Administration

(a) Trustee's duties and powers. A trustee of a legal expense fund is responsible for:

(1) Operating the legal expense fund trust consistent with this part and applicable state law;

(2) Operating as a fiduciary for the employee beneficiary in relation to the legal expense fund property and the legal expense fund purpose;

(3) Providing information to the employee beneficiary as necessary to comply with the Ethics in Government Act, 5 U.S.C. 13104(a)(2), part 2634 of this chapter, and this part; and

(4) Notifying donors and payees whose contributions and distributions, respectively, are reportable that their names will be disclosed on the OGE website.

(b) Limitation on role of the employee beneficiary. An employee beneficiary may not exercise control over the legal expense fund property.