§1342. Definitions; terms defined

The following words and terms shall have the meaning indicated unless the context shall clearly indicate a different meaning.

(1) "Accident and health protection" means indemnification of public employees and/or their dependents for hospitalization, medical, dental, and related expenses incurred for injury or illness in accordance with a schedule of benefits prescribed by the trustees of an interlocal risk management agency; or as set forth in a joint policy or policies of insurance providing protection against said risks and expenses.

(2) "Governing body" means the body which exercises the legislative functions of the local governmental subdivision.

(3) "Group self-insurance fund" means a pool of public monies established by an interlocal risk management agency from contributions of its members in order to pool any one or more of the following risks: accident and health protection, public liability, or worker's compensation and those risks defined in R.S. 22:47(3), (6), (7), and (10); or to purchase a joint policy or policies of insurance providing protection against said risks.

(4) "Interlocal risk management agency" means an association formed by two or more local governmental subdivisions by an intergovernmental agreement made pursuant to the provisions of this Part VII, for the development and administration of an interlocal risk management program and one or more group self insurance funds.

(5) "Interlocal risk management program" means a plan and activities carried out under such plan by an interlocal risk management agency to reduce risk of loss on account of public liability or worker's compensation liability, including safety engineering and other loss prevention and control techniques and to administer one or more local risk management pools, including the processing and defense of claims brought against members of the agency.

(6) "Local governmental subdivision" means any parish or municipality, other governing or administrative body created under the charter of, or by the governing body of, such parish or municipality to serve a public purpose, or other local governing or administrative body created by or pursuant to law or the Constitution of Louisiana to serve a public purpose. For purposes of this Subpart only, this term also means the offices of the various clerks of court and district public defender offices established in accordance with R.S. 15:141 et seq., the members of a trust established by a statewide hospital association for the purposes of providing employers' liability or workers' compensation coverage for its members, provided the majority of the members of such trust consists of governmental subdivisions, and any city, parish, or other local public school system.

(7) "Public liability" means liability to which a local governmental subdivision may be subject either directly or by reason of liability rising out of an act of its employee, agent or officer in the course and scope of employment.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 462, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 808, §1, eff. Aug. 2, 1981; Acts 1982, No. 454, §1; Acts 1983, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 1, §6; Acts 1986, No. 411, §1; Acts 1987, No. 482, §1; Acts 1991, No. 507, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1084, §1; Acts 2007, No. 307, §5; Acts 2008, No. 415, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2015, No. 309, §1.