Amendment No. 1 to the NECA-IBEW
Welfare Trust Fund Restated Plan Rules and Regulations
2006 Edition

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The Board of Trustees of the NECA-IBEW Welfare Trust Fund (the “Plan”), in accordance with Section 5. of Article XXI of the Plan, hereby adopt the following amendment to the Plan effective as shown below:

1. Effective June 1, 2006, Section 2 of Article II is deleted and replaced with the following:
   
   Section 2. Employee Hour Bank.
   
   All hours in excess of the 420 worked during the Initial Eligibility period and all hours worked in excess of the 140 hours required for continued monthly eligibility will be credited to the Employee’s individual Hour Bank. Accumulated hours in the Hour Bank will allow the Employee to continue Eligibility during periods of unemployment, underemployment and disability. The maximum balance permitted to accumulate in the Hour Bank is 840 hours (six (6) months of eligibility).
   
   
2. Effective June 1, 2006, Section 3 of Article III is deleted and replaced with the following:
   
   Section 3. Continued Eligibility.
   
   An Employee who meets the Initial Eligibility requirements shall continue to be Eligible from month to month as long as a monthly contribution is made on his behalf by a Participating Employer. Each month that an Employee has the sufficient contributions made on his behalf enables that Employee to be Eligible during the second calendar month after the month that the contributions were made. If no monthly contribution is paid, he may continue Eligibility through COBRA Continuation Coverage in accordance with Article V.
   
   With respect to Non-Bargaining Construction Employees only, each month a monthly employer contribution is received by the Fund on behalf of the Employee, the Employee shall be credited with 20 contribution hours in an individual Hour Bank Account for use in earning future eligibility in accordance with Section 2 of Article II. The Hour Bank Account shall not be applicable to Non-Construction Bargaining Group Employees.
   
   
3. Effective June 1, 2005, the following paragraph is added to the end of Section 13 of Article XX:
   The Trustees reserve the right to hold any meeting to consider appeals by telephonic conference call. The right of a claimant “to appear before” the Trustees considering such appeal shall in such instance be limited to participating in the telephonic conference at the time the claimant’s claim is presented.