Minnesota § 471.98 SELF-INSURANCE; DEFINITIONS

Minnesota Statutes

§ 471.98 — SELF-INSURANCE; DEFINITIONS

Minnesota § 471.98

PartMUNICIPALITIES

Ch. 471MUNICIPAL RIGHTS, POWERS, DUTIES

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Minn. Stat. § 471.98 (2026).

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Subdivision 1.Scope.
Unless the context indicates otherwise, as used in sections471.981and471.982the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.

Subd. 2.Political subdivision.
"Political subdivision" includes a statutory or home rule charter city, a county, a school district, a town, a watershed management organization as defined in section103B.205, subdivision 13, or an instrumentality thereof, including but not limited to instrumentalities incorporated under chapter 317A, having independent policy-making and appropriating authority. For the purposes of this section and section471.981, the governing body of a town is the town board. The term also includes the Nonprofit Insurance Trust incorporated under chapter 317A and its members incorporated under chapter 317A.

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Subdivision 1.Scope.
Unless the context indicates otherwise, as used in sections471.981and471.982the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.

Subd. 2.Political subdivision.
"Political subdivision" includes a statutory or home rule charter city, a county, a school district, a town, a watershed management organization as defined in section103B.205, subdivision 13, or an instrumentality thereof, including but not limited to instrumentalities incorporated under chapter 317A, having independent policy-making and appropriating authority. For the purposes of this section and section471.981, the governing body of a town is the town board. The term also includes the Nonprofit Insurance Trust incorporated under chapter 317A and its members incorporated under chapter 317A.

Subd. 3.Pool.
"Pool" means any self-insurance fund or agreement for the reciprocal assumption of risk established by or among two or more political subdivisions for coverage of their respective risks including, but not limited to, the pools described in section471.982, subdivision 3. Except in connection with provisions in sections471.981and471.982that relate to bonding, "pool" does not include a self-insurance pool for employee health benefits under section471.617.

Legislative History

1980 c 529 s 5;1982 c 507 s 28;1985 c 236 s 5;1987 c 97 s 1;1987 c 260 s 3;1987 c 337 s 124;1989 c 304 s 137;1990 c 391 art 8 s 53;1995 c 256 s 19;1996 c 446 art 3 s 3;2009 c 53 s 1