Sec. 7-479g. Local public agency's liability to risk management agency. Determining of contributions. Pool not to function prior to bylaw approval. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 7-479g. Local public agency's liability to risk management agency. Determining of contributions. Pool not to function prior to bylaw approval. (a) A local public agency shall not by reason of being a member of an interlocal risk management agency and contributing to an interlocal risk management pool be liable to such interlocal risk management agency, to any other member or to any claimant against the agency, itself or another member, except for payment of contributions under an agreement between the local public agency and the interlocal risk management agency.

      (b) The agreement concerning the method of determining contributions of members to an interlocal risk management agency or interlocal risk management pool shall be contained in the bylaws of the agency and shall also be referred to in a document evidencing an individual member's participation in a risk management pool at a particular time. The agreement referred to shall set forth the obligations, if any, of a member in the event that the agency is unable to pay indemnification obligations and expenses payable from risk management pools administered by it.

      (c) An interlocal risk management pool shall not function as a means of sharing among members of an interlocal risk management agency risks of loss for or from public liability, worker's compensation, automobile risks, property perils or losses in excess of retentions until the agency's bylaws have been filed with and approved by the Insurance Commissioner.

      (P.A. 79-561, S. 7, 9; P.A. 80-482, S. 3, 345, 348; P.A. 86-134, S. 5, 6.)

      History: P.A. 80-482 substituted "insurance commissioner" for "commissioner of insurance within the department of business regulation", reflecting dissolution of said department and conforming commissioner's title to usage throughout the statutes; P.A. 86-134 amended Subsec. (c) to include automobile risks, property perils and losses in excess of retentions.