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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="12-402" title_number="12" title_name="Maryland Small Business Retirement Savings Program and Trust" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Maryland Small Business Retirement Savings Program">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>After the Board opens the Program for enrollment,  covered employers shall establish a payroll deposit retirement savings arrangement to allow employee participation in the Program.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A covered employer shall automatically enroll a covered employee in the Program, unless the employee elects to opt out in accordance with procedures established by the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If a covered employer is not in compliance with subsection (a) of this section, the covered employer may not receive a waiver of the filing fee under § 1–203(b)(13) of the Corporations and Associations Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Employers shall retain the option at all times to set up any type of employer–offered savings arrangement instead of having a payroll deposit retirement savings arrangement to allow employee participation in the Program.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Compliance with this title and participation in the Program by itself does not create a fiduciary obligation of an employer with respect to the operation of the Program or funds contributed to the Program.</text>
  </level>
</section>
