3.96.030 Eligibility and Enrollment.
A. Eligibility. The following persons are eligible to be participants in this plan:
1. Any person elected or appointed to a term of office with the Employer beginning with the time such person assumes office.
2. Any employee rendering personal services to the Employer on a full-time permanent employee basis, where the term permanent employment excludes part-time, casual, emergency, or intermittent employment.
3. Persons described above shall be eligible to participate on the first Open Enrollment Period following employment with the Employer.
B. Enrollment. An eligible employee may become a Participant by completing a Voluntary Salary Deferral Agreement and submitting it to the Employer during an Open Enrollment Period, subject to the approval of the Employer. Deferrals may commence no sooner than the first day of the month immediately following acceptance by the Employer of the Voluntary Salary Deferral Agreement. Enrollment during an Open Enrollment Period shall be effective on the date specified in Section 3.96.020 M. for such period.