who maintains 29 USC 1323. or contributes to or under a plan to which section 4021 applies against the payment of any liability imposed on him under subtitle D of this title in the event of a termination of that plan. The corporation Post, p. 1029. may develop arrangements with persons engaged in the business of providing insurance under which the insurance coverage described in the preceding sentence could be provided in whole or in part by such private insurers. In developing such arrangements the corporation shall devise a system under which risks are equitably distributed between the corporation and private insurers with respect to the classes of employers insured by each. (b) The corporation is authorized to prescribe and collect in such manner as it determines to be appropriate premiums for insurance offered under subsection (a). If the corporation requires all employers to which this title applies to purchase coverage under this section, the provisions of section 4007 (b) and (c) apply to the collection of premiums under this section. The premiums shall be determined by the corporation and revised by it from time to time as may be necessary, and shall be chargeable at a rate sufficient to fund any payment by the corporation becoming necessary under such coverage. (c) If the corporation is, in its determination, able to develop a satisfactory arrangement with private insurers, within 36 months after the date of enactment of this Act, to carry out the program of insurance authorized by this section in whole or in part, the corporation is authorized to require employers to elect coverage by such private insurance or by the corporation at such times and in such manner as the corporation determines necessary. (d) No payment may be made by the corporation under any insurance provided by it under this section unless the premiums on such insurance have been paid by the employer and the insurance has been in effect (with respect to any benefit) for more than 60 months. The corporation is authorized to prescribe conditions under which no payment will be made by it under any insurance offered under this section without regard to whether premiums for such insurance have been paid. (e) Nothing in this section precludes the purchase by the employer of insurance from any other person, or limits the circumstances under which that insurance is payable, or in any way limits the terms and conditions of such insurance, except that the corporation may prescribe as a condition precedent to the purchase of such insurance the payment of a reinsurance premium or other reasonable fee under this section determined by the corporation to be necessary to assure the liquidity and adequacy of any fund or funds established to carry out the provisions of this section. (f) In carrying out its duties under subsection (a) to develop arrangements with private insurers the corporation shall consider as an alternative or as a supplement to private insurance the feasibility of using private industry guarantees, indemnities, or letters of credit.
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 93–406, known as the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. Titles I, III, and IV of such Act are classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1001 of the title and Tables.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 1323, Pub. L. 93–406, title IV, § 4023, , 88 Stat. 1019, related to contingent liability coverage, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 96–364, title I, § 107, , 94 Stat. 1267.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective , except as specifically provided, see section 1461(e) of this title.
Credits
(Pub. L. 93–406, title IV, § 4023, as added Pub. L. 96–364, title IV, § 402(a)(5), , 94 Stat. 1298.)