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and under this part shall be personally responsible for the filing of such report and for any statement contained therein which he knows to be false.

§ 402.9 Maintenance and retention of records.

Every person required to file any report under this part shall maintain records on the matters required to be reported which will provide in sufficient detail the necessary basic information and data from which the documents filed with the Office of Labor-Management and Welfare-Pension Reports may be verified, explained clarified, and checked for accuracy and completeness, and shall include vouchers, worksheets, receipts, and applicable resolutions, and shall keep such records available for examination for a period of not less than five years after the filing of the documents based on the information which they contain.

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Dissemination and verification

of reports.

Every labor organization required to submit a report under section 201(a) of the Act and under this part shall make available to all its members the information required to be contained in such report, including the copy of the constitution and bylaws required to be filed therewith, and every such labor organization and its officers shall be under a duty to permit such member for just cause to examine any books, records, and accounts necessary to verify such report and constitution and bylaws.

§ 402.11 Attorney-client communications exempted.

Nothing contained in this part shall be construed to require an attorney who is a member in good standing of the bar of any State, to include in any report required to be filed pursuant to the provisions of section 201(a) of the Act, and of this part, any information which was lawfully communicated to such attorney by any of his clients in the course of a legitimate attorney-client relationship.

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§ 403.1

Fiscal year for reports required by this part.

(a) As used in this part, unless otherwise defined, the term "fiscal year” means the calendar year or other period of 12 consecutive calendar months, on the basis of which financial accounts are kept by a labor organization reporting under this part. Where a labor organization designates a new fiscal year period prior to the expiration of a previously established fiscal year period, the resultant period of less than 12 consecutive calendar months, and thereafter the newly established fiscal year, shall in that order each constitute a fiscal year for purposes of the report required to be filed by section 201(b) of the Act, and of the regulations in this part.

(b) A labor organization which is subject to section 201(b) of the Act for only a portion of its fiscal year because the date of enactment of the Act (September 14, 1959) occurred during such fiscal year or because the labor organization otherwise first becomes subject to the Act during such fiscal year, may consider such portion as the entire fiscal year in making its report under this part.

§ 403.2 Annual financial report.

(a) Every labor organization shall, as prescribed by the regulations in this part, file with the Director, Office of LaborManagement and Welfare-Pension Reports, United States Department of Labor, Washington, D.C., 20210, within 90 days after the end of each of its fiscal years, a financial report signed by its president and treasurer, or corresponding principal officers, together with a true copy thereof.

(b) Every labor organization shall include in its annual financial report filed as provided in paragraph (a) of this section, in such detail as may be necessary accurately to disclose its financial condition and operations for its preceding fiscal year and in such categories as prescribed by the Labor-Management Services Administrator under the provisions of this part, the information required by section 201 (b) of the Act and found by the Labor-Management Services Administrator under section 208 thereof to be necessary in such report.

(c) If, on the date for filing the annual financial report of a labor organization required under section 201(b) of the Act and this section, such labor organization is in trusteeship, the labor organization which has assumed trusteeship over such labor organization shall file such report as provided in § 408.5 of this chapter.

§ 403.3 Form of annual financial report-detailed report.

Every labor organization shall, except as expressly provided otherwise in this part, file an annual financial report as required by § 403.2, prepared on United States Department of Labor Form LM-2 (Revised), "Labor Organization Annual Report," in the detail required by the instructions accompanying the form and constituting a part thereof.

§ 403.4

Simplified annual report form for smaller labor organizations.

If a labor organization, not in trusteeship, has gross annual receipts totalling less than $30,000 for its fiscal year, it may elect, subject to revocation of the privileges as provided in section 208 of the Act, to file the annual financial report called for in section 201(b) of the Act and § 403.3 of this part on United States Department of Labor Form LM-3 (revised) entitled "Labor Organization Annual Report (Revised)," in accordance

with the instructions accompanying such form and constituting a part thereof. § 403.5 Terminal financial report.

(a) Any labor organization required to file a report under the provisions of this part, which during its fiscal year loses its identity as a reporting labor organization through merger, consolidation, or otherwise, shall, within 30 days after such loss, file a terminal financial report, and one copy, with the Director, Office of Labor-Management and Welfare-Pension Reports, United States Department of Labor, Washington, D.C., 20210, on Form LM-2 (Revised) or Form LM-3 (Revised), as may be appropriate, signed by the president and treasurer or corresponding principal offices of the labor organization immediately prior to the time of its loss of reporting identity.

(b) Every labor organization which has assumed trusteeship over a subordinate labor organization shall file within 90 days after the termination of such trusteeship on behalf of the subordinate labor organization a terminal financial report, and one copy, with the Director, Office of Labor-Management and Welfare-Pension Reports, at the place aforesaid, on Form LM-2 (Revised) and in conformance with the requirements of this part.

(c) For purposes of the reports required by paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section, the period covered thereby shall be the portion of the labor organization's fiscal year ending on the effective date of its loss of reporting identity, or the portion of the subordinate labor organization's fiscal year ending on the effective date of the termination of trusteeship over such subordinate labor organization, as the case may be.

§ 403.6 Personal responsibility of signatories of reports.

Each individual required to sign a report under section 201 (b) of the Act and under this part shall be personally responsible for the filing of such report and for any statement contained therein which he knows to be false. § 403.7

Maintenance and retention of

records.

Every person requirel to file any report under this part shall maintain records on the matters required to be reported which will provide in sufficient detail the necessary basic information and data from which the documents filed

with the Office of Labor-Management and Welfare-Pension Reports may be verified, explained or clarified, and checked for accuracy and completeness, and shall include vouchers, worksheets, receipts, and applicable resolutions, and shall keep such records available for examination for a period of not less than five years after the filing of the documents based on the information which they contain.

§ 403.8 Dissemination and verification of reports.

Every labor organization required to submit a report under section 201(b) of the Act and under this part shall make available to all its members the information required to be contained in such reports, and every such labor organization and its officers shall be under a duty to permit such member for just cause to examine any books, records, and accounts necessary to verify such report. § 403.9 Attorney-client communications

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As used in this part the term:

(a) (1) "Fiscal year" means the calendar year or other period of 12 consecutive calendar months, on the basis of which financial accounts of the labor organization officer or employee are kept. Where a labor organization officer or employee designates a new fiscal year period prior to the expiration of a previously established fiscal year period, the resultant period of less than 12 consecutive calendar months, and thereafter the newly established fiscal year, shall in that order constitute the fiscal year for purposes of the reports required to be filed by section 202(a) of the Act and the regulations in this part.

(2) A labor organization officer or employee who is subject to section 202 (a) of the Act for only a portion of his fiscal year because the labor organization officer or employee first becomes subject to the Act during such fiscal year, may consider such portion as the entire fiscal year in making this report under this part.

(b) "Labor organization officer" means any constitutional officer, any person authorized to perform the functions of president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, or other executive functions of a labor organization, and any member of its executive board or similar governing body.

(c) "Labor organization employee" means any individual (other than an individual performing exclusively custodial or clerical services) employed by a labor organization.

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(d) "Employer" means any employer or any group or association of employers engaged in an industry affecting commerce (1) which is, with respect to employees engaged in an industry affecting commerce, employer within the meaning of any law of the United States relating to the employment of any employees or (2) which may deal with any labor organization concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment, or conditions of work, and includes any person acting directly or indirectly as an employer or as an agent of an employer in relation to an employee but does not include the United States or any corporation wholly

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Every labor organization officer and employee who in any fiscal year has been involved in transactions of the type described in section 202(a) of the Act, or who holds or has held any interest in an employer or a business of the type referred to therein, or who has received any payments of the type referred to in that section, or who holds or has held an interest in or derived income or economic benefit with monetary value from a business any part of which consists of dealing with a trust in which his labor organization is interested, or whose spouse or minor child has been involved in such transactions, holds or has held any such interests, or has received such payments, is required to file with the Director, Office of Labor-Management and Welfare-Pension Reports, United States Department of Labor, Washington, D.C., 20210, within 90 days after the end of his fiscal year, a signed report containing the detailed information required therein by section 202(a) of the Act, and found by the Labor-Management Services Administrator under section 208 thereof to be necessary in such report. § 404.3

Form of annual report.

On and after the effective date of this section, every labor organization officer and employee required to file an annual report under § 404.2 shall file such report on United States Department of Labor Form LM-30 entitled "Labor Organization Officer and Employee Report," together with a true copy thereof, in the detail required by the instructions accompanying such form and constituting a part thereof.

§ 404.4 Special report.

In addition to the report on Form LM-30, the Director, Office of LaborManagement and Welfare-Pension Reports, may require from union officers and employees subject to the Act the submission of special reports of pertinent information including, but not necessarily confined to, reports with respect to matters referred to in items (ii) and (iv) of the Instructions relating to Part A of the form and items (ii) and (iii) of the Instructions relating to Part C of the form.

§ 404.5 Attorney-client communications

exempted.

Nothing contained in this part shall be construed to require an attorney who is a member in good standing of the bar of any State, to include in any report required to be filed pursuant to the provisions of section 202(a) of the Act and of this part any information which was lawfully communicated to such attorney by any of his clients in the course of a legitimate attorney-client relationship. § 404.6 Personal responsibility of signatories of reports.

Every labor organization officer or employee required to file a report under section 202(a) of the Act and under this part shall be personally responsible for the filing of such report and for any statement contained therein which he knows to be false.

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Every person required to file any report under this part shall maintain records on the matters required to be reported which will provide in sufficient detail the necessary basic information and data from which the documents filed with the Office of Labor-Management and Welfare-Pension Reports may be verified, explained or clarified, and checked for accuracy and completeness, and shall include vouchers, worksheets, receipts, and applicable resolutions, and shall keep such records available for examination for a period of not less than five years after the filing of the documents based on the information which they contain.

§ 404.8 Publication of reports required by this part.

Inspection and examination of any report or other document filed as required by this part, and the furnishing by the Office of Labor-Management and Welfare-Pension Reports of copies thereof to any person requesting them, shall be governed by § 2.4 of this title.

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As used in this part the term:

(a) (1) "Fiscal year" means the calendar year or other period of 12 consecutive calendar months, on the basis of which financial accounts are kept by an employer. Where an employer designates a new fiscal year period prior to the expiration of a previously established fiscal year period, the resultant period of less than 12 consecutive calendar months, and thereafter the newly established fiscal year, shall in that order constitute the fiscal year for purposes of the reports required to be filed by section 203 (a) of the Act and of the regulations in this part.

(2) An employer who is subject to section 203 (a) of the Act for only a portion of his fiscal year because the date of enactment of the Act (September 14, 1959) occurred during such fiscal year or because the employer otherwise first becomes subject to the Act during such fiscal year, may consider such portion as the entire fiscal year in making his report under this part.

(b) "Corresponding principal officers" shall include any person or persons performing or authorized to perform principal executive functions corresponding to those of president and treasurer, of any employer engaged in whole or in part in the performance of the activities described in section 203 (a) of the Act.

§ 405.2 Annual report.

Every employer who in any fiscal year has made any payment, loan, promise, agreement, arrangement or expenditure of the kind described and required by section 203 (a) of the Act to be reported, shall, as prescribed by the regulations in this part, file with the Director, Office

of Labor-Management and Welfare-Pension Reports, United States Department of Labor, Washington, D.C., 20210, within 90 days after the end of each of its fiscal years, a report signed by its president and treasurer, or corresponding principal officers, together with a true copy thereof, containing the detailed information required therein by section 203 (a) of the Act and found by the Labor-Management Services Administrator under section 208 thereof to be necessary in such report.

§ 405.3 Form of annual report.

On and after the effective date of this section, every employer required to file an annual report by section 203 (a) of the Act and § 405.2 shall file such report on the following United States Department of Labor Form LM-10 entitled, "Employer Report" in the detail required by the following instructions 1 accompanying such form and constituting a part thereof.

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§ 405.4 Terminal report.

(a) Every employer required to file a report under the provisions of this part, who during its fiscal year loses its identity as a reporting employer through merger, consolidation, dissolution, or otherwise, shall, within 30 days of the effective date thereof, file a terminal employer report, and one copy, with the Director, Office of Labor-Management and Welfare-Pension Reports, at the place aforesaid on Form LM-10 signed by the president and treasurer or corresponding principal officers of such employer immediately prior to the time of the employer's loss of reporting identity, together with a statement of the effective date of such termination or loss of reporting identity, and if the latter, the name and mailing address of the employer entity into which it has been merged, consolidated or otherwise absorbed.

(b) For purposes of the report required by paragraph (a) of this section, the period covered thereby shall be the portion of the employer's fiscal year ending on the effective date of the employer's termination or loss of reporting identity.

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