(A) The plan is intended to qualify as an accident and health plan and a group health plan under applicable provisions of the current Internal Revenue Code, (§§ 105, 106 and 162), the regulations promulgated under each, and applicable Federal and Michigan law. Where not governed by Michigan law, the plan shall be construed and enforced according to the applicable federal laws, and all provisions hereof shall be administered according to such federal laws. If any provisions of the plan and trust shall be for any reason invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions nevertheless shall be carried into effect.
(B) Neither the establishment of the plan nor the trust nor any modification thereof, nor the creation of any fund or account, nor the payment of any benefits, shall be construed as giving to any person covered under the plan and trust or other person any legal or equitable right against the city, its elected or appointed officials or employees, the trustees or any individual trustee, except as may otherwise be provided in this chapter.
(C) Neither the city nor the trustees shall be responsible for the validity of any contract of insurance issued in connection with the plan or trust or for the failure on the part of the insurance carrier to make payments provided by such contract, or for the action of any person which may delay payment or render a contract null and void or unenforceable in whole or in part.
(Ord. 08-03, passed 9-4-2008)