Authority of governmental subdivisions to form, join, and participate in interlocal risk management agency; employer contributions toward premiums; ownership of record

A. Any two or more local governmental subdivisions may make and execute an intergovernmental agreement between or among themselves to form and become members of an interlocal risk management agency. After an interlocal risk management agency has been formed, any local governmental subdivision may, subject to the bylaws and requirements of such agency, become a member and through participation in the agency may: (1) Pool all forms of insurance risks in whole or in part with those of other local governmental subdivisions. (2) Jointly purchase all forms of insurance with other local governmental subdivisions participating in and belonging to the interlocal risk management agency, the participating local governmental subdivisions to be coinsured under a master policy with the total premium prorated among such participants. B. Each group self-insurance fund shall be separate as to risk, and maintained as a separate pool, but one or more of the funds may be administered by a single interlocal risk management agency. Local governmental subdivisions concluding an agreement under the provisions hereof may by resolution duly adopted by the governing body thereof designate the Louisiana Municipal Association for the municipalities, the Police Jury Association of Louisiana for the parishes, and the Louisiana School Board Association for the local public school systems to administer the interlocal risk management agency and any group self- insurance fund established by said agency, and to further administer the terms and conditions of the intergovernmental agreement by which the agency and the group self-insurance fund has been created. C. All arrangements and agreements made under the authority of this Section shall be reduced to writing. A local governmental subdivision may become a member of an interlocal risk management agency by the authority of an ordinance adopted by the governing body thereof in the same manner as are other proceedings of such governing body. The interlocal risk management agency will operate under such name and style as shall be provided in the agreement creating same and shall have the power to sue and be sued. D. Nothing in this Subpart shall be construed to limit the contribution of a local governmental subdivision participating in an interlocal risk management agency toward the payment of premiums for accident and health protection for its employees or their dependents, or both. E. All books, records, and files maintained by a third party for the agency, including but not limited to audit data and all active and inactive claims files, shall at all times be the sole property of the agency and shall be surrendered immediately to the agency upon demand. F. In addition to local governmental subdivisions, statewide organizations composed of local governmental subdivisions and their wholly owned subsidiaries may become members of an interlocal risk management agency for purposes of providing accident and health protection to their employees and for purposes of providing coverage for those risks defined in R.S. 22:47(3), (6), and (10), and public liability and workers' compensation coverage upon approval of the governing body of the association and the governing body of the interlocal risk management agency. For purposes of this Subsection, the Police Jury Association of Louisiana, the Louisiana Municipal Association, and the Louisiana School Board Association shall be considered statewide organizations composed of local governmental subdivisions.