§ 12:1854 — Definitions

Louisiana § 12:1854

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 12: Conservation of Cultural Resources

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§1854. Definitions
Wherever used in this Chapter, unless a different meaning clearly appears in the
context, the following terms, whether used in the singular or plural, shall have the following
meanings:
(1) "Church" means a nonprofit religious organization made up of a group of
religious believers.
(2) "Department" means the Department of Insurance.
(3) "Fund" means the self-insurance fund established pursuant to this Chapter to
provide property insurance for churches and nonprofit religious organizations and shall be
known as the Louisiana Churches and Nonprofit Religious Organizations Self-Insured Fund.
(4) "Hazardous financial condition" means a condition in which, based upon its
present or reasonably anticipated financial condition, the fund, although not yet financially
impaired or insolvent, is unlikely to be able to:
(a) Meet obligations with respect to known claims and reasonably anticipated claims.
(b) Pay other obligations in the normal course of business.
(5) "Insolvency" means the condition existing when the fund's liabilities are greater
than the fund's assets as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles as delineated in the fund's financial statement audited by an independent certified
public accountant and calculated before a member's distribution is payable or before a
dividend is declared.
(6) "Nonprofit religious organization" means an active corporation or other entity
organized under the United States Internal Revenue Code as a nonprofit organization defined
as any one of the following:
(a) A church or religious house of worship.
(b) An organization formed for religious purposes.
(c) A nonprofit institution affiliated with a faith-based organization.
(d) An integrated auxiliary organization of a church.
(7) "Property coverage" means coverage for the damage or loss of a structure or
building and may include any or all of the following:
(a) Premises liability coverage.
(b) Contents coverage for furniture or equipment.
(c) Wind and hail coverage.
(d) Loss of use coverage.
(e) Medical payments coverage.
(8) "Religious denomination" means a group of individual churches or houses of
worship who are called or identified using the same terms and a particular set of beliefs or
spiritual or religious values.

Legislative History

Acts 2023, No. 259, §§1, 3A, eff. June 12, 2023.