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2. The Employer Member agrees to be bound by this Interlocal Agreement and the Trust Agreement Establishing the TML Intergovernmental Employee Benefits Pool and all amendments thereto, and the policies and procedures established by the TML IEBP which collectively establish the conditions for membership in the TML IEBP. TML IEBP and the Employer Member will comply in all respects with their respective obligations under the Group Benefits Services Agreement which is affixed hereto and incorporated for all purposes as if fully set out herein. The payments required to be made by the Employer Member under the terms of the Group Benefits Services Agreement shall be made at Austin, Travis County, Texas on the dates and in the amounts as the TML IEBP requires for providing services. Interest, beginning the first day after the due date and continuing until paid, shall accrue at the maximum rate allowed by law on the balance of any payment or contribution not paid when due. All such payments and interest shall be paid from then current revenues. 4. Except as may be otherwise specified in the TML IEBP Trust Agreement Establishing the TML Intergovernmental Employee Benefits Pool, this Interlocal Agreement may be terminated by either the Employer Member or the TML IEBP in accordance with the terms of the attached Group Benefits Services Agreement. The Employer Member shall furnish all the information the TML IEBP deems necessary and useful for the purposes of this agreement and shall abide by the policies and procedures adopted for the administration of the benefits plan. The TML IEBP may amend its policies and procedures at the time of annual renewal of this agreement and its Trust Agreement Establishing the TML Intergovernmental Employee Benefits Pool at any time to the extent it deems advisable except that no amendment shall change the purpose of the TML IEBP, The TML IEBP may contract with a third party administrator to perform some or all of TML IEBP's duties under this Interlocal Agreement. 6. Each Employer Member will designate and appoint a coordinator of department head rank or above and agrees that the TML IEBP shall not be required to contact or provide notices to any other person. Further, any notice to, or agreement by an Employer Member's Coordinator, with respect to services or claims hereunder, shall be binding on the Employer Member. The Employer Member reserves the right to change the coordinator from time to time by giving written notice to the TML IEBP. 7. The Employer Member hereby appoints the TML IEBP as its agent to act in all matters pertaining to the processing and handling of claims and agrees to cooperate fully and provide all information necessary. 8. Each Employer Member, as Plan Administrator, retains the right, duties and privileges of the Plan Administrator and acknowledges it has responsibility for compliance with the state and federal laws applicable to employee benefits. For purposes of delivery of any Continuation of Coverage notices, TML IEBP is not the Group Administrator for any Employer Member unless and until a separate contract for administration of Continuation of Coverage is entered into between TML IEBP and that Employer Member. 9. To the extent authorized by law, the Employer Member agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the TML IEBP for all claims, damages and expenses, including but not limited to attorney's fees and costs of court, arising out of acts or omissions of officers or employees of the Employer Member in connection with the Plan. The Employer Member agrees to pay all such claims, damages, and expenses out of current revenues at the time the obligation is determined. In the event current revenues are inadequate to fund the obligation at the time it is determined, the Interlocal Agreement ASO (rev.06J0S/09) — Page 2