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ACT No. 309
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 256
BY REPRESENTATIVE POPE
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 33:1342(1), 1343(B) and (F), and 1344, relative to the joint self
3 insurance programs created by local governmental subdivisions; to authorize the
4 Louisiana School Board Association to act on behalf of local public school systems
5 as an administrator of an interlocal risk management agency; to authorize the
6 Louisiana School Board Association to participate as a member of such agency; to
7 provide definitions; and to provide for related matters.
8 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 33:1342(1), 1343(B) and (F), and 1344 are hereby amended and
10 reenacted to read as follows:
11 §1342. Definitions; terms defined
12 The following words and terms shall have the meaning indicated unless the
13 context shall clearly indicate a different meaning. :
14 (1) "Local governmental subdivision" means any parish or municipality,
15 other governing or administrative body created under the charter of, or by the
16 governing body of, such parish or municipality to serve a public purpose, or other
17 local governing or administrative body created by or pursuant to law or the
18 Constitution of Louisiana to serve a public purpose. For purposes of this Subpart
19 only, this term also means the offices of the various clerks of court and district public
20 defender offices established in accordance with R.S. 15:141 et seq., and the members
21 of a trust established by a statewide hospital association for the purposes of
22 providing employers' liability or workers' compensation coverage for its members,
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1 provided the majority of the members of such trust consists of governmental
2 subdivisions, and any city, parish, or other local public school system.
3 * * *
4 §1343. Authority of governmental subdivisions to form, join, and participate in
5 interlocal risk management agency; employer contributions toward
6 premiums; ownership of record
7 * * *
8 B. Each group self insurance fund shall be separate as to risk, and maintained
9 as a separate pool, but one or more of the funds may be administered by a single
10 interlocal risk management agency. Local governmental subdivisions concluding an
11 agreement under the provisions hereof may by resolution duly adopted by the
12 governing body thereof designate the Louisiana Municipal Association for the
13 municipalities, and the Police Jury Association of Louisiana for the parishes, and the
14 Louisiana School Board Association for the local public school systems to
15 administer the interlocal risk management agency and any group self insurance fund
16 established by said agency, and to further administer the terms and conditions of the
17 intergovernmental agreement by which the agency and the group self insurance fund
18 has been created.
19 * * *
20 F. In addition to local governmental subdivisions, statewide organizations
21 composed of local governmental subdivisions and their wholly owned subsidiaries
22 may become members of an interlocal risk management agency for purposes of
23 providing accident and health protection to their employees and for purposes of
24 providing coverage for those risks defined in R.S. 22:47(3), (6), (7), and (10), and
25 public liability and worker's compensation coverage upon approval of the governing
26 body of the association and the governing body of the interlocal risk management
27 agency. For purposes of this Subsection, the Police Jury Association of Louisiana,
28 and the Louisiana Municipal Association, and the Louisiana School Board
29 Association shall be considered statewide organizations composed of local
30 governmental subdivisions.
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1 §1344. Governance of interlocal risk management agencies
2 In the event If the Louisiana Municipal Association, and/or the Police Jury
3 Association of Louisiana, or the Louisiana School Board Association is be
4 designated to administer an interlocal risk management agency, the executive boards
5 of the Louisiana Municipal Association and of the Police Jury Association of
6 Louisiana, as the case may be, and the board of directors of the Louisiana School
7 Board Association shall constitute the board of trustees of each such agency
8 established as provided in Section 1340(B) R.S. 33:1343, and shall be authorized as
9 such to adopt bylaws for the administration of their respective agencies.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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