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Employer on its payroll records are not "Eligible Employees" and are excluded from Plan participation even if a court or administrative agency determines that such individuals are common law employees and not independent contractors. However, any Employee who is a "part-time" Employee shall not be eligible to participate in this Plan. A "part-time" Employee is any Employee who works. or is expected to work on a regular basis. less than 30 hours a week and is designated as a part-time Employee on the Employer's personnel records. 1.11 "Employee" means any person who is employed by the Employer. The term Employee shall include leased employees within the meaning of Code Section 414(n)(2). 1.12 "Employer" means Lee County Government and any successor which shall maintain this Plan: and any predecessor which has maintained this Plan. In addition. where appropriate. the term Employer shall include any Participating. Affiliated or Adopting Employer. 1.13 "Insurance Contract" means any contract issued by an Insurer underwriting a Benefit. 1.14 "Insurance Premium Payment Plan" means the plan of benefits contained in Section 4.1 of this Plan, which provides for the payment of Premium Expenses. 1.15 "Insurer" means any insurance company that underwrites a Benefit under this Plan. 1.16 "Key Employee" means an Employee described in Code Section 416(i)(1) and the Treasury regulations thereunder. 1.17 "Participant" means any Eligible Employee who elects to become a Participant pursuant to Section 2.3 and has not for any reason become ineligible to participate further in the Plan. 1.18 "Plan" means this instrument. including all amendments thereto. 1.19 "Plan Year" means the 12 -month period beginning August 1 and ending July 31. The Plan Year shall be the coverage period for the Benefits provided for under this Plan. In the event a Participant commences participation during a Plan Year, then the initial coverage period shall be that portion of the Plan Year commencing on such Participant's date of entry and ending on the last day of such Plan Year. 1.20 "Premium Expenses" or "Premiums" mean the Participant's cost for the Benefits described in Section 4.1. 1.21 "Premium Expense Reimbursement Account" means the account established for a Participant pursuant to this Plan to which part of his Cafeteria Plan Benefit Dollars may be allocated and from which Premiums of the Participant may be paid or reimbursed. If more than one type of insured Benefit is elected, sub -accounts shall be established for each type of insured Benefit. 1.22 "Salary Redirection" means the contributions made by the Employer on behalf of Participants pursuant to Section 3.1. These contributions shall be converted to Cafeteria Plan Benefit Dollars and allocated to the funds or accounts established under the Plan pursuant to the Participants' elections made under Article V. 1.23 "Salary Redirection Agreement" means an agreement between the Participant and the Employer under which the Participant agrees to reduce his Compensation or to forego all or part of the increases in such Compensation and to have such amounts contributed by the Employer to the Plan on the Participant's behalf. The Salary Redirection Agreement shall apply only to Compensation that has not been actually or constructively received by the Participant as of the date of the agreement (after taking th is Plan and Code Section 125 into account) and, subsequently does not become currently available to the Participant. 1.24 "Spouse" means spouse as determined under Federal law. ARTICLE 11 PARTICIPATION 2.1 ELIGIBILITY Any Eligible Employee shall be eligible to participate hereunder the first of the month once you have completed 30 days of employment with the Employer. However, any Eligible Employee who was a Participant in the Plan on the effective date of this amendment shall continue to be eligible to participate in the Plan. 2.2 EFFECTIVE DATE OF PARTICIPATION An Eligible Employee shall become a Participant effective as of the first day of the month coinciding with or next following the date on which he met the eligibility requirements of Section 2.1.