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* Editor's note – Ord. No. 10299, §§ 1 and 2, adopted June 27, 2006, effective July 1, 2006, repealed chapter 18, §§ 18-1 – 18-9, which pertained to libraries and derived from Ord. No. 4015, § 1, adopted May 7, 1973, as amended.
Current ch. 18 was enacted by Ord. No. 10904, §§ 1 and 2, adopted June 28, 2011.
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Sec. 18-1. Purpose.
Sec. 18-2. Definitions.
Sec. 18-3. Self-insurance program.
Sec. 18-4. Establishment of self-insured risk trust fund.
Sec. 18-5. Manner of financing self-insured risk trust fund.
Sec. 18-6. Expenditure of trust funds.
Sec. 18-7. Board of trustees.
Sec. 18-8. Administration of the trust.
Sec. 18-9. Powers and duties of the administrator.
Sec. 18-10. Indemnification.
Sec. 18-11. Stop loss provision.
Sec. 18-12. Authority to amend trust agreement or terminate trust.
*Editor’s note – Ord. No. 10299, §§ 1 and 2, adopted June 27, 2006, effective July 1, 2006, repealed chapter 18, §§ 18-1 – 18-9, which pertained to libraries and derived from Ord. No. 4015, § 1, adopted May 7, 1973, as amended.
Ch. 18, enacted by Ord. No. 10904, §§ 1 and 2, adopted June 28, 2011, was repealed and replaced by Ord. No. 11832, §§ 1 and 2, adopted May 4, 2021.
Ch. 18, enacted by Ord. No. 10904, §§ 1 and 2, adopted June 28, 2011, was repealed and replaced by Ord. No. 11832, §§ 1 and 2, adopted May 4, 2021.
The purpose of this chapter is to codify the city's self-insurance program for workers' compensation and general public liability, and to establish the self-insured risk trust fund so that the city can reach and maintain an adequate level of reserves to support self-insurance for the management and administration of a system for direct payment of benefits, losses or claims, or any combination of insurance and direct payments in conformance with A.R.S. § 11-981. Nothing contained herein shall modify or restrict the legal obligations of the city to administer and operate appropriate insurance programs for the city as those programs shall be modified from time to time hereafter by the mayor and council.
(Ord. No. 11832, § 2, 5-4-21)
“Administrator” means the risk manager appointed by the city manager. Any administrator appointed hereunder must be licensed as required by A.R.S. § 20-281 et seq., or certified as an insurance administrator under A.R.S. § 20-485 et seq.
“Trust” means the City of Tucson, Arizona, Self-Insured Risk Trust.
“Trust agreement” means the declaration of trust entered into by and between City of Tucson, a political subdivision of the State of Arizona and the individuals executing the declaration of trust, as trustees, setting forth the powers and duties of the trustees and the administrator; a stop loss provision, and other terms and conditions.
"Trustees" or "trustee" means individuals appointed by the mayor and council in accordance with section 18-7 to oversee the funding and investment of the trust. The trustees are collectively referred to herein as the board of trustees.
(Ord. No. 11832, § 2, 5-4-21)
The city's self-insurance program includes established terms and conditions of coverage and exclusions of coverage, insurance contracts, the trust, and contracts required for the management or administration of the program. The administrator is responsible for the self-insurance program and shall serve as the city's risk management consultant. Nothing herein shall be interpreted to expand or increase the liability of the city for any claim.
(Ord. No. 11832, § 2, 5-4-21)
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