(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, contributions to the plan shall be subject to the applicable limitations imposed by Section 415 of Title 26 of the United States Code, as that section may be amended from time to time and as these limits may be adjusted by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or contract to the contrary, the amount of compensation that is taken into account in determining the allocations to each participant’s account under the plan shall not exceed the applicable annual compensation limitations prescribed by paragraph (17) of subsection (a) of Section 401 of Title 26 of the United States Code, as that section may be amended from time to time and as that limit may be adjusted by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue.

(c) The plan shall provide for the return of excess annual additions and the gain attributable thereto in accordance with Section 415 of Title 26 of the United States Code. In the event that a participant participates in more than one plan of the employer, any annual additions shall be deemed to consist first of annual additions to this plan.

(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 307, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2000.)