- a) A Hardship Committee shall be formed that shall be responsible for determining whether any Participant has suffered an Unforeseeable Emergency and is entitled to a distribution under Section 2700.740 of this Part.
b) Members of the Hardship Committee shall include:
- 1) one Department employee;
- 2) one representative of the Board; and
- 3) one person appointed by the Department who is not an employee of the Department.
- c) Members of this Committee shall be entitled to defer Compensation so long as they are otherwise eligible; however, no member of the Hardship Committee shall make any determination with respect to any interest that he or she may have under the Plan.
(Source: Amended at 33 Ill. Reg. 13451, effective September 14, 2009)