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 PUBLIC LAW 99-272—APR. 7, 1986

100 STAT. 243

(1) GENERAL RULE.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the

amendments made by this section shall be effective for plan years commencing after December 31, 1985. (2) SPECIAL RULE.—The amendments made by subsection (b) shall be effective as of the date of the enactment of the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980. 29 USC lOOl (e) TRANSITIONAL RULE.— note. (1) NOTICE OF PREMIUM INCREASE.—Not later than 30 days ^ote^^ ^ after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation shall send a notice to the plan administrator of each single-employer plan affected by the premium increase established by the amendment made by subsection (a)(1). Such notice shall describe such increase and the requirements of this subsection. (2) DUE DATE FOR UNPAID PREMIUMS.—With respect to any

plan year beginning during the period beginning on January 1, 1986, and ending 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, any unpaid amount of such premium increase shall be due and payable no later than the earlier of 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act or 30 days after the date on which the notice required by paragraph (1) is sent, except that in no event shall the amount of the premium increase established under the amendment made by subsection (a)(1) be due and payable for a plan year earlier than the date on which premiums for the plan would have been due for such plan year had this Act not been enacted. (3) ENFORCEMENT.—For purposes of enforcement, the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be considered to be requirements of sections 4006 and 4007 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1306 and 1307). SEC. 11006. NOTICE OF SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN BENEFIT ACCRUALS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 204 (29 U.S.C. 1054) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i); and (2) by inserting after subsection (g) the following new subsection: "(h) A single-employer plan may not be amended so as to provide for a significant reduction in the rate of future benefit accrual, unless, after adoption of the plan amendment and not less than 15 days before the effective date of the plan amendment, the plan administrator provides a written notice, setting forth the plan amendment and its effective date, to— "(1) each participant in the plan, "(2) each beneficiary who is an alternate payee (within the meaning of section 206(d)(3)(K)) under an applicable qualified 29 USC 1056. domestic relations order (within the meaning of section 206(d)(3)(B)(i)), and "(3) each employee organization representing participants in the plan, except that such notice shall instead be provided to a person designated, in writing, to receive such notice on behalf of any person referred to in paragraph (1), (2), or (3).". (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by subsection (a) 29 USC 1054 shall apply with respect to plan amendments adopted on or after note. January 1, 1986, except that, in the case of plan amendments adopted on or after January 1, 1986, and on or before the date of the enactment of this Act, the requirements of section 204(h) of the

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