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PUBLIC LAW 93-406-SEPT. 2, 1974

[88 STAT.

(e) If an employer ceases operations at a facility in any location and, as a result of such cessation of operations, more than 20 percent of the total number of his employees who are participants under a plan established and maintained by him are separated from employment, the employer shall be treated with respect to that plan as if he were a substantial employer under a plan under which more than one employer makes contributions and the provisions of sections 4063, 4064, and 4065 shall apply. LIABILITY 29 USC 1363.

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SEC. 4063. (a) Except as provided in subsection (d), the plan administrator of a plan under which more than one emploj^er makes contributions— (1) shall notify the corporation of the withdrawal of a substantial employer from the plan, within 60 days after such withdrawal, and (2) request that the corporation determine the liability of such employer under this subtitle with respect to such withdrawal. The corporation shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, determine whether such employer is liable for any amount under this subtitle with respect to the withdrawal and notify such employer of such liability. (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), an employer who withdraws from a plan to which section 4021 applies, during a plan year for which he was a substantial employer, and who is notified by the corporation as provided by subsection (a), shall be liable to the corporation in accordance with the provisions of section 4062 and this section. The amount of such employer's liability shall be computed on the basis of an amount determined by the corporation to be the amount described in section 4062 for the entire plan, as if the plan had been terminated by the corporation on the date of the employer's withdrawal, multiplied by a fraction— (1) the numerator of which is the total amount required to be contributed to the plan by such employer for the last 5 years ending prior to the withdrawal, and (2) the denominator of which is the total amount required to be contributed to the plan by all employers for such last 5 years. In addition to and in lieu of the manner prescribed in the preceding sentence, the corporation may also determine the liability of each such employer on any other equitable basis prescribed by the corporation in regulations. Any amount collected by the corporation under this subsection shall be held in escrow subject to disposition in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (c). (c)(1) In lieu of payment of his liability under this section the employer may be required to furnish a bond to the corporation in an amount not exceeding 150 percent of his liability to insure payment of his liability under this section. The bond shall have as surety thereon a corporate surety company which is an acceptable surety on Federal bonds under authority granted by the Secretary of the Treasury under sections 6 through 13 of title 6, United States Code. Any such bond shall be in a form or of a type approved by the Secretary including individual bonds or schedule or blanket forms of bonds which cover a group or class. (2) If the plan is not terminated within the 5-year period commencing on the day of withdrawal, the liability of such employer is abated and any payment held in escrow shall be refunded without interest to the employer (or his bond cancelled) in accordance with bylaws or rules prescribed by the corporation.

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